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Hays — FY2022 Earnings Presentation

71 slides from Hays's earnings presentation, Aug 24, 2022

  1. Slide 1: Preliminary Results for the Year Ended 30 June 2022

    PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2022

  2. Slide 2: Cautionary Statement

    CAUTIONARY STATEMENT This presentation contains certain statements that are neither reported financial results nor other historical information. The information contained in this presentation is not audited, is for personal use and informational purposes only and is not intended for distribution to,

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    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 3

  4. Slide 4: Operating Review

    1. OPERATING REVIEW Alistair Cox Chief Executive 4

  5. Slide 5: Our strategy delivered for all our stakeholders in FY22

    OUR STRATEGY DELIVERED FOR ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN FY22 Our markets Our investments Our trading Our purpose Our society Our shareholders • Strong FY22 client • 26% YoY growth in • Record fees drove • Over 350,000 • Our science-based • Excellent profit and candidate consultants 128% operating talente

  6. Slide 6: Key developments

    NET FEES +32% to £1,189.4m OP PROFIT +128% to £210.1m RECORD GROUP FEES AND MATERIAL PROFIT GROWTH, EPS +151% to 9.22p WITH SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT NET CASH £296.2m Business focus Delivering cash-backed Driving fee growth Investing in growth profit growth • Record fees, up 32%, including monthly • Co

  7. Slide 7: Australia & New Zealand – Financial overview

    STRONG GROWTH, LED BY PERM AND THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR Australia & New Zealand – Financial overview Actual LFL FY22 share Year to 30 June 2022 2021 growth growth of Group Net fees up 24%; operating profit up 32% • Business confidence improved following lockdown restrictions easing £ Net fees £195.7m £

  8. Slide 8: Germany – Financial overview

    RECORD FEES AND EXCELLENT PROFIT GROWTH, DRIVEN BY RECORD CONTRACTOR NUMBERS Germany – Financial overview Actual LFL FY22 share Year to 30 June 2022 2021 growth growth of Group Net fees up 34%; operating profit up 152% £ Net fees £313.9m £244.8m 28% 34% 26% • Activity improving through the year, wit

  9. Slide 9: UK & Ireland – Financial overview

    EXCELLENT FEES AND PROFIT GROWTH, DRIVEN BY PERM AND THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR UK & Ireland – Financial overview Actual LFL FY22 share Net fees up 31%; operating profit up 277% Year to 30 June 2022 2021 growth growth of Group £ Net fees £263.3m £201.1m 31% 31% 22% • Good sequential fee growth in the fir

  10. Slide 10: Rest of World – Financial overview

    RECORD FEES IN 22 COUNTRIES AND EXCELLENT PROFIT GROWTH Rest of World (RoW) – Financial overview Actual LFL FY22 share Net fees up 36%; operating profit up 234%. 22 Country records Year to 30 June 2022 2021 growth growth of Group • Perm (68% of RoW) up 43%, Temp up 24% £ Net fees £416.5m £312.3m 33%

  11. Slide 11: Operational summary: excellent progress

    OPERATIONAL SUMMARY: EXCELLENT PROGRESS Record fees driving Ever greater focus on strong profit growth, Strong FY22 market Significant investment delivering more of our with strong overall conditions in all to capitalise on long- clients’ recruitment activity levels in all our regions, driven by ter

  12. Slide 12: Financial Review

    2. FINANCIAL REVIEW Paul Venables Group Finance Director

  13. Slide 13: Record fees, with excellent performances in Perm and Temp

    RECORD FEES, WITH EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES IN PERM AND TEMP FY22 net fee review Group net fee growth* ‒ Temp vs. Perm 67% 65% 61% Strong activity and trading in all major GROUP markets, including record quarterly Temp 48% fees in Q4. 41% 39% Perm 37% 32% 31% 24% 26% 22% 23% Strong client and candidate

