SThree PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2019

Dec 12, 2019

SThree (STHR) 11-Dec-2019 / 13:03 GMT/BST Dissemination of a RegulatoryAnnouncement that contains inside information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR), transmitted by EQS Group. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS
	1a. Identityof the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing STHREE PLC shares to which voting rights are attached ii:
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
iii: Other (please specify)
	3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
Name				William Frederick Bottriell
City and country of registered office (if applicable) London, UK
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)	v
Name				UBS Private Banking Nominees Ltd
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			London, UK
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:			21/11/2019
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			10/12/2019
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)		% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	3.77%	N/A		3.77%	132,689,944
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	5.98%	N/A		5.98%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii
	A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights ix	%of voting rights
	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
GB00B0KM9T71		5,008,841		3.77%
SUBTOTAL 8. A	5,008,841		3.77%

Number of voting rights that may Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ be acquired if the instrument is %of voting rights xi x	B 1: Financial Instruments according toArt. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
	instrument	date	Conversion Period	exercised/converted.

	SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

B 2: Financial Instrumentswith similar economic effect according toArt. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date x	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi	Physical or cash settlement xii	Number of voting rights	%of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
	xiii holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer	Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s)		X
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the xiv financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary)
Name xv	%of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	%of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

10.In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder	N/A
The number and % of voting rights held	N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held	N/A

11.Additional information xvi

As per the previous notification released on 18 January 2013, holdings were recorded as 7,338,245 shares and 5.98% of voting rights. In July 2016 holdings were decreased to 6,608,841 shares and 5.15% of voting rights, this change did not trigger a notification. As stated above the shareholder has now decreased their shareholding to 5,008,841 resulting in this announcement being made.

Place of completion London
Date of completion	11/12/2019

ISIN: GB00B0KM9T71 Category Code: HOL TIDM: STHR LEICode: 2138003NEBX5VRP3EX50 OAM Categories:3.1.Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a Member State Sequence No.: 34900

EQS News ID: 933915

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