Close Period Share Repurchase Programme

SThree plc

Close period share repurchase programme

SThree plc ("SThree" or the "Company") announces that the Company has entered into an irrevocable and non-discretionary arrangement with its broker, Investec, to repurchase on its behalf and within certain pre-set parameters, ordinary shares in SThree to be held in treasury, during the Company's close period which will end on the day prior to the announcement of the Company's Preliminary Results on 28 January 2013. This arrangement is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the UKLA Listing Rules and SThree's general authority to repurchase shares.

Christie Wolstencroft

Company Secretarial Administrator

0207 268 6027