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 02 April 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 51,978,375 4.21% 899,777 0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives 99,915 0.01% 4,143,289 0.34%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 52,078,290 4.22% 5,043,066 0.41%
(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 14,546 5.9759
Purchase 1,514 5.9750
Purchase 1,567 5.9400
Purchase 660 5.9400
Purchase 313 6.0000
Purchase 51,662 5.9752
Purchase 180,838 5.9597
Purchase 5,117 5.9705
Purchase 23,301 5.9413
Purchase 189,245 5.9602
Purchase 6,292 5.9455
Sale 1,150 5.9506
Sale 696 5.9256
Sale 1,000 5.9356
Sale 31,169 5.9416
Sale 313 5.9950
Sale 715 5.9206
Sale 910 5.9156
Sale 5,124 5.9414
Sale 675 5.9206
Sale 2,202 5.9326
Sale 986 5.9550
Sale 4,501 5.9771
Sale 8,300 5.9249
Sale 400 5.9906
Sale 0 4.9477
Sale 6,200 5.9254
Sale 700 5.9256
Sale 300 5.9156
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 8300 5.9249
CFD Long 6200 5.9254
CFD Long 2202 5.9325
CFD Long 5124 5.9413
CFD Long 31169 5.9415
CFD Long 986 5.955
CFD Short 2227 5.94
CFD Short 23301 5.9413
CFD Short 180838 5.9597
CFD Short 189245 5.9601
CFD Short 5117 5.9704
CFD Short 51662 5.9752
CFD Short 14546 5.9758
(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 03 April 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