Transaction in Own Shares

Hays PLC 22 May 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: 22 May 2006 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 1,000,000 Highest price paid per share: 160p Lowest price paid per share: 156.75p Volume weighted average price paid per share: 158.709p Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchases of these shares, Hays holds 86,470,458 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,477,626,108 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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