HAYS PLC - Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are                              

       Hays PLC
attached:
                                                                                                                

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                           

Other (please
specify):
                                                                                                                

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

       The Capital Group Companies,Inc.

                                                                                                                

4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):                              See Schedule A

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

11 April 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                  12 April 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                            

       Below 5%

8. Notified details:
                                                                                                                 

A: Voting rights attached to shares                                        

Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

shares           to the triggering
                 transaction

if possible       Number         Number         Number       Number of voting            % of  voting rights
using             of             of             of shares    rights
the ISIN CODE     Shares         Voting
                                 Rights         Indirect     Direct         Indirect     Direct       Indirect
Ordinary Shares   71,587,333     71,587,333     69,087,333                  69,087,333                4.9389%
(GB0004161021)

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/              Number of voting   

        % of voting
instrument          date         Conversion Period      rights that may be          rights
                                                        acquired if the
                                                        instrument is
                                                        exercised/ converted.

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
                                                                                                                

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial  Exercise    Expiration   Exercise/      Number of voting rights       % of voting rights
instrument         price       date         Conversion     instrument refers to
                                            period
                                                                                          Nominal       Delta
N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights

69,087,333                                          4.9389%
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                 

See Schedule A

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:
                                                                                          

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                        

to hold:
                                                                                          

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:           

13. Additional information:                Due to a company reorganization, Capital Group International,
                                           Inc. ("CGII") and Capital

Research and Management Company ("CRMC")

                                           will no longer report relevant 

holdings separate.With effect from

                                           1 September 2012, the holdings 

under management will be reported

                                           in aggregate by the group's 

parent company, The Capital Group

                                           Companies, Inc.

14. Contact name:                          Vivien Tan

15. Contact telephone number:              001 [phone]

Schedule A

As of 11 April 2013

Hays PLC

                                                Number of shares   Percent of
                                                                   outstanding  

The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CG")                                    

holdings
                                                                              

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds   69,087,333         4.939%

Capital Research and Management Company         69,087,333         4.939%  

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