RWS HOLDINGS PLC

Director's Dealing • Feb 17, 2022

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RWS Holdings PLC

17 February 2022

For immediate release                                                                                                         17 February 2022

RWS Holdings plc

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging

managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Grant of options under the 2022 Save as you Earn (SAYE) scheme

RWS Holdings plc ("RWS" or "the Group"), the world's leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property support services, announces that on 17 February 2022 the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities of the Group were granted options over ordinary shares of 1 pence each under the Group's SAYE scheme.

Name	Position	Scheme	Award of SAYE options	Option price	Expected maturity date
Neil Simpkin	President, RWS IP Services	UK	1,428	£5.04	1 April 2025
Jim McHugh	Chief People Officer	UK	1,785	£5.04	1 April 2025
Christopher Lewey	Group Corporate Development Director	UK	2,142	£5.04	1 April 2025

In total, 211,288 share options were granted under the Group's SAYE scheme to 201 UK employees, representing 21% of eligible applicants. In normal circumstances these share options will not be exercisable until the completion of a three year savings period ending on 1 April 2025 and will be exercisable for a period of six months thereafter.

For further information, please contact:

RWS Holdings plc Andrew Brode, Chairman Ian El-Mokedem, Chief Executive Officer Des Glass, Chief Financial Officer	01753 480200
Numis (Nomad & Joint Broker) Stuart Skinner / Kevin Cruickshank / Will Baunton	020 7260 1000
Berenberg (Joint Broker) Ben Wright / Toby Flaux / Alix Mecklenburg-Solodkoff	020 3207 7800

About RWS:

RWS Holdings plc is the world's leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property services. We help our customers to connect with and bring new ideas to people globally, by communicating business critical content at scale and enabling the protection and realization of their innovations.

Our vision is to help organizations interact effectively with people anywhere in the world, by solving their language, content and market access challenges through our collective global intelligence, deep expertise and smart technology.

Customers include 90 of the globe's top 100 brands, the top 20 pharmaceutical companies and 19 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, and North and South America across the technology, pharmaceutical, medical, legal, chemical, automotive, government, and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from offices across five continents.

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

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

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a.

Name

Neil Simpkin

2.

Reason for the notification

a.

Position/status

President, RWS IP Services

b.

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Announcement

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a.

Name

RWS Holdings plc

b.

LEI

213800YGBGTTSKUVK111

4.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a.

Description of the

Financial instrument, type

of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 1p each

GB00BVFCZV34

b.

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options under the 2022 SAYE scheme with 504p exercise price per share

c.

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil	1,428

d.

Aggregated information

·   Aggregated volume

·   Price

N/A single transaction

e.

Date of the transaction

17 February 2022

f.

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a.

Name

Jim McHugh

2.

Reason for the notification

a.

Position/status

Chief People Officer

b.

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Announcement

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a.

Name

RWS Holdings plc

b.

LEI

213800YGBGTTSKUVK111

4.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a.

Description of the

Financial instrument, type

of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 1p each

GB00BVFCZV34

b.

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options under the 2022 SAYE scheme with 504p exercise price per share

c.

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
nil	1,785

d.

Aggregated information

·   Aggregated volume

·   Price

N/A single transaction

e.

Date of the transaction

17 February 2022

f.

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a.

Name

Christopher Lewey

2.

Reason for the notification

a.

Position/status

Group Corporate Development Director

b.

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Announcement

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a.

Name

RWS Holdings plc

b.

LEI

213800YGBGTTSKUVK111

4.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a.

Description of the

Financial instrument, type

of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 1p each

GB00BVFCZV34

b.

Nature of the transaction

Grant of options under the 2022 SAYE scheme with 504p exercise price per share

c.

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
Nil	2,142

d.

Aggregated information

·   Aggregated volume

·   Price

N/A single transaction

e.

Date of the transaction

17 February 2022

f.

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

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