Transaction in Own Shares & Rule 2.9 Announcement

SThree plc

21 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:	20 October 2026
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	16,537
Lowest price per share (pence):	299.5000
Highest price per share (pence):	308.5000
Weighted average price per day (pence):	302.1397

The Company intends to cancel the purchased ordinary shares.

Following execution of the above purchases, SThree has purchased a total of 6,332,516 ordinary shares since the commencement of the buyback programme and will have 121,554,783 ordinary shares in issue. There are 35,767 ordinary shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company are therefore 121,519,016 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 121,519,016 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	302.1397	16,537	299.5000	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
20 October 2026 08:09:09	2,077	308.5000	XLON	1543165244871804
20 October 2026 08:09:09	461	308.5000	XLON	1543165244871806
20 October 2026 08:09:09	1,149	308.5000	XLON	1543165244871807
20 October 2026 08:57:54	272	307.0000	XLON	1543165244879117
20 October 2026 08:57:54	366	307.0000	XLON	1543165244879120
20 October 2026 12:12:26	170	302.0000	XLON	1543165244899082
20 October 2026 12:12:26	196	302.0000	XLON	1543165244899083
20 October 2026 13:59:54	306	300.5000	XLON	1543165244909675
20 October 2026 14:00:01	172	300.0000	XLON	1543165244909693
20 October 2026 14:00:01	123	300.0000	XLON	1543165244909694
20 October 2026 15:13:05	1,151	301.0000	XLON	1543165244926247
20 October 2026 15:35:41	141	299.5000	XLON	1543165244933856
20 October 2026 15:37:39	158	299.5000	XLON	1543165244934801
20 October 2026 15:39:16	2	299.5000	XLON	1543165244935393
20 October 2026 15:43:22	422	300.0000	XLON	1543165244936886
20 October 2026 15:43:40	29	299.5000	XLON	1543165244936975
20 October 2026 15:44:02	31	299.5000	XLON	1543165244937058
20 October 2026 15:44:22	33	299.5000	XLON	1543165244937175
20 October 2026 15:44:38	44	299.5000	XLON	1543165244937289
20 October 2026 15:44:54	9	299.5000	XLON	1543165244937420
20 October 2026 15:45:18	36	299.5000	XLON	1543165244937536
20 October 2026 15:45:41	47	299.5000	XLON	1543165244937621
20 October 2026 15:45:59	7	299.5000	XLON	1543165244937686
20 October 2026 15:46:24	69	299.5000	XLON	1543165244937816
20 October 2026 15:46:46	63	299.5000	XLON	1543165244937959
20 October 2026 15:47:04	3	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938062
20 October 2026 15:47:21	34	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938168
20 October 2026 15:47:39	29	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938221
20 October 2026 15:48:01	43	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938299
20 October 2026 15:48:08	200	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938317
20 October 2026 15:48:25	47	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938424
20 October 2026 15:49:04	33	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938551
20 October 2026 15:49:24	55	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938690
20 October 2026 15:49:46	4	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938781
20 October 2026 15:50:07	37	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938871
20 October 2026 15:50:25	41	299.5000	XLON	1543165244938925
20 October 2026 15:50:53	330	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939019
20 October 2026 15:51:02	37	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939074
20 October 2026 15:51:22	31	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939151
20 October 2026 15:51:43	37	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939240
20 October 2026 15:52:07	32	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939392
20 October 2026 15:52:23	43	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939456
20 October 2026 15:52:40	32	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939585
20 October 2026 15:53:01	46	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939677
20 October 2026 15:53:22	2	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939754
20 October 2026 15:53:38	30	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939828
20 October 2026 15:53:58	60	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939920
20 October 2026 15:54:15	4	299.5000	XLON	1543165244939965
20 October 2026 15:54:34	33	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940052
20 October 2026 15:54:51	52	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940105
20 October 2026 15:55:13	29	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940221
20 October 2026 15:55:13	7	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940222
20 October 2026 15:55:13	495	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940225
20 October 2026 15:55:52	40	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940354
20 October 2026 15:56:09	33	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940416
20 October 2026 15:56:29	16	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940513
20 October 2026 15:56:50	80	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940610
20 October 2026 15:57:14	31	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940676
20 October 2026 15:57:30	2	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940747
20 October 2026 15:57:53	43	299.5000	XLON	1543165244940870
20 October 2026 15:58:18	76	299.5000	XLON	1543165244941038
20 October 2026 15:58:33	40	299.5000	XLON	1543165244941094
20 October 2026 15:58:52	46	299.5000	XLON	1543165244941336
20 October 2026 15:59:15	43	299.5000	XLON	1543165244941478
20 October 2026 15:59:30	7	299.5000	XLON	1543165244941549
20 October 2026 16:05:25	39	299.5000	XLON	1543165244943336
20 October 2026 16:05:46	38	299.5000	XLON	1543165244943417
20 October 2026 16:06:04	34	299.5000	XLON	1543165244943512
20 October 2026 16:06:21	63	299.5000	XLON	1543165244943622
20 October 2026 16:06:44	12	299.5000	XLON	1543165244943716
20 October 2026 16:07:06	49	299.5000	XLON	1543165244943858
20 October 2026 16:07:24	36	299.5000	XLON	1543165244943908
20 October 2026 16:07:41	40	299.5000	XLON	1543165244943971
20 October 2026 16:08:00	4	299.5000	XLON	1543165244944014
20 October 2026 16:08:17	41	299.5000	XLON	1543165244944107
20 October 2026 16:08:35	8	299.5000	XLON	1543165244944139
20 October 2026 16:08:59	39	299.5000	XLON	1543165244944292
20 October 2026 16:09:15	506	300.0000	XLON	1543165244944429
20 October 2026 16:09:56	621	299.5000	XLON	1543165244944573
20 October 2026 16:09:56	399	300.0000	XLON	1543165244944575
20 October 2026 16:09:56	162	300.0000	XLON	1543165244944576
20 October 2026 16:09:56	2,000	300.0000	XLON	1543165244944577
20 October 2026 16:09:56	1,243	300.0000	XLON	1543165244944578
20 October 2026 16:11:10	449	300.0000	XLON	1543165244944956
20 October 2026 16:12:20	937	299.5000	XLON	1543165244945537

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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