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 19 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 49,108,419 3.97% 1,966,470 0.16%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,721,147 0.14% 4,146,480 0.34%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 50,829,566 4.11% 6,112,950 0.49%
(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 48,675 5.8600
Purchase 17,951 5.8600
Purchase 142,136 5.8600
Purchase 17,969 5.8700
Purchase 15,387 5.8572
Purchase 27,052 5.9037
Purchase 19,195 5.8681
Purchase 58,681 5.8873
Purchase 3,300 5.8550
Purchase 27,176 5.8811
Purchase 17,768 5.8473
Purchase 18 5.9050
Purchase 47,376 5.8318
Purchase 55,935 5.8853
Purchase 4,291 5.8711
Sale 17,951 5.8600
Sale 142,16 5.8600
Sale 86,769 5.8042
Sale 48,675 5.8600
Sale 2,000 5.8020
Sale 286,789 5.8638
Sale 542,542 5.8107
Sale 830 5.7962
Sale 55,706 5.8393
Sale 28,348 5.9062
Sale 42,023 5.8820
Sale 1,750 5.8806
Sale 17,969 5.8700
Sale 1,500 5.8712
Sale 18 5.9050
Sale 5,670 5.7900
Sale 142,121 5.8600
Sale 355 5.8712
Sale 475 5.8712
Sale 4,517 5.8700
Sale 9,441 5.8242
Sale 36,136 5.8700
Sale 54,513 5.8791
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 47376 5.8317
CFD Short 17768 5.8472
CFD Short 3300 5.855
CFD Short 15387 5.8571
CFD Short 4291 5.8711
CFD Short 55935 5.8852
CFD Short 58681 5.8872
CFD Long 2000 5.802
CFD Long 86769 5.8042
CFD Long 9441 5.8242
CFD Long 55706 5.8392
CFD Long 286789 5.8638
CFD Long 54513 5.8791
CFD Long 42023 5.882
CFD Long 28348 5.9061
(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 20 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