Transaction in Own Shares

Hays PLC 05 July 2007 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 UBS Investment Bank. Ordinary shares: Date of purchase: 05 July 2007 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 200,000 Highest price paid per share: 177.625p Lowest price paid per share: 176.25p Volume weighted average price per share: 176.967p Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Hays holds 116,772,198 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,447,324,368 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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