Hays : Quarterly Earnings

PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR

THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2022

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT

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AGENDA

1.		OPERATING REVIEW		Alistair Cox, Chief Executive
2.		FINANCIAL REVIEW		Paul Venables, Group Finance Director
3.		CURRENT TRADING		James Hilton, Group Finance Director (Designate)
4.		STRATEGY		Alistair Cox, Chief Executive

5. APPENDICES

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1.

OPERATING REVIEW

Alistair Cox

Chief Executive

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OUR STRATEGY DELIVERED FOR ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN FY22

Our markets	Our investments
• Strong FY22 client	• 26% YoY growth in
and candidate	consultants
confidence	• Strategic Growth
• Significant global	Initiatives (SGI)
skill shortages	performing strongly
• Increased global job	• Record fees in
churn and reduced	structural growth
time to hire	sectors such as
• Clear evidence of	Technology and
Enterprise clients
wage inflation
• Record consultant
• Good market
productivity, despite
conditions
our investments

Our trading	Our purpose	Our society
• Record fees drove	• Over 350,000	• Our science-based
128% operating	talented people	targets in support of
profit growth to	placed in new jobs	Net Zero were
£210.1m	in FY22	approved in March
• Performance in all	• Extensive	• Free content and
regions was excellent	engagement with	training promotes
across Perm and	Hays online learning	career development
Temp	and development	and social mobility
• Group conversion rate	platforms - nearly	• Over 10,000 hours
1 million training
up 730bps, including	volunteered by
courses delivered
significant investment	colleagues through
		the 'Helping for your
		tomorrow' initiative

Our shareholders

• Excellent profit growth and strong cash generation
• FY22 core dividend of 2.85p and special dividend of 7.34p
• Share buyback scheme launched; £18.2m of shares bought and cancelled
• Buyback scheme topped up so that we start FY23 with £75 million available

Our purpose-led strategy will deliver for all our stakeholders over the long run

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