Hays plc

Second Quarter Trading Statement

14 January 2026

Hays plc ('Hays' or the 'Company') today announces its quarterly update for the three months ended 31 December 2025 ('Second Quarter Trading Statement'), which is available at: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7763O_1-2026-1-13.pdf.

The Second Quarter Trading Statement will also be available on the Hays website www.hays.com/investors and has been submitted in full unedited text to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Conference call

James Hilton and Kean Marden will conduct a conference call for analysts and investors at 9:00am UK time on 14 January 2026. Participants are invited to register via the URL link below:

https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BI3f95846877074d48851b7b5fb15662c6

Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email, with the details of the call and a personal login link and PIN which will place you directly into the call, without the need to speak to an operator. The call will be recorded and will also be available for playback via the results centre on our investor website.

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