Hays discloses executive share deal and Hays stock trades at EUR 0.76

Published on 10/02/2026 at 14:26 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Hays stock costs EUR 0.76 on October 2, 2026 after EUR 0.76. FY 2026 net fees fell 8.00 percent to GBP 906 million.

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Hays disclosed an executive share deal involving Interim Chief Marketing Officer Julia Cames, and Hays stock trades at EUR 0.76 at Lang & Schwarz on October 2, 2026. According to The Globe and Mail on September 21, 2026, Cames acquired 9,275 ordinary shares through the vesting of a performance award and sold 1,148 shares on the London Stock Exchange.

Executive transaction meets turnaround plan

The transaction was routine, but it adds a dated governance signal to a company undergoing a broad operational reset. The sale price was GBP 0.6494 per share, according to The Globe and Mail, while the award vesting involved ordinary shares of 1 pence each.

Hays' FY 2026 results show the tension behind the strategy. In the year ended June 30, 2026, net fees decreased 8.00 percent to GBP 906 million, while pre-exceptional operating profit increased 3.00 percent to GBP 48.6 million, according to Yahoo Finance.

Fees fell as cost savings lifted profit

The improvement came despite lower fees and weaker permanent recruitment demand. Hays reported GBP 92 million of cash from operations for FY 2026 and ended the year with GBP 20.1 million of net cash, according to Yahoo Finance. Management also said productivity rose 7.00 percent and that GBP 50 million of annualized structural savings had been secured in FY 2026.

The company is targeting a further GBP 50 million of structural savings in FY 2027. Its Momentum strategy also aims to lift the conversion rate to more than 25.00 percent over time, a target that would make operating leverage more important than near-term fee growth.

October update is the next test

Hays lists a trading update for the three months ended September 30, 2026, on October 12, 2026, on its investor page. That update should give investors the first formal view of whether July through September activity matched management expectations after the FY 2026 restructuring.

On the London Stock Exchange, the finance quote for HAS.L showed GBp 63.90 on October 2, 2026 at 1:23 p.m. London time, versus a 52-week range of GBp 27.88 to GBp 78.45. The same listing data identified Hays under ticker HAS and ISIN GB0004161021.

Hays stock holds at EUR 0.76

Hays stock was trading at EUR 0.76 at Lang & Schwarz on October 2, 2026 at 2:14 p.m. CEST, unchanged at 0.00 percent versus the Lang & Schwarz prior close of EUR 0.76 on October 1, 2026. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Hays stock.