  14. Slide 14: Record fees and material profit growth; strong cash drives shareholder returns

    RECORD FEES AND MATERIAL PROFIT GROWTH. STRONG CASH POSITION DRIVES SUBSTANTIAL RETURNS TO SHAREHOLDERS ‡ Core // Special Net fees Operating profit Net cash* Total DPS FY18 £1,072.8m FY18 £243.4m FY18 £122.9m FY18 3.81p 5.00p 8.81p FY19 £1,129.7m FY19 £248.8m FY19 £129.7m FY19 3.97p 5.43p 9.40p FY20

  15. Slide 15: Strong profit and earnings growth

    Basic EPS‡ (p) FY20 5.28 STRONG PROFIT AND EARNINGS GROWTH EPS BENEFITED FY21 3.67 FROM ONE-OFF TAX GAINS FY22 9.22 Income Statement Year ended 30 June 2022 2021 Reported LFL* £m £m growth growth Turnover 6,588.9 5,648.4 17% 19% Net fees 1,189.4 918.1 30% 32% Operating profit 210.1 95.1 121% 128% Ne

  16. Slide 16: Excellent performance in all regions

    EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN ALL REGIONS Australia & NZ (16% of net fees) LfL growth Germany (26% of net fees) LfL growth Net Fees £195.7m 24% Net Fees £313.9m 34% Operating profit £51.6m 32% Operating Profit £75.6m 152% ▪ Business confidence improved as restrictions eased in October ▪ Contracting grew

  17. Slide 17: Excellent Perm and Temp performance

    Split of net fees Perm:Temp 41% 39% 45% EXCELLENT PERM AND TEMP PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING 59% 61% 55% CONTINUED GROWTH IN AVERAGE PERM FEE AND TEMP MARGIN FY20 FY21 FY22 Review of Group Permanent and Temporary Businesses* Permanent placement business Temporary placement business 49% net fee increase 21

  18. Slide 18: Material profit growth, driven by record fees and consultant productivity

    MATERIAL PROFIT GROWTH, DRIVEN BY RECORD FEES AND CONSULTANT PRODUCTIVITY EVEN AFTER SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN HIGHER COST BASE FY22 operating profit bridge (£m) Periodic cost base bridge (constant FX, £m) ~ Cost-related ~ Jul-21 291.7 cost 73.0 base Consultant headcount 73.0 7.

  19. Slide 19: Australian dollar and euro FX translation sensitivities

    THE AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR AND EURO REMAIN SIGNIFICANT FX TRANSLATION SENSITIVITIES FOR THE GROUP Key FX rates and sensitivities Year ended 30 June 2022 Average Closing Australian dollar ($) 1.8346 1.7613 Euro (€) 1.1808 1.1619 Impact of a one cent change per annum Net fees Op profit Australian dollar ($

  20. Slide 20: Conversion rate increased to 17.7%

    CONVERSION RATE* INCREASED TO 17.7% Conversion rate* FY19 FY20 H1 21 H2 21 FY21 H1 22 H2 22 FY22 ANZ 33.5% 28.3% 22.6% 26.8% 24.8% 27.2% 25.6% 26.4% Good 33% drop-through** of fee growth into profit growth Germany 30.5% 20.5% 8.3% 16.5% 12.8% 25.3% 23.1% 24.1% Excellent 57% drop-through** UK&I 18.5%

  21. Slide 21: Reduction in effective tax rate

    REDUCTION IN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE (ETR) DRIVEN BY ONE-OFF BENEFITS. UNDERLYING ETR AT 30% Finance charge and taxation Year ended 30 June 2022 2021 Finance charge £m £m Net interest charge on debt* (0.4) (0.6) Other interest payable - (0.1) IFRS 16 interest on lease liabilities (non-cash) (3.9) (5.0) I

