Holdings in Company

SThree (STHR) SThree: Holdings in Company 16-Nov-2016 / 13:57 GMT/BST Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. For filings with the FCA include the annex   For filings with issuer exclude the annex     TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i   1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii SThree plc   2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached   An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments   An event changing the breakdown of voting rights   Other (please specify):       3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Bank of New York, London The Northern Trust Company, London State Street Bank and Trust Company, London National Westminster Bank Plc, London 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v 14 November 2016 6. Date on which issuer notified: 15 November 2016 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii Below 11%   8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE Situation previous to the triggering transaction Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of Shares Number of Voting Rights Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights x Direct Direct xi Indirect xii Direct Indirect ORD GBP.01 GB00B0KM9T71 13,741,919 13,741,919     14,134,650   10.95%   B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial instrument Expiration date xiii Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. % of voting rights             C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial instrument Exercise price Expiration date xvii Exercise/ Conversion period xviii Number of voting rights instrument refers to % of voting rights xix, xx           Nominal Delta       Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 14,134,650 10.95%   9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi     Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder:   11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:   12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:     13. Additional information:   14. Contact name: Lori A. Weber Assistant Secretary, Franklin Resources, Inc. 15. Contact telephone number: 954-847-2283

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Language:	English
ISIN:	GB00B0KM9T71
Category Code:	HOL
TIDM:	STHR
Sequence Number:	3605
Time of Receipt:	16-Nov-2016 / 13:57 GMT/BST

End of Announcement	EQS News Service

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