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Option Exercise, Admission and Total Voting Rights
RWS Holdings plc has announced the issuance of 1,289,599 new ordinary shares to satisfy a share award to the Chief Executive Officer for the FY25 bonus and the exercise of options under the Long Term Incentive Plan. These new shares, which will rank pari passu with existing shares, are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on 26 January 2026. Following this admission, the total number of ordinary shares in issue with voting rights will be 371,097,245, with no shares held in treasury. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n23 January 2026\nRWS Holdings plc\nOption Exercise, Admission and Total Voting Rights\n \nRWS Holdings plc (\"RWS\" or \"the Company\"), a global AI solutions company, announces that 1,289,599 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company (\"New Ordinary Shares\") were issued today in order to satisfy (i) a share award to the Chief Executive Officer in respect of the FY25 bonus; and (ii) the exercise of options awarded at nil cost under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan as part of the Company's FY25 bonus arrangements. RWS has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of 1,289,599 New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM (\"Admission\") and Admission is expected to take place at 8:00am on 26 January 2026.\nThe New Ordinary Shares, when issued, will be fully paid and will rank pari-passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after the date of issue. The issue and allotment of the New Ordinary Shares will be within the Company's existing authorities.\nTotal Voting Rights\nSubsequent to Admission, there will be 371,097,245 ordinary shares of 1p each in issue with voting rights. No shares are held in treasury. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.\n \n \n \nAbout RWS:\nRWS is a global AI solutions company empowering the world's most trusted enterprise AI.\nOur proprietary Cultural Intelligence Layer, powered by 250,000 data specialists, cultural and language experts and deep domain professionals, backed by 45+ patents, makes enterprise AI culturally fluent, contextually accurate and secure, ensuring every interaction reflects a brand's tone, context and customer values.\nThrough our Generate, Transform and Protect segments, we deliver intelligent content, enterprise knowledge, large-scale localisation and IP protection for global growth. Trusted by 80+ of the world's top 100 brands, RWS provides the confidence, governance and expertise organisations need to deploy AI safely, responsibly and at scale.\nHeadquartered in ...