  22. Slide 22: Strong cash performance, with working capital rebuild

    Cash from operations* (£m) FY20 247.4 STRONG CASH PERFORMANCE, WITH WORKING CAPITAL FY21 130.8 REBUILD DRIVEN BY GROWTH IN TEMP VOLUMES FY22 182.9 Operating profit to free cash flow conversion (FY22, £m) Uses of cash flow (FY22) Cash from operations* £182.9m (FY21: £130.8m) Pensions £17.2m ​ ​ ​ Cap

  23. Slide 23: Excellent credit control reducing debtor days

    SINCE FY19, EXCELLENT CREDIT CONTROL HAS DELIVERED AND MAINTAINED A SIX-DAY REDUCTION IN DEBTOR DAYS, DRIVING A CASH BENEFIT OF c.£90 MILLION Debtor Days (Days Sales Outstanding) Cumulative cash benefit 39 39 36 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 Net trade receivables (£m) 649.3 521.2 510.2 663.2 33 33 Debtor days

  24. Slide 24: Strong year-end cash position

    Free cash flow* (£m) FY20 216.2 STRONG YEAR-END CASH POSITION, FY21 98.1 DRIVEN BY CONTINUED EXCELLENT CREDIT CONTROL FY22 143.4 Closing net cash (£m) 410.6 366.2 NET CASH POSITION • FY22 ended with net cash of £296.2m 296.2 £210 MILLION BANK FACILITY • £210m facility in place to November 2024, of w

  25. Slide 25: A strong balance sheet

    A STRONG BALANCE SHEET Balance sheet analysis RETIREMENT BENEFITS 30 Jun 30 Jun • Increase in Defined Benefit surplus is a result of changes in financial assumptions, £m 2022 2021 most notably an increase in the discount rate and changes to the scheme’s Goodwill & intangibles 249.4 244.7 demographic

  26. Slide 26: Highly cash generative model and substantial shareholder returns

    FY22 special dividend calculation (£m) 100 296 75 HIGHLY CASH GENERATIVE BUSINESS MODEL, WITH CLEAR CASH 196 121 121 FLOW PRIORITIES AND SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER RETURNS FY22 Year-end Share FY22 net cash buffer buyback special cash dividend Fund Group • Invest in headcount, training, systems We incre

  27. Slide 27: Actions since the pandemic strengthening profitability

    OUR ACTIONS SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR BUSINESS AND WILL INCREASE OUR LONGER-TERM PROFITABILITY Cumulative Potential cost-savings vs Expected RAG delivered Timeframe saving p.a. status pre-pandemic levels Development saving p.a. Property consolidations and renegotiation of

  28. Slide 28: Financial summary

    FINANCIAL SUMMARY Record net fees of £1,189.4m, up 32% Strong cash performance driving • Excellent fee performance in all regions and Operating profit grew by 128% to substantial distributions to shareholders 24 country records, driven by strong client £210.1m, including significant • Maintained DSO

  29. Slide 29: Current Trading

    3. CURRENT TRADING James Hilton Group Finance Director (Designate)

  30. Slide 30: Current trading conditions and outlook by region

    DESPITE INCREASING MACRO UNCERTAINTIES, CLIENT & CANDIDATE CONFIDENCE REMAINS GOOD, WITH FEES & ACTIVITY SEQUENTIALLY STABLE AT STRONG LEVELS Current trading conditions and outlook by region Australia Germany UK & Ireland Rest of World Conditions in Perm remain good, Overall conditions are strong an

  31. Slide 31: Strategy

    4. STRATEGY Alistair Cox Chief Executive

  32. Slide 32: Investor Day set out scale of opportunities and competitive advantages

    OUR INVESTOR DAY SET OUT THE SCALE OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES AND OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES IN THE NEW WORLD OF WORK We face many structural market opportunities presented by the new world of work Our markets are vast Potential to and offer significant We are market leaders We have the financial double p

