Transaction in Own Shares & Rule 2.9 Announcement

Summary by AI BETAClose X

SThree plc has purchased 16,233 ordinary shares on 21 September 2026 as part of its ongoing share buyback programme, with prices ranging from 296.5000 pence to 306.5000 pence, averaging 304.8567 pence per share. These shares are intended for cancellation, and following this transaction, SThree has bought back a total of 5,991,776 shares since the programme began. The company now has 121,868,444 ordinary shares in issue, with 35,767 held in treasury, resulting in 121,832,677 total voting rights. This announcement also confirms the total number of voting shares in issue as required by the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.

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SThree plc
22 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:

21 September 2026

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

16,233

Lowest price per share (pence):

296.5000

Highest price per share (pence):

306.5000

Weighted average price per day (pence):

304.8567

The Company intends to cancel the purchased ordinary shares.

Following execution of the above purchases, SThree has purchased a total of 5,991,776 ordinary shares since the commencement of the buyback programme and will have 121,868,444 ordinary shares in issue. There are 35,767 ordinary shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company are therefore 121,832,677 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 121,832,677 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

304.8567

16,233

296.5000

306.5000

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

21 September 2026 08:30:32

77

296.5000

XLON

1525229461445002

21 September 2026 12:14:16

2,141

303.0000

XLON

1525229461463915

21 September 2026 12:14:16

892

303.0000

XLON

1525229461463918

21 September 2026 13:02:49

2,242

304.0000

XLON

1525229461467250

21 September 2026 13:02:49

692

304.0000

XLON

1525229461467251

21 September 2026 14:17:47

289

302.5000

XLON

1525229461473744

21 September 2026 14:42:14

78

303.0000

XLON

1525229461479659

21 September 2026 14:46:32

1,588

304.0000

XLON

1525229461481103

21 September 2026 14:57:51

21

302.5000

XLON

1525229461483310

21 September 2026 15:32:06

917

305.5000

XLON

1525229461490352

21 September 2026 16:18:44

286

305.0000

XLON

1525229461501449

21 September 2026 16:19:24

2,000

306.5000

XLON

1525229461501762

21 September 2026 16:19:24

2,000

306.5000

XLON

1525229461501763

21 September 2026 16:19:24

759

306.5000

XLON

1525229461501764

21 September 2026 16:19:34

134

306.0000

XLON

1525229461501835

21 September 2026 16:19:40

1,835

306.0000

XLON

1525229461501918

21 September 2026 16:19:41

143

306.0000

XLON

1525229461501922

21 September 2026 16:19:42

139

306.0000

XLON

1525229461501930

 

Enquiries:

SThree Plc


Timo Lehne, CEO

via Alma

Damian Fehrenberg, Interim CFO


Charlie Hildesley, Investor Relations Manager




Alma Strategic Communications

+44 20 3405 0205

Rebecca Sanders-Hewett

SThree@almastrategic.com

Hilary Buchanan


Sam Modlin


Rose Docherty


 

 

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