RWS Holdings PLC
01 November 2005
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Name of company
RWS Holdings plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Group Limited
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-
beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18.
The notification is in respect of both Beneficial and Non-Beneficial
holdings as detailed below.
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
of shares held by each of them
Nutraco Nominees Limited 3,240,418 (Non-Beneficial)
Others 356,558 (Non-Beneficial)
5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
Not disclosed
6. Percentage of issued class
Not disclosed
7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
Not disclosed
8. Percentage of issued class
Not disclosed
9. Class of security
Ordinary shares of 5p each
10. Date of transaction
Not disclosed
11. Date company informed
31 October 2005
12. Total holding following this notification
3,596,976
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
9.35%
14. Any additional information
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Mike McCarthy 01753 480240
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification.
Mike McCarthy, Finance Director
Date of notification: 1 November 2005
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