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 06 March 2008
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 49,483,501 4.00% 743,643 0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives 501,878 0.04% 4,112,048 0.33%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 49,985,379 4.04% 4,855,691 0.39%
(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 11,418 5.9376
Purchase 2,400 5.9150
Purchase 31,732 5.9455
Purchase 3,853 5.9332
Purchase 16,699 5.9300
Purchase 30,905 5.9141
Sale 310 5.9356
Sale 1,226 5.9350
Sale 172,603 5.9250
Sale 586 5.9250
Sale 5,405 5.9339
Sale 839 5.9356
Sale 2,248 5.9264
Sale 4,200 5.9265
Sale 1,649 5.9289
Sale 179 5.9093
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 30905 5.9141
CFD Short 2400 5.915
CFD Short 3853 5.9331
CFD Short 11418 5.9375
CFD Long 179 5.9092
CFD Long 4200 5.9265
CFD Long 1649 5.9288
CFD Long 5405 5.9339
(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
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.
None
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 07 March 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
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