SThree plc
Purchase of own shares
SThree plc ("SThree" or the "Company") announces that on 4 October 2011, it purchased for treasury 40,557 ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 228.5929 pence per share. The highest price paid was 231.3 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 225.3 pence per share.
This represents 0.032 percent of the issued share capital of the Company.
In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, following this purchase, there are 2,138,718 shares held in treasury and the total number of voting rights in SThree is 120,868,861 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