Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

SThree plc announced on February 23, 2026, that it purchased 38,597 of its ordinary shares on February 20, 2026, through Investec Bank plc. The shares were acquired at prices ranging from 172.40 pence to 175.40 pence, with a weighted average price of 173.8932 pence per share. The company intends to cancel these purchased shares, which is a common practice to reduce the number of outstanding shares and potentially increase earnings per share.

Disclaimer*

SThree plc
23 February 2026
 

 

23rd February 2026

SThree plc

("SThree" or the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

 

The Company announces today it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") through Investec Bank plc.

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:

20th February 2026

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

38,597

Lowest price per share (pence):

172.40

Highest price per share (pence):

175.40

Weighted average price per day (pence):

173.8932

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

 

The table below contains detailed information about the purchases made as part of the buyback programme.

  

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted average price (p)

Aggregated volume

Lowest price per share (p)

Highest price per share (p)

XLON

        173.8932

           38,597

           172.40

           175.40

 

 

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 Investec on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme is detailed below:

 

Date and time of each trade

Number of shares purchased

Price (pence per share)

Trading Venue

Transaction Reference Number

20 February 2026 08:01:03

                          262

                      175.40

XLON

00378141717TRLO1

20 February 2026 08:01:03

                          163

                      175.40

XLON

00378141716TRLO1

20 February 2026 08:31:33

                          490

                      175.40

XLON

00378148369TRLO1

20 February 2026 09:04:55

                          173

                      175.20

XLON

00378157343TRLO1

20 February 2026 09:04:55

                            48

                      175.20

XLON

00378157344TRLO1

20 February 2026 09:14:49

                            44

                      175.40

XLON

00378160803TRLO1

20 February 2026 09:14:52

                          188

                      175.40

XLON

00378160810TRLO1

20 February 2026 09:15:10

                            37

                      175.40

XLON

00378160870TRLO1

20 February 2026 09:15:16

                            81

                      175.40

XLON

00378160886TRLO1

20 February 2026 09:15:28

                            54

                      175.40

XLON

00378160912TRLO1

20 February 2026 09:15:28

                          449

                      174.80

XLON

00378160913TRLO1

20 February 2026 09:25:57

                          449

                      174.40

XLON

00378163598TRLO1

20 February 2026 09:44:36

                          210

                      175.00

XLON

00378170199TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:03:36

                          450

                      173.80

XLON

00378177020TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:10:49

                        1,112

                      173.80

XLON

00378177320TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:10:49

                          439

                      173.80

XLON

00378177322TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:10:49

                          113

                      173.80

XLON

00378177321TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:10:51

                          196

                      173.80

XLON

00378177323TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:11:25

                            55

                      173.80

XLON

00378177341TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:11:25

                              2

                      173.80

XLON

00378177342TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:16:30

                          337

                      173.80

XLON

00378177633TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:16:30

                          103

                      173.80

XLON

00378177634TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:16:30

                          746

                      173.80

XLON

00378177635TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:25:00

                          288

                      173.80

XLON

00378177848TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:25:00

                          146

                      173.80

XLON

00378177849TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:25:00

                          400

                      173.80

XLON

00378177845TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:25:00

                          712

                      173.80

XLON

00378177846TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:25:00

                          800

                      173.80

XLON

00378177847TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:25:02

                            17

                      173.80

XLON

00378177852TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:25:02

                          312

                      173.80

XLON

00378177853TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:27:54

                        1,112

                      173.80

XLON

00378177913TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:27:54

                          414

                      173.80

XLON

00378177914TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:48

                          698

                      173.80

XLON

00378177968TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:48

                        1,112

                      173.80

XLON

00378177969TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:48

                          436

                      173.80

XLON

00378177967TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:49

                          436

                      173.80

XLON

00378177972TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:49

                        1,112

                      173.80

XLON

00378177971TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:50

                          455

                      173.80

XLON

00378177975TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:50

                          540

                      173.80

XLON

00378177973TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:50

                          572

                      173.80

XLON

00378177974TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:53

                          311

                      174.00

XLON

00378177980TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:53

                          115

                      174.00

XLON

00378177981TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:29:55

                          243

                      173.80

XLON

00378177986TRLO1

20 February 2026 10:54:41

                            61

                      173.80

XLON

00378179040TRLO1

20 February 2026 11:00:44

                              1

                      173.80

XLON

00378179281TRLO1

20 February 2026 11:12:27

                          340

                      173.80

XLON

00378179526TRLO1

20 February 2026 11:14:06

                          638

                      174.20

XLON

00378179558TRLO1

20 February 2026 11:14:06

                          306

                      174.20

XLON

00378179559TRLO1

20 February 2026 11:14:07

                          468

                      174.00

XLON

00378179560TRLO1

20 February 2026 11:26:47

                          250

                      174.40

XLON

00378179902TRLO1

20 February 2026 11:26:47

