RWS Holdings (RWS)
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FINANCIAL BRIEF: For the fiscal year ended 30 September 2012, RWS Holdings plc revenues increased 5% to L68.8M. Net income increased 14% to L12.7M. Revenues reflect Translation UK segment increase of 5% to L53.3M, Translations Overseas segment increase of 4% to L10.6M, Information Services segment increase of 8% to L5M, United Kingdom segment increase of 6% to L58.2M, Asia/United States segment increase of 9% to L4.8M. more »
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BROKER CONSENSUS & FORECAST TREND
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RWS Holdings plc is engaged in the business of holding investments in trading subsidiaries. The Company’s subsidiaries are engaged in providing intellectual property support services (patent translations and technical searches) for the pharmaceutical, chemical, medical, telecoms, aerospace, defense and automotive industries. The Company also provides specialist technical, legal and financial translation services to a number of areas of industry outside the patent arena. The Company operates in two divisions: the Translations division providing patent and technical document translation, filing and localization services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, Japan and China, and the Information division, which offers a range of patent search, retrieval and monitoring services, as well as a patent database service accessible by subscribers, known as PatBase. On May 31, 2012, the Company acquired Davda & Associates Limited. In May 2013, the Company acquired PharmaQuest Limited.
Directors: Andrew Brode (Chmn.) 72, Reinhard Ottway (CEO) 53, Richard Thompson (CFO) ,
No. of Employees: 488 No. of Shareholders: n/a
| Last Annual | September 30th, 2012 |
| Last Interim | September 30th, 2012 |
| Shares in Issue | 42,315,968 |
| Free Float | 24.1m (56.9%) |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Industry | Professional & Commercial Services |
| Index | FTSE Aim All Share, FTSE Aim 100, FTSE Aim UK 50, |
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London Stock Exchange (AIM) |
| Eligible for | an ISA? a SIPP? |
| Address | Europa House,Marsham Way, GERRARDS CROSS, SL9 9FG, United Kingdom |
| Web | http://www.rws.com |
| Phone | +44 1753 480200 |
| Contact | M A McCarthy (Secy.) |
| Registrar | Capita Registrars (Kent) |
| Auditors | BDO LLP |
| 1st May | ?2.3m Acquisition of UK Translations Business |
| 10th Apr | Trading Statement |
| 4th Apr | Director/PDMR Shareholding |
| 22nd Mar | Second Price Monitoring Extn |
| 22nd Mar | Price Monitoring Extension |
| 22nd Mar | Director/PDMR Shareholding |
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