Completion of Acquisition

RWS Holdings PLC 11 November 2003 11 November 2003 RWS Holdings plc ('RWS' or 'the Company') COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OF BYBROOK LIMITED BY HEALTH MEDIA GROUP PLC Having received shareholder approval at its Extraordinary General Meeting held on 10 November 2003, Health Media Group plc is pleased to announce that it has today completed the acquisition of Bybrook Limited ('Bybrook'), the holding company of RWS Group, a provider of intellectual property support services (patent translations and technical searches). In addition, it has changed its name to RWS Holdings plc. The admission of the New Ordinary Shares and readmission of the Existing Ordinary Shares of the Company to AIM occurred at 8.00 am today. The total number of ordinary shares of 5p in issue following completion of the Placing and Acquisition are 37,782,111 and these are trading in the new Company name, RWS Holdings plc. Andrew Brode, Chairman of RWS, commenting on the acquisition said: 'I am delighted that RWS has today successfully become a public company. I believe that the admission to AIM will enhance RWS' leading market position in the growing intellectual property market and better enable it to take advantage of the growth opportunities which current favourable market conditions present.' The meaning of terms used within this statement should be taken as those defined within the circulars to shareholders dated 10 October 2003. - Ends - For further information, please contact: RWS Group Andrew Brode, Executive Chairman 01753 480 200 Liz Lucas, Executive Director Weber Shandwick Square Mile Nick Oborne or Katie Hunt 020 7067 0700 Collins Stewart Steve Roberts or Mark Connelly 020 7523 8350 Arbuthnot Tim Goodman 0121 632 2100 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange D MSCUASWROORAARA