Transaction in Own Shares & Rule 2.9 Announcement

SThree plc

17 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:	16 September 2026
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	17,324
Lowest price per share (pence):	284.5000
Highest price per share (pence):	290.5000
Weighted average price per day (pence):	288.5928

The Company intends to cancel the purchased ordinary shares.

Following settlement of the above purchases, SThree has purchased a total of 5,941,746 ordinary shares since the commencement of the buyback programme and will have 121,918,474 ordinary shares in issue. There are 35,767 ordinary shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company are therefore 121,882,707 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 121,882,707 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	288.5928	17,324	284.5000	290.5000

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
16 September 2026 08:21:12	268	287.5000	XLON	1522137084992548
16 September 2026 08:26:23	732	288.0000	XLON	1522137084993449
16 September 2026 08:26:41	168	287.0000	XLON	1522137084993482
16 September 2026 08:26:41	236	287.0000	XLON	1522137084993483
16 September 2026 09:09:04	668	285.5000	XLON	1522137084999632
16 September 2026 09:18:23	299	284.5000	XLON	1522137085000744
16 September 2026 09:24:37	763	287.5000	XLON	1522137085001429
16 September 2026 09:24:37	544	287.5000	XLON	1522137085001430
16 September 2026 09:41:58	299	287.5000	XLON	1522137085002986
16 September 2026 09:41:58	542	287.5000	XLON	1522137085002990
16 September 2026 10:29:25	848	288.0000	XLON	1522137085006645
16 September 2026 10:41:42	318	288.0000	XLON	1522137085007500
16 September 2026 10:46:18	325	288.0000	XLON	1522137085007902
16 September 2026 13:19:24	709	290.5000	XLON	1522137085019748
16 September 2026 13:23:09	691	288.5000	XLON	1522137085020189
16 September 2026 13:37:53	1,193	288.0000	XLON	1522137085021490
16 September 2026 15:41:34	1,014	290.0000	XLON	1522137085046975
16 September 2026 15:49:15	503	290.0000	XLON	1522137085048536
16 September 2026 15:49:44	736	290.0000	XLON	1522137085048662
16 September 2026 15:50:04	351	289.5000	XLON	1522137085048779
16 September 2026 15:50:05	430	289.5000	XLON	1522137085048785
16 September 2026 15:50:17	463	289.5000	XLON	1522137085048867
16 September 2026 15:55:53	1,109	289.5000	XLON	1522137085050351
16 September 2026 15:59:51	964	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051371
16 September 2026 16:00:46	1,381	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051828
16 September 2026 16:00:56	28	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051869
16 September 2026 16:00:56	299	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051870
16 September 2026 16:00:56	28	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051871
16 September 2026 16:00:56	28	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051872
16 September 2026 16:00:56	28	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051873
16 September 2026 16:00:56	28	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051874
16 September 2026 16:00:56	28	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051875
16 September 2026 16:00:56	28	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051876
16 September 2026 16:00:56	28	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051877
16 September 2026 16:00:57	588	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051881
16 September 2026 16:00:57	1	289.0000	XLON	1522137085051882
16 September 2026 16:05:01	658	289.5000	XLON	1522137085052880

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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