Holding(s) in Company

RWS Holdings PLC
23 February 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.      Name of company

         RWS Holdings plc

2.      Name of shareholder having a major interest

        Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries

3.      Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
        holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
        non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it 
        is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18.

        As above

4.      Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
        number of shares held by each of them

         Chase Manhattan Bank London    -  413,400

         HSBC     -   799,200

         Bank of New York London  -  29,900

         Bankers Trust   -    57,500

5.      Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

        Not stated

6.      Percentage of issued class

        Not stated

7.      Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

        Not stated

8.      Percentage of issued class

        Not stated

9.      Class of security

        Ordinary shares

10.     Date of transaction

        Not stated

11.     Date company informed

        23 February 2004

12.     Total holding following this notification

        1,300,000 shares

13.     Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

        3.50%

14.     Any additional information



15.     Name of contact and telephone number for queries

        Mike McCarthy, 01753 480200

16.     Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making 
        this notification.

        Mike McCarthy, Finance Director.

Date of notification: 23 February 2004




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