Holding(s) in Company

RWS Holdings PLC
21 January 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.     Name of company

        RWS Holdings plc


2.     Name of shareholder having a major interest

       Merrill Lynch Investment Managers


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.

        The notification is in respect of both Beneficial and Non-Beneficial 
        holdings as detailed below.


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

       Nutraco Nominees Limited (Designated & Undesignated) 3,330,732  Non-
       Beneficial

       Merrill Lynch Pensions Nominees Limited a/c NONCERT 170,556 Beneficial

       Nortrust Nominees Limited 58,870 Non-beneficial

       Mellon Nominees Limited 151,527 Non-beneficial

       Others 53,527

       Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. 370,750


5.     Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

       Not disclosed


6.     Percentage of issued class

       Not disclosed


7.     Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

       Not disclosed


8.     Percentage of issued class

        Not disclosed


9.     Class of security

        Ordinary shares of 5p each


10.    Date of transaction

        18 January 2005


11.    Date company informed

       21 January 2005


12.    Total holding following this notification

       4,135,531


13.    Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

        10.8%


14.    Any additional information

15.    Name of contact and telephone number for queries

        Mike McCarthy 01753 480240


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

        Mike McCarthy, Finance Director


Date of notification: 21 January 2005




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