  33. Slide 33: Medium-term growth ambitions

    WE SET OUT OUR MEDIUM-TERM GROWTH AMBITIONS* Our five-year ambitions* Technology Germany UK&I ANZ Outsourced Solutions £500m+ Double profits £350m AUD $500m Double net fees to €200m** net fees net fees net fees to £400m Assuming a supportive economic backdrop, we see significant structural opportuni

  34. Slide 34: Excellent progress in Technology & Enterprise clients

    EXCELLENT PROGRESS IN TECHNOLOGY & ENTERPRISE CLIENTS Hays Technology net fees* (£m) Hays’ Global direct outsource fees** (£m) On-track to deliver £500m in Technology fees and to double our direct outsourced fees to £400m * Net fees and fee growth shown on a constant currency basis. The Veredus acqu

  35. Slide 35: Much more than a recruiting business: Working for your tomorrow

    WE ARE NOW MUCH MORE THAN A RECRUITING BUSINESS: WORKING FOR YOUR TOMORROW We are helping thousands of organisations and millions of candidates prepare for their future Objectives of the brand change, framed by customer insights Demonstrate Differentiate Create Position Hays as a holistic Hays as a

  36. Slide 36: Conclusion: excellent progress in FY22

    CONCLUSION: WE MADE EXCELLENT PROGRESS IN FY22, AND OUR INVESTMENT CASE IS DESIGNED TO DELIVER COMPELLING RETURNS FOR SHAREHOLDERS We have delivered Our strong financial record fees and material We are market leaders in We have the financial performance drove profit growth in FY22 We have the right

  37. Slide 37: Appendix 1

    APPENDIX 1 FY22 Results supporting materials

  38. Slide 38: Like-for-like summary

    LIKE-FOR-LIKE SUMMARY 2021 FX impact Organic 2022 LFL* Year ended 30 June £m £m £m £m growth Net fees Australia & New Zealand 159.9 (2.6) 38.4 195.7 24% Germany 244.8 (10.7) 79.8 313.9 34% United Kingdom & Ireland 201.1 (0.4) 62.6 263.3 31% Rest of World 312.3 (6.7) 110.9 416.5 36% Group 918.1 (20.4

  39. Slide 39: Full-year and half-year growth analysis by division

    FULL-YEAR AND HALF-YEAR GROWTH ANALYSIS BY DIVISION Net fee growth* Q1 21 Q2 21 H1 21 Q3 21 Q4 21 H2 21 FY21 Q1 22 Q2 22 H1 22 Q3 22 Q4 22 H2 22 FY22 versus same period last year Australia & New Zealand (26)% (19)% (23)% (13)% 28% 6% (10)% 34% 31% 33% 24% 12% 18% 24% Germany (31)% (20)% (26)% (5)% 3

  40. Slide 40: Rest of World performance by country/market

    REST OF WORLD PERFORMANCE BY COUNTRY/MARKET Country/market FY22 Net fees Net fee growth # of offices # of consultants Rest of World net fees (ranked by net fees) £m (LFL*) France 67.9 35% 20 536 USA 64.3 43% 12 541 Other** France Benelux 33.8 20% 11 240 China 33.5 25% 6 270 Switzerland 30.9 27% 4 14

  41. Slide 41: Consultant headcount and office network

    CONSULTANT HEADCOUNT AND OFFICE NETWORK Number of consultants Offices H2 versus H1 Year on year As at 30 Jun As at 31 Change since As at 31 Jun Change since As at 30 As at 30 Change 2022 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2021 Jun 2021 Jun 2022 Jun 2021 since Jun 2021 Australia & New 1,136 1,054 8% 945 20% 40 41 (1)

  42. Slide 42: Trading days in major markets

    TRADING DAYS IN MAJOR MARKETS Australia Germany UK Number of trading days H1 H2 Year H1 H2 Year H1 H2 Year Year ended 30 June 2021 129 123 252 130 122 252 129 124 253 Year ending 30 June 2022 129 123 252 131 123 254 129 123 252 Year ending 30 June 2023 129 123 252 128 123 251 129 124 253 42

