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   SThree: Holdings in Company

   04-Oct-2017 / 13:37 GMT/BST
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   TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

    

   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to
   the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i
                                                                              
   1a. Identity of the issuer or the
   underlying issuer of existing shares to              SThree PLC
   which voting rights are attachedii:
   1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an
   "X" if appropriate)
   Non-UK issuer                                                           
   2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes
   with an "X")
   An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            X
   An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments                     
   An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        
   Other (please specify)iii:                                              
   3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
   Name                                      Allianz Global Investors GmbH
   City and country of registered office (if Frankfurt/Main, Germany   
   applicable)
   4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
   Name                                       
   City and country of registered office (if  
   applicable)
   5. Date on which the threshold was        03/10/2017
   crossed or reachedvi:
   6. Date on which issuer notified          04/10/2017
   (DD/MM/YYYY):
   7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
                        % of voting    % of voting
                          rights     rights through  Total of  Total number of
                        attached to     financial    both in % voting rights
                       shares (total   instruments    (8.A +   of Issuervii
                         of 8. A)    (total of 8.B 1   8.B)
                                        + 8.B 2)
   Resulting situation
   on the date on          4.51%          0.00%        4.51%   129,651,091
   which threshold was
   crossed or reached
   Position of
   previous
   notification (if       5.001%          0.00%       5.001%    

   applicable)
                                                                        

    

   8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
   threshold was crossed or reachedviii
   A: Voting rights attached to shares
   Class/type   Number of voting rightsix          % of voting rights
   of                 Direct          Indirect         Direct       Indirect
   shares
                    (Art 9 of        (Art 10 of      (Art 9 of     (Art 10 of
   ISIN code        Directive         Directive      Directive     Directive
   (if             2004/109/EC)     2004/109/EC)    2004/109/EC)  2004/109/EC)
   possible)         (DTR5.1)        (DTR5.2.1)       (DTR5.1)     (DTR5.2.1)
   GB00B0KM9T71         0             5,853,598          0            4.51
                                                                        
                                                                        
   SUBTOTAL 8.              5,853,598                         4.51%
   A
    

    
   B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive
   2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
                                             Number of voting
   Type of                 Exercise/         rights that may be
   financial    Expiration Conversion        acquired if the      % of voting
   instrument   datex      Periodxi          instrument is        rights

                                             exercised/converted.
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                                                   
                           SUBTOTAL 8. B 1                         
    

    
   B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art.
   13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
   Type of                 Exercise/    Physical or     Number of
   financial  Expiration   Conversion   cash            voting    % of voting
   instrument datex        Period xi                    rights    rights
                                        settlementxii
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                                                   
                                        SUBTOTAL 8.B.2             
    

    

    
                                                                   

    

   9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification
   obligation (please mark the

   applicable box with an "X")
   Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled
   by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any        X
   other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest
   in the (underlying) issuerxiii
   Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
   rights and/or the
   financial instruments are effectively held starting with the           
   ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please
   add additional rows as necessary)
            % of voting rights  % of voting rights through Total of both if it
            if it equals or is   financial instruments if  equals or is higher
   Namexv    higher than the      it equals or is higher   than the notifiable
           notifiable threshold    than the notifiable          threshold
                                        threshold
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            
    
   10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
   Name of the proxy holder      
   The number and % of voting    
   rights held
   The date until which the      
   voting rights will be held
    
   11. Additional informationxvi
    

    
                                                                      

    

   Place of completion London, UK
   Date of completion  04/10/2017

   Notes

    

   i Please  note  that national  forms  may  vary due  to  specific  national
   legislation (Article 3(1a)  of Directive 2004/109/EC)  as for instance  the
   applicable thresholds or information regarding capital holdings.

    

   ii Full name of the legal entity and further specification of the issuer or
   underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate (e.g. address, LEI,
   domestic number identity).  Indicate in  the relevant  section whether  the
   issuer is a non UK issuer.

    

   iii Other reason  for the  notification could  be voluntary  notifications,
   changes of  attribution of  the nature  of the  holding (e.g.  expiring  of
   financial instruments) or acting in concert.

    

   iv This should be  the full name  of (a) the  shareholder; (b) the  natural
   person or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting  rights
   in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h)/ Article 10 (b) to (h)  of
   Directive 2004/109/EC;  (c) all  parties to  the agreement  referred to  in
   Article 10 (a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.2.1 (a)) or (d) the holder of
   financial instruments referred to in Article 13(1) of Directive 2004/109/EC
   (DTR5.3.1).

    

   As the  disclosure of  cases  of acting  in concert  may  vary due  to  the
   specific circumstances  (e.g.  same or  different  total positions  of  the
   parties, entering or exiting  of acting in concert  by a single party)  the
   standard form does not provide for a specific method how to notify cases of
   acting in concert.

