Holding(s) in Company

+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying | | | issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are | SThree PLC | | attached: | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2: Reason for notification (yes/no) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | yes | |-------------------------------------------------------------+-----| | An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial | | | instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares | no | | already issued to which voting rights are attached | | |-------------------------------------------------------------+-----| | An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar | no | | economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | | |-------------------------------------------------------------+-----| | An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | no | |-------------------------------------------------------------+-----| | Other (please specify): | | no | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the | Standard Life | | notification | Investments Ltd | | obligation: | | |-----------------------------------------------+-------------------| | 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different | Vidacos Nominees | | from 3.): | | |-----------------------------------------------+-------------------| | 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which | | | the threshold | 09 December 2009 | | is crossed or reached): | | |-----------------------------------------------+-------------------| | 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 10 December 2009 | |-----------------------------------------------+-------------------| | 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 9% | | reached: | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8: Notified Details | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | A: Voting rights attached to shares | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Class/type of share If possible | GB00B0KM9T71 | | use ISIN code | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |-----------------------------------+-------------------------------| | 10,858,429 | 10,858,429 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage of | | | | voting rights | | |-------------------------+-------------------| | | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |---------------------+-------------+-----------+--------+----------| | 10,961,917 | 3,105,415 | 7,856,502 | 2.551% | 6.453% | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |No. of voting rights that may |Percentage| |financial |date |conversion |be acquired |of voting | |instrument| |period/date|(if the instrument |rights | | | | |exercised/converted) | | |----------+----------+-----------+------------------------------+----------| | | | | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial | |Instruments | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | | | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Type of |Exercise |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of |% of voting | |financial |price |date |Conversion |voting |rights | |instrument | | |period |rights | | | | | | |instrument | | | | | | |refers to | | |--------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+---------------| | | | | | |Nominal |Delta | | | | | | |--------+------| | | | | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Total (A+B+C) | |-------------------------------------------------------| | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |-------------------------+-----------------------------| | 10,961,917 | 9.003% | +-------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting | | rights and/or the | | financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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: | investments_mo@standardlife.com | | | Standard Life Investments Ltd | |-------------------------------+---------------------------------| | 15. Contact telephone number: | (0131) 245 6565 | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ ---END OF MESSAGE--- This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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