                          307

                      174.40

XLON

00378179903TRLO1

20 February 2026 11:26:47

                          311

                      174.40

XLON

00378179904TRLO1

20 February 2026 12:24:27

                          291

                      174.80

XLON

00378181733TRLO1

20 February 2026 12:24:27

                          283

                      174.80

XLON

00378181734TRLO1

20 February 2026 12:38:29

                          450

                      174.40

XLON

00378182159TRLO1

20 February 2026 12:49:50

                              1

                      173.80

XLON

00378182490TRLO1

20 February 2026 13:19:26

                              1

                      173.80

XLON

00378183282TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:09:11

                          290

                      174.60

XLON

00378184874TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:09:11

                            17

                      174.60

XLON

00378184875TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:09:11

                            23

                      174.60

XLON

00378184876TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:09:11

                          672

                      174.60

XLON

00378184877TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:19:25

                            76

                      174.60

XLON

00378185234TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:19:25

                            87

                      174.60

XLON

00378185235TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:19:25

                          446

                      174.20

XLON

00378185236TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:21:10

                          446

                      173.80

XLON

00378185285TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:21:10

                              1

                      173.80

XLON

00378185283TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:21:10

                          464

                      173.80

XLON

00378185284TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:25:47

                          271

                      173.80

XLON

00378185376TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:02

                          435

                      173.80

XLON

00378185991TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:02

                          841

                      173.80

XLON

00378185992TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:02

                        1,032

                      173.80

XLON

00378185993TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:02

                            80

                      173.80

XLON

00378185994TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:03

                          430

                      173.80

XLON

00378186027TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:03

                          588

                      173.80

XLON

00378186024TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:03

                          524

                      173.80

XLON

00378186025TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:03

                          430

                      173.80

XLON

00378186028TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:03

                          544

                      173.80

XLON

00378186026TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:05

                          341

                      173.20

XLON

00378186036TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:05

                            90

                      173.20

XLON

00378186037TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:07

                          206

                      172.80

XLON

00378186038TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:33:07

                          256

                      172.80

XLON

00378186039TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:44:44

                          220

                      173.80

XLON

00378186672TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:44:44

                          247

                      173.80

XLON

00378186673TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:46:11

                          467

                      172.80

XLON

00378186734TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:46:12

                          436

                      172.40

XLON

00378186735TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:55:41

                          550

                      173.60

XLON

00378187245TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:57:56

                          593

                      173.60

XLON

00378187346TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:57:56

                          432

                      173.40

XLON

00378187347TRLO1

20 February 2026 14:57:58

                          445

                      173.20

XLON

00378187348TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:01:34

                          426

                      173.60

XLON

00378187861TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:03:23

                          445

                      174.00

XLON

00378188278TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:05:34

                          103

                      174.00

XLON

00378188453TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:06:33

                          452

                      173.20

XLON

00378188518TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:22:07

                          381

                      174.20

XLON

00378189829TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:25:34

                          434

                      174.20

XLON

00378189982TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:25:34

                            28

                      174.20

XLON

00378189983TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:32:24

                            67

                      174.00

XLON

00378190517TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:32:24

                          370

                      174.00

XLON

00378190518TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:43:40

                          435

                      173.60

XLON

00378191072TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:45:28

                          226

                      174.00

XLON

00378191152TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:45:28

                          470

                      174.00

XLON

00378191153TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:50:30

                            76

                      174.00

XLON

00378191375TRLO1

20 February 2026 15:50:50

                          460

                      173.80

XLON

00378191404TRLO1

20 February 2026 16:01:12

                          199

                      173.60

XLON

00378191873TRLO1

20 February 2026 16:01:12

                          230

                      173.60

XLON

00378191874TRLO1

20 February 2026 16:01:26

                          479

                      173.60

XLON

00378191889TRLO1

20 February 2026 16:02:38

                          740

                      173.60

XLON

00378191964TRLO1

20 February 2026 16:05:05

                          400

                      173.20

XLON

00378192107TRLO1

20 February 2026 16:05:05

                            56

                      173.20

XLON

00378192108TRLO1

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

SThree plc



Timo Lehne, CEO

Andrew Beach, CFO

Charlie Hildesley, Investor Relations Manager

 

 

 via Alma

Alma Strategic Communications

+44 20 3405 0205

 

Rebecca Sanders-Hewett

Hilary Buchanan

Sam Modlin

Rose Docherty

SThree@almastrategic.com

 

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