Holding in Company

Hays PLC
7 September 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Hays plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

CGNU plc

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

As in 2 above.

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd (15,817,758); BT Globenet Nominees Ltd (6,000);
Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd (12,255,514); CUIM Nominee Ltd (8,065,400); RBSTB
Nominees Ltd (127,035); Hibernian Investment Managers Ltd (197,498)

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not advised

6) Percentage of issued class

Not advised

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

Not advised

8) Percentage of issued class

Not advised

9) Class of security

Ordinary 1p shares

10) Date of transaction

Not advised

11) Date company informed

7 September 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

36,469,205

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.10%

14) Any additional information

CGNU plc no longer has a notifiable interest in the Ordinary shares of 1p each
in Hays plc.

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

S J Charnock
Group Secretary

01483 302203

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
S J Charnock
Group Secretary


Date of notification 7 September 2001