For Immediate Release                                                             13 November 2017

RWS Holdings PLC

("RWS" or the "Company")

Confirmation of Board Appointment and Notice of Results

RWS Holdings plc, (or "RWS"), a world leading provider of patent translation and filing, localisation, intellectual property support solutions and life sciences language services, confirms the appointment of Desmond Glass as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), Director and Company Secretary, further to the announcement made on 10 August 2017.

As of today, Mr Glass holds no other directorships. There are no other changes to the information concerning his appointment which was announced on 10 August 2017.

As previously announced, RWS will report its full year results on 6 December 2017. There will be a presentation that morning hosted by Andrew Brode, Chairman, Richard Thompson, CEO, and Desmond Glass, CFO. If you would like to register your interest in attending please contact Nessyah Hart on 0203 128 8156 or Nessyah.hart@mhpc.com.

For further information on this announcement, please contact:

RWS Holdings plc: +44 (0) 1753 480200

Richard Thompson, Chief Executive Officer

Andrew Brode, Chairman

MHP Communications: +44 (0) 20 3128 8794 / rws@mhpc.com

Katie Hunt / Simon Hockridge / Nessyah Hart

Numis Securities Limited: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000

Stuart Skinner / Kevin Cruickshank (Nominated Advisor)

Michael Burke (Corporate Broker)

Notes to Editors

About RWS

RWS is a world-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 as well as a high-level specialist language service provider and technology-enabled localisation services provider in other technical areas. RWS addresses 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, Australia and Argentina and is listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

See www.rws.com for further information.