Hays PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jun 29, 2016

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RNS Number : 6885C

Hays PLC

29 June 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                                       

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		Hays plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
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 notification obligation: iii	Marathon Asset Management LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	See attached breakdown
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	27 June 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29 June 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights x
Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00004161021	82,059,561	68,660,685	93,172,339		77,991,009		5.44

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
77,991,009	5.44%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	Marathon Asset Management LLP
14. Contact name:	James Bennett
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 (0)20 7497 2211

Breakdown of Holdings

Custodian	Nominal
Bank of New York Mellon	16,236,196
BNP Paribas Securities Services	620,867
Brown Brothers Harriman	899,902
JP Morgan Chase	4,905,861
Northern Trust	43,102,042
Royal Bank of Canada	136,092
State Street Bank & Trust Company	27,271,379
Total	93,172,339

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