Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
28 September 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Hays plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited, a member of the Morgan Stanley
Group of Companies

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 Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Limited

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

Chase Nominees Limited (48,724,807); Mellon Nominees (23,864,674); Northern Trust Nominees (13,534,694);
Salomon Smith Barney (77,107,864); Deutsche Bank (8,868,983); Societe Generale (896,087); Royal TST (585,140)




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







27 September 2004




12) Total holding following this notification







173,582,249







13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification







10.034%




14) Any additional information















15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries







Sarah Anderson

Company Secretarial Assistant

020 7374 6029

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Stefan Bort

Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification 28 September 2004


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