RWS : 31 Jan 2018 - Amendment to Annual Report

For immediate release

January 31, 2018

AMENDMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT

Further to the announcement, on 6 December 2017, of the final results for the financial year ended 30 September 2017 ("Results Announcement") and the announcement, on 23 January 2018, regarding the posting of the Annual Report and Accounts and that the Notice of AGM will be held on 13 February 2018, the Company announces that, due to an administrative error at the time of printing, the Annual Report posted to shareholders omitted to include the sections of the Strategic Report entitled Operating Review, Market Update and Risk Management.

These sections can be found in the results announcement, which was made on 6 December 2017, and the Company confirms that a copy of the Annual Report, amended to contain these sections, is available to view in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website atwww.rws.com. A printed copy of the amended Annual Report will also be despatched to shareholders.

For further information, please contact:

RWS Holdings plc

Richard Thompson, Chief Executive Officer Desmond Glass, Chief Financial Officer

01753 480200

MHP

Katie Hunt / Simon Hockridge

0203 128 8100

Numis

Stuart Skinner / Kevin Cruickshank (Nominated Adviser)

0207 260 1000

About RWS:

RWS is the world's leading provider of intellectual property support services (patent translations, international patent filing solutions and searches), a market leader in life sciences translations and linguistic validation, a leading localisation provider, and a high level specialist language service provider in other technical areas, providing for the diverse needs of a blue-chip multinational client base from Europe, North America and Asia. RWS is based in the UK, with offices in Europe, the USA, China, Japan, Latin America and Australia, and is listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

For further information, please visit:www.rws.com.