Transaction in Own Shares & Rule 2.9 Announcement

SThree plc

18 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:	17 September 2026
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	17,083
Lowest price per share (pence):	291.0000
Highest price per share (pence):	295.5000
Weighted average price per day (pence):	292.6451

The Company intends to cancel the purchased ordinary shares.

Following settlement of the above purchases, SThree has purchased a total of 5,958,829 ordinary shares since the commencement of the buyback programme and will have 121,901,391 ordinary shares in issue. There are 35,767 ordinary shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company are therefore 121,865,624 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 121,865,624 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	292.6451	17,083	291.0000	295.5000

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
17 September 2026 08:51:04	1,369	291.5000	XLON	1522755560288150
17 September 2026 08:51:04	288	291.5000	XLON	1522755560288151
17 September 2026 09:01:32	353	291.0000	XLON	1522755560289616
17 September 2026 09:33:48	388	292.5000	XLON	1522755560292685
17 September 2026 11:19:34	341	291.0000	XLON	1522755560303880
17 September 2026 12:15:34	48	291.0000	XLON	1522755560310428
17 September 2026 12:15:34	366	291.0000	XLON	1522755560310429
17 September 2026 12:15:34	2,000	291.0000	XLON	1522755560310430
17 September 2026 12:15:34	2,000	291.0000	XLON	1522755560310431
17 September 2026 12:15:34	586	291.0000	XLON	1522755560310432
17 September 2026 14:30:56	601	292.0000	XLON	1522755560326047
17 September 2026 14:30:56	901	292.0000	XLON	1522755560326048
17 September 2026 14:32:02	297	291.5000	XLON	1522755560326609
17 September 2026 15:01:14	297	292.0000	XLON	1522755560336224
17 September 2026 15:01:14	132	292.0000	XLON	1522755560336226
17 September 2026 15:01:14	222	292.0000	XLON	1522755560336227
17 September 2026 15:01:14	62	292.0000	XLON	1522755560336228
17 September 2026 15:50:53	161	294.5000	XLON	1522755560351121
17 September 2026 15:50:53	123	294.5000	XLON	1522755560351120
17 September 2026 15:50:53	210	294.5000	XLON	1522755560351122
17 September 2026 15:50:53	640	294.5000	XLON	1522755560351123
17 September 2026 16:02:04	2,000	294.5000	XLON	1522755560354548
17 September 2026 16:02:04	876	294.5000	XLON	1522755560354550
17 September 2026 16:02:04	2,000	294.5000	XLON	1522755560354554
17 September 2026 16:02:04	405	294.5000	XLON	1522755560354555
17 September 2026 16:23:03	417	295.5000	XLON	1522755560361642

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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