3 February 2025
RWS Holdings
plc
Notification and public
disclosure of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
RWS Holdings plc ("RWS", the
"Company"), a unique world-leading provider of technology-enabled
language, content and intellectual property services, announces
that the nil cost options ("Options") over ordinary shares of 1
pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), which were granted
to PDMRs on 24 January 2024 under the RWS Holdings plc
Long Term Incentive Plan as part of the FY24 bonus arrangements,
vested on 24 January 2025.
Following vesting, shares were sold
by respective PDMRs on 29 January 2025 and 31 January 2025
sufficient to satisfy Income Tax and National
Insurance contributions required to be withheld, with additional
shares sold by some of the PDMRs as
detailed below.
|
PDMR
|
Position
|
No.
of Ordinary Shares acquired
|
No.
of Ordinary Shares sold
|
|
|
Jane Hyde
|
General Counsel and Company
Secretary
|
32,488
|
32,488
|
|
|
Vasagi Kothandapani
|
President, Enterprise
Services
|
35,767
|
33,497
|
|
|
Thomas Labarthe
|
President, Language & Content
Technology
|
47,811
|
47,811
|
|
|
Mark Lawyer
|
President, Regulated Industries
& Linguistic AI
|
35,889
|
35,889
|
|
|
Christopher Lewey
|
Group Corporate Development
Director
|
26,447
|
26,447
|
|
|
Amanda Newton
|
President, Global Content
Services
|
33,670
|
33,670
|
|
|
Maria Schnell
|
Chief Language Officer
|
33,728
|
18,587
|
|
|
Jacqui Taylor
|
Chief People Officer
|
8,860
|
4,173
|
|
This announcement is made in
accordance with Article 19(3) of the EU
Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic
law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).
For further
information, please contact:
|
RWS
Holdings plc
Julie Southern, Chairman
Benjamin Faes, Chief Executive
Officer
|
01753 480200
|
|
MHP
(Financial PR advisor)
Katie Hunt / Eleni Menikou
|
rws@mhpgroup.com
020 3128 8100
07884 494112
|
|
Deutsche Numis (Nomad & Joint Broker)
Stuart Skinner / William
Wickham
|
020 7260 1000
|
|
Berenberg (Joint Broker)
Ben Wright / Toby Flaux / Mike Burke
/ Milo Bonser
|
020 3207 7800
|
About RWS:
RWS Holdings plc is a
unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language,
content and intellectual property services. Through content
transformation and multilingual data analysis, our combination of
AI-enabled technology and human expertise helps our clients to grow
by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any
language.
Our purpose is unlocking global
understanding. By combining cultural understanding, client
understanding and technical understanding, our services and
technology assist our clients to acquire and retain customers,
deliver engaging user experiences, maintain compliance and gain
actionable insights into their data and content.
Over the past 20 years we've been
evolving our own AI solutions as well as helping clients to
explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With 40+
AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have
the experience and expertise to support clients on their AI
journey.
We work with over 80% of the world's
top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune's 20 'Most
Admired Companies' and almost all of the top pharmaceutical
companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our
client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and North and South
America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service
clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical,
pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications
sectors.
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.
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
1. Jane
Hyde
2. Vasagi
Kothandapani
3. Thomas
Labarthe
4. Mark
Lawyer
5. Christopher
Lewey
6. Amanda
Newton
7. Maria
Schnell
8. Jacqui
Taylor
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
1. General Counsel
and Company Secretary
2. President,
Enterprise Services
3. President, Content
Technology
4. President, Regulated
Industries & Linguistic AI
5. Group Corporate
Development Director
6. President,
Global Content Services
7. Chief Language
Officer
8. 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
|
Ordinary shares of 1p
each
|
|
|
GB00BVFCZV34
|
|
Identification code
|
|
|
|
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Vesting of nil cost options awarded
under the Long-Term Incentive Plan as part of the FY24 bonus
arrangements on 24 January 2024.
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
|
|
|
1. Nil
2. Nil
3. Nil
4. Nil
5. Nil
6. Nil
7. Nil
8. Nil
|
1. 32,488
2. 35,767
3. 47,811
4. 35,889
5. 26,447
6. 33,670
7. 33,728
8.
8,860
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Aggregated volume
|
254,664
|
|
|
|
|
- Price
|
Nil
|
|
|
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
24 January 2025
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside of a trading
venue
|
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
1. Jane
Hyde
2. Vasagi
Kothandapani
3. Thomas
Labarthe
4. Mark
Lawyer
5. Christopher
Lewey
6. Amanda
Newton
7. Maria
Schnell
8. Jacqui
Taylor
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
1. General Counsel
and Company Secretary
2. President,
Enterprise Services
3. President, Content
Technology
4. President, Regulated
Industries & Linguistic AI
5. Group Corporate
Development Director
6. President,
Global Content Services
7. Chief Language
Officer
8. 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
|
Ordinary shares of 1p
each
|
|
|
GB00BVFCZV34
|
|
Identification code
|
|
|
|
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Sale of shares/sale of sufficient
shares in order to satisfy Income Tax and National Insurance
contributions required to be withheld on the release of shares
following the vesting of nil cost options awarded under the
Long-Term Incentive Plan.
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
|
|
|
1. 149.62p
2. 149.62p
3. 149.62p
4. 149.62p
5. 149.62p
6. 149.62p
7. 149.62p
8. 149.62p
|
1. 13,395
2. 13,783
3. 19,713
4. 14,797
5. 10,904
6. 13,882
7.
7,648
8.
1,717
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Aggregated volume
|
95,839
|
|
|
|
|
- Price
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
29 January 2025
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London
|
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
1. Jane
Hyde
2. Vasagi
Kothandapani
3. Thomas
Labarthe
4. Mark
Lawyer
5. Christopher
Lewey
6. Amanda
Newton
7. Maria
Schnell
8. Jacqui
Taylor
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
1. General Counsel
and Company Secretary
2. President,
Enterprise Services
3. President, Content
Technology
4. President, Regulated
Industries & Linguistic AI
5. Group Corporate
Development Director
6. President,
Global Content Services
7. Chief Language
Officer
8. 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
|
Ordinary shares of 1p
each
|
|
|
GB00BVFCZV34
|
|
Identification code
|
|
|
|
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Sale of shares/sale of sufficient
shares in order to satisfy Income Tax and National Insurance
contributions required to be withheld on the release of shares
following the vesting of nil cost options awarded under the
Long-Term Incentive Plan.
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
|
|
|
1. 135.17p
2. 135.17p
3. 135.17p
4. 135.17p
5. 135.17p
6. 135.17p
7. 135.17p
8. 135.17p
|
1. 19,093
2. 19,714
3. 28,098
4. 21,092
5. 15,543
6. 19,788
7. 10,939
8.
2,456
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Aggregated volume
|
136,723
|
|
|
|
|
- Price
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
31 January 2025
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London
|