    

   In relation to the transactions referred to in points (b) to (h) of Article
   10 of Directive 2004/109/EC  (DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h)),  the following list  is
   provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

    

   - in  the  circumstances foreseen  in  letter (b)  of  Article 10  of  that
   Directive (DTR5.2.1 (b)), the natural person or legal entity that  acquires
   the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement  and
   the natural  person or  legal entity  who is  transferring temporarily  for
   consideration the voting rights;

    

   - in  the  circumstances foreseen  in  letter (c)  of  Article 10  of  that
   Directive (DTR5.2.1 (c)), the  natural person or  legal entity holding  the
   collateral, provided the person  or entity controls  the voting rights  and
   declares its  intention of  exercising them,  and natural  person or  legal
   entity lodging the collateral under these conditions;

    

   - in  the  circumstances foreseen  in  letter (d)  of  Article 10  of  that
   Directive (DTR5.2.1 (d)), the natural person or legal entity who has a life
   interest in shares  if that person  or entity is  entitled to exercise  the
   voting rights attached to the shares and the natural person or legal entity
   who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created;

    

   - in  the  circumstances foreseen  in  letter (e)  of  Article 10  of  that
   Directive (DTR5.2.1 (e)),  the controlling natural  person or legal  entity
   and, provided  it has  a notification  duty at  an individual  level  under
   Article 9  (DTR 5.1),  under  letters (a)  to (d)  of  Article 10  of  that
   Directive (DTR5.2.1 (a)  to (d))  or under a  combination of  any of  those
   situations, the controlled undertaking;

    

   - in  the  circumstances foreseen  in  letter (f)  of  Article 10  of  that
   Directive (DTR5.2.1  (f)), the  deposit  taker of  the  shares, if  he  can
   exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his
   discretion, and the depositor of the  shares allowing the deposit taker  to
   exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

    

   - in  the  circumstances foreseen  in  letter (g)  of  Article 10  of  that
   Directive (DTR5.2.1 (g)), the natural person or legal entity that  controls
   the voting rights;

    

   - in  the  circumstances foreseen  in  letter (h)  of  Article 10  of  that
   Directive (DTR5.2.1 (h)), the proxy holder,  if he can exercise the  voting
   rights at his discretion,  and the shareholder who  has given his proxy  to
   the proxy holder allowing the latter  to exercise the voting rights at  his
   discretion (e.g. management companies).

    

   v Applicable  in  the cases  provided  for in  Article  10 (b)  to  (h)  of
   Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be the full name of
   the shareholder who  is the  counterparty to  the natural  person or  legal
   entity referred to  in Article  10 of  that Directive  (DTR5.2) unless  the
   percentage of  voting rights  held by  the shareholder  is lower  than  the
   lowest notifiable threshold for the disclosure of voting rights holdings in
   accordance with national practices (e.g. identification of funds managed by
   management companies).

    

   vi The date on which threshold is crossed or reached should be the date  on
   which the acquisition or disposal took place or the other reason  triggered
   the notification  obligation.  For passive  crossings,  the date  when  the
   corporate event took effect.

    

   vii The total number of voting rights shall be composed of all the  shares,
   including depository receipts representing  shares, to which voting  rights
   are attached even if the exercise thereof is suspended.

    

   viii If the  holding has fallen  below the lowest  applicable threshold  in
   accordance with national law, please note that it might not be necessary in
   accordance with national law  to disclose the extent  of the holding,  only
   that the new holding is below that threshold.

    

   ix In  case of  combined holdings  of shares  with voting  rights  attached
   "direct holding" and  voting rights  "indirect holding",  please split  the
   voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns  -
   if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

    

   x Date of  maturity/expiration of  the financial instrument  i.e. the  date
   when right to acquire shares ends.

    

   xi If the  financial instrument  has such a  period -  please specify  this
   period - for example once every 3 months starting from  date .

    

   xii In  case of  cash settled  instruments the  number and  percentages  of
   voting rights is to be presented on a delta-adjusted basis (Article  13(1a)
   of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR 5.3.3.A).

    

   xiii If  the  person  subject  to the  notification  obligation  is  either
   controlled and/or does control another  undertaking then the second  option
   applies.

    

   xiv The full chain  of controlled undertakings  starting with the  ultimate
   controlling natural person or legal entity has to be presented also in  the
   cases, in which only on subsidiary level a threshold is crossed or  reached
   and the subsidiary undertaking discloses the notification as only thus  the
   markets get  always the  full picture  of the  group holdings.  In case  of
   multiple  chains  through   which  the  voting   rights  and/or   financial
   instruments are effectively held the chains  have to be presented chain  by
   chain leaving a row free between different chains (e.g.: A, B, C, free row,
   A, B, D, free row, A, E, F etc.).

    

   xv The names  of controlled  undertakings through which  the voting  rights
   and/or financial  instruments are  effectively held  have to  be  presented
   irrespectively whether  the  controlled  undertakings cross  or  reach  the
   lowest applicable threshold themselves.

    

   xvi Example: Correction of a previous notification.

    

    

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   ISIN:           GB00B0KM9T71
   Category Code:  HOL
   TIDM:           STHR
   LEI Code:       2138003NEBX5VRP3EX50
   OAM Categories: 2.3. Major shareholding notifications
   Sequence No.:   4697


    
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