Issue of Equity

RWS Holdings PLC
04 June 2007



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


Exercise of Options

RWS announces that it has issued and allotted a total of 203,386 new ordinary
shares of 5p each ('New Shares') pursuant to the exercise of options on 31 May
2007.

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 7
June 2007.


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 40,319,435 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 40,319,435.

The above figure of 40,319,435 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.


4 June 2007


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