Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
09 February 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Hays plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Aviva 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 Limited (9,234,676), BT Globenet Nominees Ltd (23,200)
Chase GA Group Nominees Limited (34,863,315) Chase Nominees Limited (9,100), 
CUIM Nominees Limited (8,156,894)



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired



7,800,000



6) Percentage of issued class



0.5%



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



4 February 2005



11) Date company informed



7 February 2005



12) Total holding following this notification



52,287,185



13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification



3.09%



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 9 February 2005


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