  43. Slide 43: Balanced business model: Temp/contractor and Perm

    BALANCED BUSINESS MODEL: SECTOR-LEADING EXPOSURE TO KEY TEMP/CONTRACTOR MARKETS, PERM-GEARED IN HIGH GROWTH AREAS FY22 net fees by geography and contract type Temp Perm 17% 38% 45% 68% 83% 62% 55% 32% ANZ - 16% Germany - 26% UK&I - 22% RoW - 36% PROPORTION OF GROUP NET FEES 43

  44. Slide 44: Appendix 2

    APPENDIX 2 Our strategy, business model and investment case

  45. Slide 45: Our investment case

    OUR INVESTMENT CASE We believe there are at least three simple and compelling reasons to invest in Hays 1 2 3 We are market leaders in We have the right people, Our stickier, more diverse vast markets, which offer infrastructure, brand, vision and higher margin revenue significant growth potential.

  46. Slide 46: Hays at the heart of a changed work ecosystem

    HAYS SITS AT THE HEART OF A DRAMATICALLY CHANGED WORK ECOSYSTEM, CHANGES WHICH PLAY DIRECTLY TO OUR STRENGTHS Chronic skill shortages and Significant new demand in high job churn related HR Services Enhanced ESG and Rapid new job category creation ED&I requirements Demands for flexible working and A

  47. Slide 47: World of work significantly changed post-pandemic

    THE WORLD OF WORK HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED POST-PANDEMIC, WITH CLIENTS AND CANDIDATES FACING NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Covid has accelerated the megatrends which are shaping the world of work Business Skill Employee Demographic Societal challenges shortages demands challenges demands Greater

  48. Slide 48: New world of work benefits Hays in five areas

    THE NEW WORLD OF WORK BENEFITS HAYS IN FIVE MAJOR AREAS Skill shortages We have the deepest and broadest talent networks New job creation Greater job churn Particularly in structurally Helped by faster hiring growing sectors HAYS BENEFITS BY decisions SOLVING CLIENTS’ TALENT PROBLEMS Wage inflation

  49. Slide 49: Enhanced capabilities drive incremental profit growth

    OUR ENHANCED CAPABILITIES WILL DRIVE INCREMENTAL PROFIT GROWTH AS WE MEET OUR CLIENTS’ CHANGING NEEDS We are increasingly moving into partnership-based, stickier services – which will drive incremental profits Project Services HR Services Preferred MSP/RPO supplier ‘Spot’ arrangements recruitment Ou

  50. Slide 50: How and why Hays will win in the new world of work

    HOW & WHY HAYS WILL WIN IN THE NEW WORLD OF WORK We recruit for all professional Unrivalled global network serving Highly scalable model, expertly 1 Delivery capability all employment types serving all client sizes skillsets, including the fastest growing talent markets globally Millions of deep, pe

  51. Slide 51: Our strategic priorities

    OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOCUS ON BUSINESS GROWTH, MOVING UP THE VALUE CHAIN, INVESTING IN RELATIONSHIPS AND DELIVERING RETURNS TO SHAREHOLDERS GROW DIVERSIFY Materially increase core recruitment fees, Substantially grow new revenue streams particularly in Technology recruitment and and partnership-

  52. Slide 52: Medium-term growth ambitions: FY27

    WE SET OUT OUR MEDIUM-TERM GROWTH AMBITIONS* Our FY27 ambitions* Technology Germany UK&I ANZ Outsourced Solutions £500m+ Double profits £350m AUD $500m Double net fees to €200m** net fees net fees net fees to £400m Assuming a supportive economic backdrop, we see significant structural opportunities

