SThree plcLSE: STEM

SThree: Transaction in Own Shares & Rule 2.9 Announcement

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Summary by 6ix AI

SThree plc bought 15,688 of its ordinary shares on October 16, 2026 through Berenberg under the share buyback programme it announced on February 12, 2026, at a weighted average price of 318.6971 pence a share.

Key details

  • Prices paid ranged from a low of 317.5000 pence to a high of 321.0000 pence a share, all on the London Stock Exchange.
  • SThree has bought a total of 6,300,354 ordinary shares since the buyback programme began. After these purchases it will have 121,586,945 ordinary shares in issue, with 35,767 held in treasury (shares the company holds itself).
  • Total voting rights in SThree are 121,551,178, the figure shareholders can use to work out whether they must disclose their holdings.
  • SThree said on September 9, 2026 that it had entered an offer period under the UK Takeover Code, the rules governing takeover bids. Under Rule 2.9 of that code it confirms 121,551,178 ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, as at the date and time of this announcement.

What’s still pending

  • SThree intends to cancel the purchased shares.

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SThree plc
19 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:

16 October 2026

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

15,688

Lowest price per share (pence):

317.5000

Highest price per share (pence):

321.0000

Weighted average price per day (pence):

318.6971

The Company intends to cancel the purchased ordinary shares.

Following execution of the above purchases, SThree has purchased a total of 6,300,354 ordinary shares since the commencement of the buyback programme and will have 121,586,945 ordinary shares in issue. There are 35,767 ordinary shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company are therefore 121,551,178 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 121,551,178 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

318.6971

15,688

317.5000

321.0000

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

16 October 2026 08:26:39

19

317.5000

XLON

1540691343710187

16 October 2026 08:41:02

322

318.0000

XLON

1540691343711808

16 October 2026 10:55:17

52

319.0000

XLON

1540691343726614

16 October 2026 12:28:55

52

318.5000

XLON

1540691343733802

16 October 2026 14:32:32

1,757

321.0000

XLON

1540691343746788

16 October 2026 14:32:32

575

321.0000

XLON

1540691343746789

16 October 2026 14:34:41

73

318.5000

XLON

1540691343747715

16 October 2026 14:36:03

57

318.5000

XLON

1540691343748372

16 October 2026 14:36:25

67

318.5000

XLON

1540691343748582

16 October 2026 14:36:51

67

318.5000

XLON

1540691343748731

16 October 2026 14:37:28

67

318.5000

XLON

1540691343748974

16 October 2026 14:38:16

99

318.5000

XLON

1540691343749332

16 October 2026 14:49:48

11

318.5000

XLON

1540691343752080

16 October 2026 14:49:48

27

318.5000

XLON

1540691343752081

16 October 2026 14:49:48

14

318.5000

XLON

1540691343752082

16 October 2026 14:53:10

8

318.5000

XLON

1540691343752857

16 October 2026 14:53:10

31

318.5000

XLON

1540691343752858

16 October 2026 14:55:23

12

318.5000

XLON

1540691343753423

16 October 2026 14:55:23

13

318.5000

XLON

1540691343753424

16 October 2026 14:56:56

8

318.5000

XLON

1540691343753846

16 October 2026 14:56:56

8

318.5000

XLON

1540691343753847

16 October 2026 14:58:40

8

318.5000

XLON

1540691343754202

16 October 2026 14:58:40

4

318.5000

XLON

1540691343754203

16 October 2026 14:59:18

8

318.5000

XLON

1540691343754361

16 October 2026 14:59:18

1

318.5000

XLON

1540691343754362

16 October 2026 14:59:31

12

318.5000

XLON

1540691343754391

16 October 2026 15:06:54

556

318.5000

XLON

1540691343756485

16 October 2026 15:06:54

849

318.5000

XLON

1540691343756486

16 October 2026 15:06:54

556

318.5000

XLON

1540691343756491

16 October 2026 15:06:54

2,000

318.5000

XLON

1540691343756492

16 October 2026 15:06:54

444

318.5000

XLON

1540691343756493

16 October 2026 15:06:54

641

318.5000

XLON

1540691343756498

16 October 2026 15:15:17

1,586

318.5000

XLON

1540691343758874

16 October 2026 15:22:16

608

318.0000

XLON

1540691343761161

16 October 2026 16:08:01

1,599

318.0000

XLON

1540691343771968

16 October 2026 16:08:01

2,000

318.0000

XLON

1540691343771969

16 October 2026 16:08:01

1,079

318.0000

XLON

1540691343771970

16 October 2026 16:18:51

118

319.0000

XLON

1540691343775110

16 October 2026 16:18:51

280

318.5000

XLON

1540691343775122

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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