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 attached:
Hays plc
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 Legal & General
Group Plc (L&G)
notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s) N/A
(if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or reached: 30 November 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified: 04 December 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: L&G (Below 3%)
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 of voting % of voting rights
using of of rights
the ISIN CODE Shares Voting Number
Rights of shares Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary 1p 55,219,272 Below 3%
(as on 14/08/2009)
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of voting
rights that may be
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ acquired if the % of voting
instrument date Conversion Period instrument is rights
exercised/ converted.
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
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
Below 3%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)(Group)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)Limited
(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect)
(LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General
Insurance Holdings
(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society
Management) Limited (PMC) Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A
voting rights:
13. Additional information: Notification using the total voting rights
figure of 1,398,828,475
14. Contact name: Angela Hayter (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number: 020 3124 3851