DGAP-UK-Regulatory: SThree PLCShs

EQS-Regulatory: SThree: Purchase of own shares

SThree / Transaction in Own Shares* SThree: Purchase of own shares

01-March-2016 / 16:56 Europe/London Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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SThree plc Purchase of own shares

SThree plc ('SThree' or the 'Company') announces that on 1 March 2016, it purchased for treasury 34,837 ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 299.8189 pence per share.

The highest price paid was 300.00p and lowest price paid was 298.00p.

This represents 0.027 percent of the issued share capital of the Company.

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, following this purchase, there are 228,282 shares held in treasury and the total number of voting rights in SThree is 129,450,909 ordinary shares of 1p each.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, SThree under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Kirsty Mulholland

Trainee Company Secretarial Assistant

0207 618 0247

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Language: English Company: SThree 1st Floor, 75 King William Street EC4N 7BE London United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)20 7268 6000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7268 6001 E-mail: cosec@sthree.com Internet: www.sthree.com ISIN: GB00B0KM9T71 Listed: London Category Code: POS TIDM: STHR Sequence Number: 3022 Time of Receipt: 01-March-2016 / 16:56 Europe/London End of Announcement EQS News Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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