Purchase in own shares

SThree (STHR) SThree: Purchase in own shares 17-Oct-2016 / 17:00 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 17 October 2016, it purchased for treasury 10,000 ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 226 pence per share. The highest price paid was 229.75p and lowest price paid was 223.5p. This represents 0.0077 percent of the issued share capital of the Company. In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, following this purchase, there are 1,924,082 shares held in treasury and the total number of voting rights in SThree is 129,152,809 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

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Language:	English
ISIN:	GB00B0KM9T71
Category Code:	POS
TIDM:	STHR
Sequence Number:	3497
Time of Receipt:	17-Oct-2016 / 17:00 GMT/BST

End of Announcement	EQS News Service

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