AGM Statement

RWS Holdings PLC
11 February 2008

For immediate release                                         11 February 2008

                               
                                        
                                RWS Holdings plc

                                 AGM Statement


RWS Holdings plc (RWS), Europe's leading provider of intellectual property
support services (patent translations and searches) and technical translations,
is today holding its Annual General Meeting.

Andrew Brode, Executive Chairman, will make the following remarks at the AGM:

'The financial year ended 30 September 2007 was another year of strong organic
growth, with all of the Group's business areas performing well. This organic
growth was complemented by the acquisition, in June 2007, of Japanese Language
Services Limited which is trading ahead of our expectations as part of the
Group.

'The current financial year ending 30 September 2008 has started well, with the
Group's first quarter performance ahead of our expectations reflecting continued
robust trading and the favourable effect of a strong Euro.

'As previously stated, our strategy is to complement organic growth by deploying
the Group's cash resources for selective acquisitions which have demonstrable
growth prospects and enhance shareholder value. To that end, we have today
announced the acquisition of Document Service Center Technische Uebersetzungen
und Software-Lokalisierung, a leading German provider of technical translations
to a broad base of German and Swiss corporates, which will be immediately
earnings enhancing.

'The Group has a strong financial position, good forward sales visibility and is
making excellent progress with its plans to more than compensate for the effects
of the London Agreement by organic expansion and selective acquisitions financed
by our existing cash resources. We are, therefore, confident that our chosen
strategy will deliver continued growth in 2008 and that the dividend will
advance in line with that growth.'

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For further information, please contact:

RWS Holdings plc
Andrew Brode (Executive Chairman)                              Tel: [phone]

Smithfield
Katie Hunt/Miranda Good                                       Tel: [phone]

Numis
Stuart Skinner / James Serjeant                                    020 7260 1000


About RWS:

RWS is Europe's leading provider of intellectual property support services
(patent translations and technical searches) to the medical, pharmaceutical,
chemical, aerospace, defence, automotive, electronics and telecoms industries.
RWS also provides specialist technical, legal and financial translation services
for areas of industry outside the patent arena. RWS is based in the UK, with
offices in Europe, New York, Tokyo and Beijing, and is listed on AIM, the London
Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

Approximately 1,000,000 patent documents are published per annum, 200,000 of
which are published in Europe (Source: European Patent Office) and the
intellectual property market has shown significant growth in recent years, with
patent applications in Europe having doubled over the last ten years.

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



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