{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"165571","rtpr_id":"nPRr91485a-20261009","ticker":"STEMS","exchange":"LSE","all_tickers":["STEMS"],"title":"REG-Harris Associates L.P.: Form 8.3 - SThree plc","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-09T14:38:50.527Z","article_body":"FORM 8.3\n\nPUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY\n\nA PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE\n\nRule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)\n\n1.         KEY INFORMATION\n\n (a) Full name of discloser: Harris Associates L.P. \n (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named. \n (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree SThree plc \n (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: \n (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure 08 October 2026 \n (f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A” NO \n\n2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE\n\nIf there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one\nclass of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy\ntable 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant\nsecurity.\n\n(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of\nthe offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing\n(if any)\n\n Class of relevant security: 1p Ordinary (GB00B0KM9T71) \n Interests Short positions \n Number % Number % \n (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 1 837 206 1.51 \n (2) Cash-settled derivatives: \n (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: \n      TOTAL: 1 837 206 1.51 \n\nAll interests and all short positions should be disclosed.\n\nDetails of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded\noptions), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be\ngiven on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).\n\n(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including\ndirectors’ and other employee options)\n\n Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: \n Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: \n\n3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE\n\nWhere there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities\nof the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as\nappropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.\n\nThe currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.\n\n(a)        Purchases and sales\n\n Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit \n Ordinary Shares Sale 23,623 3.0273 \n Ordinary Shares Sale 202,615 3.0500 \n\n(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions\n\n Class of relevant security Product descriptione.g. CFD Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position Number of reference securities Price per unit \n \n\n(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)\n\n(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying\n\n Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Typee.g. American, European etc. Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit \n \n\n(ii)        Exercise\n\n Class of relevant security Product descriptione.g. call option Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit \n \n\n(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)\n\n Class of relevant security Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion Details Price per unit (if applicable) \n \n\n4.         OTHER INFORMATION\n\n(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements\n\n Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none” \n \n\n(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to\noptions or derivatives\n\n Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none” \n \n\n(c)        Attachments\n\n Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO \n\n Date of disclosure: 09 October 2026 \n Contact name: Jacky Neri \n Telephone number*: +1 312 646 3228 \n\nPublic disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory\nInformation Service.\n\nThe Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in\nrelation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.\n\n*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be\nincluded, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s\nMarket Surveillance Unit.\n\nThe Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at\nwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.\n\n\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPRr91485a-20261009","title":"REG-Harris Associates L.P.: Form 8.3 - SThree plc","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"STEMS","created":"2026-10-09T14:38:50.527Z","tickers":["STEMS"],"exchange":"LSE","article_body":"FORM 8.3\n\nPUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY\n\nA PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE\n\nRule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)\n\n1.         KEY INFORMATION\n\n (a) Full name of discloser: Harris Associates L.P. \n (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named. \n (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree SThree plc \n (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: \n (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure 08 October 2026 \n (f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A” NO \n\n2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE\n\nIf there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one\nclass of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy\ntable 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant\nsecurity.\n\n(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of\nthe offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing\n(if any)\n\n Class of relevant security: 1p Ordinary (GB00B0KM9T71) \n Interests Short positions \n Number % Number % \n (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 1 837 206 1.51 \n (2) Cash-settled derivatives: \n (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: \n      TOTAL: 1 837 206 1.51 \n\nAll interests and all short positions should be disclosed.\n\nDetails of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded\noptions), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be\ngiven on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).\n\n(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including\ndirectors’ and other employee options)\n\n Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: \n Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: \n\n3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE\n\nWhere there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities\nof the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as\nappropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.\n\nThe currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.\n\n(a)        Purchases and sales\n\n Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit \n Ordinary Shares Sale 23,623 3.0273 \n Ordinary Shares Sale 202,615 3.0500 \n\n(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions\n\n Class of relevant security Product descriptione.g. CFD Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position Number of reference securities Price per unit \n \n\n(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)\n\n(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying\n\n Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Typee.g. American, European etc. Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit \n \n\n(ii)        Exercise\n\n Class of relevant security Product descriptione.g. call option Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit \n \n\n(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)\n\n Class of relevant security Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion Details Price per unit (if applicable) \n \n\n4.         OTHER INFORMATION\n\n(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements\n\n Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none” \n \n\n(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to\noptions or derivatives\n\n Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none” \n \n\n(c)        Attachments\n\n Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO \n\n Date of disclosure: 09 October 2026 \n Contact name: Jacky Neri \n Telephone number*: +1 312 646 3228 \n\nPublic disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory\nInformation Service.\n\nThe Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in\nrelation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.\n\n*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be\nincluded, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s\nMarket Surveillance Unit.\n\nThe Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at\nwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.\n\n\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved."},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-09T14:38:50.57710988Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791556730577},"received_at":"2026-10-09T14:38:50.628Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"153962","press_release_id":"165571","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Professional Services","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":["major institutional holder (Harris Associates) disclosed sales of ~226K shares, reducing its disclosed stake"],"eventType":"regulatory","narrative":"Harris Associates L.P. filed a Rule 8.3 Takeover Code disclosure on SThree plc, revealing interests of 1,837,206 ordinary shares, or 1.51% of the relevant securities, as of 8 October 2026.\n\nThe filing also discloses two sales totaling about 226,238 shares at prices of 3.0273 and 3.0500 per unit, indicating the large holder was reducing its position.\n\nNo other party to an offer, derivative positions, or indemnity arrangements were disclosed; this is a mandatory regulatory disclosure rather than company announcement.","sentiment":"bearish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Routine Rule 8.3 filing with modest selling by a 1.5% institutional holder in SThree plc."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"sale_prices":["3.0273","3.0500"],"ownership_percent":"1.51%"}},"namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Jacky Neri","role":"disclosure contact, Harris Associates"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"Harris Associates L.P.","ticker":"STEMS","relationship":"disclosing shareholder (1.51% holder, seller)"},{"name":"SThree plc","ticker":"STEMS","relationship":"offeree/subject company"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Routine Rule 8.3 Takeover Code disclosure by Harris Associates revealing a 1.51% stake in SThree plc and sales of ~226,000 shares. 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