10th Sep 2018 15:17
Hays plc (the "Company") has been notified that, on 7 September 2018, Paul Venables, Finance Director of the Company, sold 1,019,390 shares in the Company on the London Stock Exchange at a price of 203.995 pence per share. This divestment was part of a planned asset diversification strategy.
Mr Venables retains an interest in 1,619,825 ordinary shares in the Company, owned beneficially or subject to a holding period, with a value of 609% of his salary, and interests through the Company's options and performance-based incentive schemes in a further 1,741,607 shares in the Company.
This significantly exceeds his requirement to hold shares valued at over 200% of salary.
| 1 
 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 
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| a) 
 | Name 
 | Paul Venables 
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| b) 
 | Position/status | FD, PDMR | ||||
| c) 
 | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
| 2 
 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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| a) 
 | Name 
 | Hays plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800QC8AWD4BO8TH08 
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| 3 
 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted 
 
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| a) 
 | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument 
 Identification code 
 
 | Ordinary shares of 1p each 
 
 ISIN Code: GB0004161021 
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| b) 
 | Nature of the transaction 
 
 | The on-market sale of 1,019,390 ordinary shares in Hays plc. 
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| c) 
 | Price(s) and volume(s) 
 
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| d) 
 | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A 
 
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| e) 
 | Date of the transaction 
 | 7 September 2018 | ||||
| f) 
 | Place of the transaction 
 | London Stock Exchange | ||||
Related Shares:
Hays