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Purchase of shares into the EBT
SThree plc announced that between March 6 and March 16, 2026, the Trustee of its Employees' Share Ownership Plan Trust purchased 857,933 ordinary shares for a total of £1,489,557, with an average price of approximately £1.73 per share. These shares will be held in the trust for employee share schemes. Following this acquisition, the trust now holds 1,044,555 ordinary shares, representing 0.82% of the company's issued share capital. Disclaimer*

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18 March 2026 SThree plc Purchase of shares into the EBT SThree plc (the "Company"), the global STEM workforce consultancy , announces that it has been notified that between 6 March 2026 and 16 March 2026 Computershare Trustees (Jersey) Limited, as Trustee of SThree Employees' Share Ownership Plan Trust (the EBT), has purchased 857,933 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company as follows: Date Exchange Number of ordinary shares Purchase price Average purchase price per share 6/03/2026 XLON 159,610 £283,307 £1.775000 9/03/2026 XLON 199,574 £348,456 £1.746000 10/03/2026 XLON 67,964 £117,608 £1.730456 11/03/2026 XLON 131,966 £229,841 £1.741673 12/03/2026 XLON 52,957 £91,514 £1.728090 13/03/2026 XLON 39,798 £69,050 £1.735036 16/03/2026 XLON 206,064 £349,781 £ 1.697443 Total £1,489,557 The shares will be held in the EBT, which is a discretionary trust for the benefit of the Group's employees, and used to satisfy awards under certain employee share schemes. Further to this purchase, the EBT holds a total of 1,044,555 ordinary shares which represents 0.82% of the Company's issued share capital. Bill Warner Deputy Company Secretary