Transaction in Own Shares

Hays PLC 23 August 2006 Hays plc Purchase of own shares Hays plc announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £0.01 each on the London Stock Exchange via ABN AMRO Bank NV. Ordinary shares: Date of purchase: 23 August 2006 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 600,000 Highest price paid per share: 131p Lowest price paid per share: 130.75p Volume weighted average price paid per share: 130.89p Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchases of these shares, Hays holds 102,535,458 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,461,561,108 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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