Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
22 September 2005

                                  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

Barclays Private Bank Ltd; Barclays Global Investors, N.A.; Barclays Global
Investors Australia Ltd; Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd; Barclays Global
Fund Advisors; Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd; Barclays Bank Trust Company
Ltd; Barclays Capital Securities Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Ltd; Barclays
Life Assurance Co Ltd; Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd; Woolwich Unit Trust
Managers Ltd; Gerrard Ltd; Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking;
Barclays Global Investors Ltd; Barclays Private Bank Ltd.

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

Various 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

Not advised


8) Percentage of issued class

Not advised


9) Class of security

Ordinary 1p shares


10) Date of transaction

20 September 2005


11) Date company informed

22 September 2005


12) Total holding following this notification

175,753,116


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

11.1260%


14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Sarah Anderson
Company Secretarial Assistant
020 7614 9419

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

Stefan Bort

Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification 22 September 2005


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