Transaction in Own Shares

1 Nov 2007 17:32

Hays PLC01 November 2007 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 ABN AMRO Bank NV. Ordinary shares: Date of purchase: 01 November 2007 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 650,000 Highest price paid per share: 136.5p Lowest price paid per share: 133.75p Volume weighted average price paid per share: 134.89p Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchases of these shares, Hays holds 44,123,925 of its ordinaryshares in treasury and has 1,419,972,641 ordinary shares in issue (excludingtreasury shares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange