Transaction in Own Shares & Rule 2.9 Announcement

SThree plc

01 October 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:	30 September 2026
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	16,538
Lowest price per share (pence):	300.0000
Highest price per share (pence):	308.5000
Weighted average price per day (pence):	302.3184

The Company intends to cancel the purchased ordinary shares.

Following execution of the above purchases, SThree has purchased a total of 6,105,868 ordinary shares since the commencement of the buyback programme and will have 121,781,431 ordinary shares in issue. There are 35,767 ordinary shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company are therefore 121,745,664 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 121,745,664 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	302.3184	16,538	300.0000	308.5000

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
30 September 2026 08:26:16	760	308.5000	XLON	1530795739062836
30 September 2026 08:26:16	355	308.5000	XLON	1530795739062837
30 September 2026 09:07:05	281	305.5000	XLON	1530795739069585
30 September 2026 10:51:14	207	304.5000	XLON	1530795739080456
30 September 2026 11:05:27	851	304.5000	XLON	1530795739081934
30 September 2026 11:08:38	285	303.5000	XLON	1530795739082124
30 September 2026 11:08:40	398	303.5000	XLON	1530795739082139
30 September 2026 13:01:58	34	302.5000	XLON	1530795739093227
30 September 2026 13:14:08	1,859	302.0000	XLON	1530795739094411
30 September 2026 13:14:08	426	301.5000	XLON	1530795739094418
30 September 2026 13:14:08	132	301.5000	XLON	1530795739094419
30 September 2026 14:26:07	835	302.0000	XLON	1530795739104475
30 September 2026 14:34:57	615	302.0000	XLON	1530795739106634
30 September 2026 14:44:27	295	302.5000	XLON	1530795739109687
30 September 2026 15:05:31	283	302.0000	XLON	1530795739115946
30 September 2026 15:28:29	297	300.0000	XLON	1530795739121632
30 September 2026 15:48:17	445	300.5000	XLON	1530795739126732
30 September 2026 15:56:00	2,000	301.5000	XLON	1530795739129128
30 September 2026 15:56:00	1,589	301.5000	XLON	1530795739129129
30 September 2026 15:56:00	10	301.5000	XLON	1530795739129130
30 September 2026 16:00:24	177	301.5000	XLON	1530795739130576
30 September 2026 16:00:24	100	301.5000	XLON	1530795739130577
30 September 2026 16:01:27	1,377	301.5000	XLON	1530795739130817
30 September 2026 16:01:27	193	301.5000	XLON	1530795739130818
30 September 2026 16:06:17	143	301.5000	XLON	1530795739132237
30 September 2026 16:06:29	1,000	301.5000	XLON	1530795739132330
30 September 2026 16:06:29	325	301.5000	XLON	1530795739132331
30 September 2026 16:15:08	472	300.0000	XLON	1530795739135077
30 September 2026 16:21:10	129	300.5000	XLON	1530795739137097
30 September 2026 16:25:22	269	301.0000	XLON	1530795739139284
30 September 2026 16:25:22	200	301.0000	XLON	1530795739139285
30 September 2026 16:25:22	63	301.0000	XLON	1530795739139287
30 September 2026 16:25:22	133	301.0000	XLON	1530795739139288

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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