SThree: Purchase in own shares

SThree (STHR) SThree: Purchase in own shares 20-Jan-2017 / 16:49 GMT/BST Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR), transmitted by EQS Group. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

SThree plc Purchase of own shares

SThree plc ('SThree' or the 'Company') announces that on 20 January 2017, it purchased for treasury 6,587 ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 322.8478p per share.

The highest price paid was 323.50p and lowest price paid was 319.50p.

This represents 0.0051 percent of the issued share capital of the Company.

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, following this purchase, there are 2,379,123 shares held in treasury and the total number of voting rights in SThree is 128,871,456 ordinary shares of 1p each.

Shareholders may use the above figure 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.

Hanisha Hands-Patel

Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

0207 7268 6000