Rule 8.3 - REUTERS GROUP

FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC (Note 1) Company dealt in REUTERS GROUP Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.25 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 29 June 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant 46,560,589 3.69% 412,126 0.03% securities (2) Derivatives 174,505 0.01% 934,450 0.07% (other than options) (3) Options and 197,808 0.02% 2,437,907 0.19% agreements to purchase/sell Total 46,932,902 3.72% 3,784,483 0.30% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of Long Short relevant security: Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit (GBP) Purchase 19,896 6.2074 Purchase 56,556 6.2017 Purchase 1,838 6.1823 Purchase 2,271 6.1900 Sale 34,045 6.2084 Sale 8,409 6.1900 Sale 12,498 6.2032 Sale 5,676 6.2140 Sale 885 6.1900 Sale 1,619 6.1900 Sale 38,515 6.1900 Sale 5,360 6.1900 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name Long/Short Number of Price per Securities unit CFD Short 56556 6.2017 CFD Short 19896 6.2074 CFD Long 34045 6.2084 CFD Long 5676 6.214 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP) varying etc. relates (GBP) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per call option securities unit (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (if applicable) (Note 5) 4. OTHER INFORMATION None Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 02 July 2007 Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE Telephone number 020 7116 2913 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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