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 26 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 50,727,038 4.10% 2,260,027 0.18%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,460,428 0.12% 4,125,507 0.33%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 52,187,466 4.22% 6,385,534 0.52%
(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 1,605 6.0350
Purchase 1,578 5.9911
Purchase 112,986 5.9972
Purchase 24,603 5.9713
Purchase 11,080 5.9745
Purchase 14,919 5.9761
Purchase 10,441 5.9692
Purchase 920 5.9900
Purchase 12,455 6.0350
Purchase 849 6.0600
Purchase 2,546 6.0600
Purchase 1,647 6.0600
Purchase 55,000 5.8900
Purchase 16,404 5.9760
Purchase 446 5.9900
Purchase 663 5.9900
Sale 12,455 6.0350
Sale 7,594 5.9843
Sale 1,578 6.0588
Sale 1,493 5.9611
Sale 4,212 5.9889
Sale 2,007 5.9889
Sale 7,000 5.9681
Sale 55,000 5.8900
Sale 1,605 6.0350
Sale 300 5.9806
Sale 14,591 5.9905
Sale 1,006 5.9750
Sale 27,450 5.9756
Sale 68,826 5.9658
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 10441 5.9691
CFD Short 2460 5.9712
CFD Short 11080 5.9744
CFD Short 14919 5.9761
CFD Short 1578 5.9911
CFD Short 112986 5.9971
CFD Long 1493 5.9611
CFD Long 6882 5.9658
CFD Long 7000 5.9681
CFD Long 27450 5.9755
CFD Long 7594 5.9842
CFD Long 6219 5.9888
CFD Long 14591 5.9905
CFD Long 1578 6.0588
(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 27 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