12th Apr 2005 07:00
RWS Holdings PLC12 April 2005 12 April 2005 RWS Holdings plc ('RWS' or the 'Company) Trading Update RWS, the intellectual property support services company, today provides anupdate on its trading performance for the six months ended 31 March 2005. Revenue and profit before tax for the period are ahead of budget. Good marginshave been maintained, with solid growth in translations and signs of a modestrecovery in our patent search activities. The recent acquisition - Eclipse Translations - is in the process of integrationinto RWS and has performed satisfactorily in its first two months undermanagement. The Japanese operations have delivered excellent growth in revenueand profit. The increasing importance of the need to protect intellectual property remainsthe key driver of the Company's growth. Quality translations and searches are acore component of such protection and provide the focus of the RWS business. The Board looks to the second half of the year and beyond with confidence. It is expected that unaudited results for the six months ended 31 March 2005will be released on 8 June 2005. For further information, please contact: RWS Holdings plcAndrew Brode (Executive Chairman) Tel: 01753 480200 Weber Shandwick Square MileNick Oborne Tel: 020 7067 0700 About RWS RWS is the leading provider of intellectual property support services (patenttranslations and technical searches to the medical, pharmaceutical, chemical,aerospace, defence, automotive and telecoms industries). RWS also providesspecialist technical, legal and financial translation services for areas ofindustry outside the patent arena. RWS is based in the UK with offices inEurope, New York and Tokyo. For further information please visit: www.rws.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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