Purchase in own shares

SThree (STHR) SThree: Purchase in own shares 22-Aug-2016 / 16:49 GMT/BST Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information, transmitted by EQS Group AG. 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 22 August 2016, it purchased for treasury 5,000 ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 249.75 pence per share. The highest price paid was 252p and lowest price paid was 249.75p. This represents 0.004 percent of the issued share capital of the Company. In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, following this purchase, there are 1,619,082 shares held in treasury and the total number of voting rights in SThree is 128,129,752 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 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:	3337
Time of Receipt:	22-Aug-2016 / 16:49 GMT/BST

End of Announcement	EQS News Service

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