Transaction in Own Shares & Rule 2.9 Announcement

SThree plc

16 September 2026

 

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SThree plc (the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares and Rule 2.9 Announcement

The Company announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 12 February 2026, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") through JOH Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG (which is trading for these purposes as Berenberg) ("Berenberg").

Ordinary Shares

Date of Purchase:	15 September 2026
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	17,181
Lowest price per share (pence):	287.5000
Highest price per share (pence):	297.0000
Weighted average price per day (pence):	290.4077

The Company intends to cancel the purchased ordinary shares.

Following settlement of the above purchases, SThree has purchased a total of 5,924,422 ordinary shares since the commencement of the buyback programme and will have 121,935,798 ordinary shares in issue. There are 35,767 ordinary shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company are therefore 121,900,031 and this can be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 Rule 2.9

The Company announced on 9 September 2026 that it had entered into an offer period. The ordinary shares are relevant securities of SThree for the purposes of Rule 8 of The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"). In accordance with Rule 2.9 of the Code, the Company confirms that it has 121,900,031 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) as at the date and time of this announcement. The ordinary shares are voting shares (each such ordinary share carries one vote per ordinary share) and are admitted to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the International Securities Identification Number GB00B0KM9T71 and LEI number 2138003NEBX5VRP3EX50.

Aggregate Information

Venue	Volume-weighted average price (p)	Aggregated volume	Lowest price per share (p)	Highest price per share (p)
XLON	290.4077	17,181	287.5000	297.0000

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it forms part of UK law, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Berenberg on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme is found below.

Date and time of each trade	Number of shares purchased	Price (pence per share)	Trading Venue	Transaction Reference Number
15 September 2026 08:18:47	1,022	297.0000	XLON	1521518609700602
15 September 2026 08:18:47	384	296.5000	XLON	1521518609700605
15 September 2026 08:20:38	384	295.5000	XLON	1521518609700855
15 September 2026 08:38:42	411	293.0000	XLON	1521518609703508
15 September 2026 08:38:45	397	292.5000	XLON	1521518609703512
15 September 2026 08:44:54	334	291.5000	XLON	1521518609704495
15 September 2026 08:59:57	454	291.0000	XLON	1521518609706021
15 September 2026 09:46:44	475	288.5000	XLON	1521518609710229
15 September 2026 09:46:44	341	288.5000	XLON	1521518609710230
15 September 2026 10:15:14	412	288.5000	XLON	1521518609712357
15 September 2026 10:39:05	399	288.0000	XLON	1521518609714391
15 September 2026 12:06:44	469	289.0000	XLON	1521518609722065
15 September 2026 12:08:53	759	289.0000	XLON	1521518609722282
15 September 2026 13:24:19	27	290.0000	XLON	1521518609728369
15 September 2026 13:54:44	982	291.5000	XLON	1521518609731849
15 September 2026 13:54:44	402	291.5000	XLON	1521518609731851
15 September 2026 14:34:04	445	290.0000	XLON	1521518609738014
15 September 2026 14:49:43	357	290.0000	XLON	1521518609741765
15 September 2026 14:58:05	722	289.5000	XLON	1521518609743275
15 September 2026 14:59:00	320	288.5000	XLON	1521518609743403
15 September 2026 14:59:00	497	288.5000	XLON	1521518609743405
15 September 2026 15:01:06	749	287.5000	XLON	1521518609743670
15 September 2026 15:34:03	628	288.5000	XLON	1521518609749914
15 September 2026 15:34:10	550	288.5000	XLON	1521518609749926
15 September 2026 15:51:04	306	288.5000	XLON	1521518609753201
15 September 2026 16:03:19	294	289.5000	XLON	1521518609756872
15 September 2026 16:08:32	1,211	289.5000	XLON	1521518609758150
15 September 2026 16:18:00	2,000	290.0000	XLON	1521518609760141
15 September 2026 16:18:00	464	290.0000	XLON	1521518609760145
15 September 2026 16:20:47	404	290.0000	XLON	1521518609760882
15 September 2026 16:28:12	249	290.5000	XLON	1521518609763301
15 September 2026 16:29:00	333	290.5000	XLON	1521518609763526

Enquiries:

SThree Plc
Timo Lehne, CEO	via Alma
Damian Fehrenberg, Interim CFO
Charlie Hildesley, Investor Relations Manager
Alma Strategic Communications	[phone]
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett	[e-mail]
Hilary Buchanan
Sam Modlin
Rose Docherty

 

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