Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
10 October 2005


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Hays plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Morgan Stanley Securities Ltd

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.

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

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

67,399,263


6) Percentage of issued class

4.30%


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

05 October 2005


11) Date company informed

07 October 2005


12) Total holding following this notification

67,399,263


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.30%


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 10 October 2005

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