Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs')

Hays plc (the "Company")

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R (1) (a), the Company hereby notifies you that, on 4 June 2013:

- a person connected with Sholto Douglas-Home, a PDMR, sold 20,000 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company at 92.10 pence per share; and

- Sholto Douglas-Home purchased 4,456 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company at 92.30 pence per share.

Doug Evans

Company Secretary

4 June 2013