  53. Slide 53: Five-year aspirations to grow business and shareholder value

    OUR FIVE-YEAR ASPIRATIONS TO MATERIALLY GROW OUR BUSINESS AND GENERATE SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDER VALUE Five-year net fee growth Five-year conversion rate Cash conversion Delivering shareholder value Aspiration CAGR Aspiration range* Aspiration rate Aspiration to: Group: 22-25% 90%+ Double profits 6-10

  54. Slide 54: A balanced portfolio

    A BALANCED PORTFOLIO FY22 net fees by type* Public sector ANZ 16% 15% Full Technology 26% outsourced 20% Professional 35% Perm 45% Germ any 26% A&F 14% PSL 30% C&P 11% UK&I 22% Engineering 9% Private sector 85% Office Support 6% Multiple Life Sciences 5% Technical 65% placem ents 30% Tem p 55% RoW 3

  55. Slide 55: Market-leading breadth and depth of platform

    MARKET-LEADING BREADTH AND DEPTH OF PLATFORM, WITH A STRONG RECORD OF ORGANIC GROWTH 21 Specialisms 32 Countries New Zealand Luxembourg Netherlands Czech Rep. Switzerland Singapore Colombia Germany Denmark Romania Malaysia Australia Hungary Portugal Belgium Sweden Canada Mexico Austria France Poland

  56. Slide 56: Technical specialisms add to balance and resilience

    TECHNICAL SPECIALISMS ADD TO OUR BALANCE AND RELATIVE RESILIENCE Attributes of Technical* vs Professional** net fees In FY22, Technical specialisms represented c.65% Group net fees Investment-led hires rather than 1. purely candidate-driven 49% 52% 54% 55% 58% 60% 60% 60% 61% 62% 62% 62% 63% 64% 63%

  57. Slide 57: Continued investment in scale and diversity across global platform

    CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN BUILDING FURTHER SCALE AND DIVERSITY ACROSS OUR GLOBAL PLATFORM Temp & Contracting Temp/Contractor business as % of FY22 net fees CANADA Clear structural growth NETHERLANDS POLAND 1. opportunities 27% 60% 29% SWITZERLAND Relative resilience 2. to the cycle 78% 66 FRANCE % BEL

  58. Slide 58: The data dilemma: driving more value from data

    THE DATA DILEMMA: DRIVING MORE VALUE FROM DATA THAN HR TEAMS AND COMPETITORS Access to more and better data Convert data effectively into insights Drive real actions from insight CLICK LIKE TWEET REVIEW DOWNLOAD MILLIONS VIEW DATA OF NEW DATA POINTS QUALITY & INSIGHTS SHARE EACH DAY COMPLIANCE COMME

  59. Slide 59: Purpose, behaviours and the UN Sustainability Goals

    PURPOSE, BEHAVIOURS, AND THE FOUR UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABILITY GOALS (UNSDGs) WHICH HAYS ENDORSES PURPOSE We benefit society by investing in lifelong partnerships that empower people and organisations to succeed BEHAVIOURS Build partnerships Think beyond Do the right thing UNSDG Alignment and actio

  60. Slide 60: Doing the right thing is embedded in our strategic priorities

    DOING THE RIGHT THING IS EMBEDDED IN OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Drive productivity to Nurture lifelong client Diversify by growing Grow recruitment fees new revenue streams deliver significant profits and candidate FY22 ACHIEVEMENTS and cash flows partnerships STAKEHOLDERS We are proud both of the cul

  61. Slide 61: Worldwide platform provides pipeline of future growth

    OUR WORLDWIDE PLATFORM PROVIDES A PIPELINE OF FUTURE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES & LEADERSHIP IN ALL CORE MARKETS Hays’ market positioning* TOP 3 Market Leader Top 3 position Top 5 position Other Australia Malaysia Belgium New Zealand Brazil Poland France Portugal Germany Singapore Greater China Spain Hung

