RWS : 19 Feb 2019 - PDMR Disclosure – 2019 Sharesave Scheme

19 February 2019

RWS Holdings plc

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Grant of options under the 2019 Sharesave Scheme

RWS Holdings plc ("the Company") announces that on 18 February 2019 the following grant of options over ordinary shares of 1 pence each was made under the Company's Sharesave Scheme.

Name	Position	Scheme	Award of Sharesave options	Option price	Expected maturity date
Richard Thompson	Chief Executive Officer	UK	1,743	£4.13	1 April 2022
Desmond Glass	Chief Financial Officer	UK	1,743	£4.13	1 April 2022
Charles Sitch	Joint Managing Director, RWS IP Services	UK	1,743	£4.13	1 April 2022
Neil Simpkin	Joint Managing Director, RWS IP Services	UK	1,743	£4.13	1 April 2022
Stuart Carter	Managing Director, RWS Language Solutions	UK	871	£4.13	1 April 2022

For further information, please contact:

RWS Holdings plc

Andrew Brode, Chairman

01753 480200

Richard Thompson, Chief Executive Officer

About RWS

RWS is the world's leading provider of intellectual property support services (patent translations, international patent filing solutions and searches), a market leader in life sciences translations and linguistic validation, a leading localization provider, and a high-level specialist language

service provider in other technical areas, providing for the diverse needs of a blue-chip multinational client base spanning Europe, North America and Asia.

RWS is based in the UK, with offices in Europe, the United States, Canada, China, Japan, Australia and Argentina, and is listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

For further information, please visit:www.rws.com.