23rd August 2011
SThree plc
Purchase of own shares
SThree plc ("SThree" or the "Company") announces that on 23rd Aug 2011, it purchased for treasury 210,000 ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 238.5 pence per share. The highest price paid was 238.5 pence per share and the lowest 238.5 pence per share.
This represents 0.17 percent of the issued share capital of the Company.
In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, following this purchase, there are 935,000 shares held in treasury and the total number of voting rights in SThree is 122,072,579 ordinary shares of 1p each.
The above figure may be used by shareholders 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 FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Sian Hoskins
Assistant Company Secretary
0207 268 6026