Scheule 10

RWS Holdings PLC
01 November 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 Group Limited


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                       3,240,418 (Non-Beneficial)
       Others                                           356,558 (Non-Beneficial)


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

       Not disclosed


11.    Date company informed

       31 October 2005


12.    Total holding following this notification

       3,596,976


13.    Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

       9.35%


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: 1 November 2005




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