Transaction of Shares held in Treasry

17 September 2012

SThree plc

Transfer of shares held in Treasury

SThree plc (the "Company") announces that on 17 September it transferred 57,171 ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") from Treasury to be used for the exercise of options under the savings related share option scheme.

Following this transfer the Company holds 2,093,808 Ordinary Shares in Treasury and the Company's issued share capital is 120,913,771 Ordinary Shares (excluding Treasury shares).

Christie Wolstencroft

Company Secretarial Administrator

SThree plc

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