Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC 05 January 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company: Hays plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest: Barclays 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: Discretionary investment management by Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Ltd; Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd; Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking; Barclays Private Bank Ltd; Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Ltd; Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd; Barclays Global Investors, N.A.; Barclays Global Fund Advisors; Barclays Global Investors Japan Investment Trust; Barclays Capital Securities Ltd; Gerrard Ltd 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them: Numerous nominee accounts. 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: n/a 8) Percentage of issued class: n/a 9) Class of security: Ordinary 1p shares 10) Date of transaction: Not advised 11) Date company informed: 5 January 2004 12) Total holding following this notification: 208,954 966 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification: 12.03% 14) Any additional information: 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries: S J Charnock 01483 302203 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification: S J Charnock Group Secretary Date of notification: 5 January 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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