31st Aug 2005 16:53
Hays PLC31 August 2005 Hays plc ------------------------------ Purchase of own shares ------------------------------ Hays plc announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinaryshares of £0.01 each on the London Stock Exchange via UBS Investment Bank. Ordinary shares: Date of purchase: 31 August 2005 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 1,300,000 Highest price paid per share: 132.25p Lowest price paid per share: 131.2456p Volume weighted average price per share: 131.2752p Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Hays holds 140,154,168 of its ordinaryshares in treasury and has 1,595,736,954 ordinary shares in issue (excludingtreasury shares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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