  62. Slide 62: Appendix 3

    APPENDIX 3 Divisional profiles and historical data

  63. Slide 63: Financial archive – net fees, operating profit and headcount

    FINANCIAL ARCHIVE – NET FEES, OPERATING PROFIT AND CONSULTANT HEADCOUNT £ Net fees by division (£m) £ Operating profit‡ by division (£m) 1,189 1,130 243 249 1,073 955 996 212 210 918 417 41 42 810 339 368 164 181 27 764 114 140 49 135 40 734 719 725 291 340 15 22 47 672 312 1 128 126 7 42 230 6 17 9

  64. Slide 64: Australia & New Zealand profile

    Snapshot - #1 market position* AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND PROFILE – 16% OF GROUP NET FEES, - Diverse sector experience WITH AUSTRALIA REPRESENTING 92% OF DIVISIONAL NET FEES - Geographical diversification Net fees by specialism (FY22) £ Historical headline net fees (£m) £ Historical headline operating

  65. Slide 65: Germany profile

    Snapshot - #1 market position* GERMANY PROFILE – 26% OF GROUP NET FEES AND - Structurally developing market 35% OF GROUP PROFIT - Sectoral diversification Net fees by specialism (FY22) £ Historical headline net fees (£m) £ Historical headline operating profit‡ (£m) 300 314 7% 276 91 4% 260 86 245 81

  66. Slide 66: UK & Ireland profile

    Snapshot - #1 market position* UK & IRELAND PROFILE – 22% OF GROUP NET FEES AND - Diverse sector exposure 21% OF GROUP PROFIT - Nationwide coverage Net fees by specialism (FY22) £ Historical headline net fees (£m) £ Historical headline operating profit‡ (£m) 453 137 19% 27% 331 272 272 258 264 263 2

  67. Slide 67: Rest of World profile

    Snapshot - Structural growth opportunities REST OF WORLD PROFILE – REPRESENTS 36% OF GROUP - Diverse sector exposure NET FEES, WITH FRANCE OUR LARGEST RoW MARKET - Geographical diversification Net fees by specialism (FY22) £ Historical headline net fees (£m) £ Historical headline operating profit‡ (

  68. Slide 68: Financial archive – local currency

    FINANCIAL ARCHIVE – NET FEES AND OPERATING PROFIT (LOCAL CURRENCY) $ Australia & New Zealand - Historical net fees (AUDm) $ Australia & New Zealand - Historical operating profit ‡ (AUDm) 365 359 359 182 347 323 321 293 293 305 274 288 263 273 130 134 232 245 116 120 120 106 98 91 95 88 83 90 80 72 F

  69. Slide 69: Financial archive – quarterly net fee growth

    FINANCIAL ARCHIVE – QUARTERLY NET FEE GROWTH % Australia & New Zealand % Germany 38% 39% 37% 34% 31% 32% 29% 28% 24% 23% 16% 19% 16% 13% 15% 15% 12% 13% 14% 12% 14% 12% 7% 8% 6% 3% 15% 16% 2% 0% (3%) (2%) (7%) (9%) (5%) (7%) (13%) (10%) (19%) (20%) (28%) (26%) (33%)(31%) Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q

  70. Slide 70: Financial archive – quarterly net fee and consultant growth

    FINANCIAL ARCHIVE – QUARTERLY NET FEE AND CONSULTANT GROWTH % Temp % Perm 67% 65% 61% 48% 24% 26% 22% 21% 16% 20% 12% 11% 9% 11% 8% 9% 13% 15% 11% 11% 9% 31% 6% 8% 5% 7% 7% 7% 0% 0% 0% 0% (3%) (7%) (6%) (5%) (10%) (13%) (13%) (26%) (26%) (25%) (44%) (35%) Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1

  71. Slide 71: Working for your tomorrow – further information

    WORKING FOR YOUR TOMORROW FURTHER INFORMATION David Phillips Head Of Investor Relations & ESG Charles Chalkly Investor Relations & ESG Manager ir@hays.com +44 (0)333 010 7122 For more information about the Group: haysplc.com/investors

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