For immediate release

13 February 2019

RWS Holdings plc
AGM Statement

RWS Holdings plc ("RWS", "the Group"), one of the world’s leading language, intellectual property
support services and localization providers, is today holding its Annual General Meeting at which
Andrew Brode, Chairman, will make the following remarks:“The financial year ended 30 September 2018 marked our 60th year in business and saw us deliver our
15th year of unbroken growth in revenues, profits and dividends since flotation in 2003. This strong
performance reflected both organic and acquisitive growth.
“We have continued to build on this momentum with the acquisition of Alpha Translations CanadaInc. (“Alpha”), a leading provider of high-quality legal and financial translations on 17 January 2019, fora cash consideration of US$6.0m which was funded with internal resources.”

Current trading and outlook“We have had an excellent start to the financial year, considerably ahead of the previous year, withstrong underlying trading in the first quarter combined with the benefit of currency movements. While
it remains early in the year, this underpins our confidence in delivering a performance for FY 2019
which is at least in line with market expectations.
“We remain focused upon realizing the full potential provided by our recent acquisitions and market
leading positions.”

For further information, please contact:
RWS Holdings plc
Andrew Brode, Chairman
Richard Thompson, Chief Executive Officer
MHP
Katie Hunt / Simon Hockridge
Numis
Stuart Skinner / Kevin Cruickshank (NominatedAdviser)

01753 480200

0203 128 8100

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 andlinguistic validation, a leading localization provider, and a high-level specialist language service
provider in other technical areas, providing for the diverse needs of a blue-chip multinational clientbase spanning Europe, North America and Asia.
RWS is based in the UK, with offices in Europe, the United States, Canada, China, Japan, Australia andArgentina, and is listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).
For further information, please visit: www.rws.com.

Forward-looking statements
This announcement contains certain statements that are forward-looking. These include statements
regarding our intentions, beliefs or current expectations and those of our officers, Directors andemployees concerning, amongst other things, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity,prospects, growth, strategies and the business we operate. By their nature, these statements involve
uncertainty since future events and circumstances can cause results and developments to differ
materially from those anticipated. The forward-looking statements reflect knowledge andinformation available at the date of preparation of this document and, unless otherwise required byapplicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or review these forward-lookingstatements. Nothing in this announcement should be construed as a profit forecast. The Company
and its Directors accept no liability to third parties in respect of this document save as would arise
under English law.