Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 4681E

RWS Holdings PLC

21 December 2009

 



RWS Holdings plc ("RWS" or "the Company")

Exercise of Options

RWS announces that it has issued and allotted a total of 1,011,980 new ordinary shares of 5p each ("New Shares") pursuant to the exercise of options on 18 December 2009.  Of these, directors of RWS Holdings plc had an interest in 505,772 shares consisting of 354,515 exercised by Elisabeth Lucas and 151,257 exercised by Michael McCarthy with both being exercised at 23 pence per share.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the New Shares to be admitted to AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will occur on 24 December 2009.

The Company was informed by Mrs Lucas and Mr McCarthy on 18 December 2009 that they had sold respectively 344,515 and 151,257 ordinary shares of 5 pence each at a price of 295 pence per share conditional only on their Admission. Following these sales Mr McCarthy has no retained interest and Mrs Lucas has an interest in 10,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence each which represents 0.02 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of RWS. 

Total voting rights

In accordance with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company would like to notify the market that following the exercise of options and the admission of new shares disclosed above:

The Company's capital consists of 42,315,968 ordinary shares with voting rights. No ordinary shares are held in treasury.

Therefore the total number of ordinary shares in the Company with voting rights is 42,315,968.

The above figure of 42,315,968 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

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