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               07 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      50,625,496      4.10%      628,127       0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives       92,960      0.01%    4,145,257       0.34%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0      0.00%            0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             50,718,456      4.11%     4,773,384      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      26,118               6.0350
Purchase      1,656                6.0400
Purchase      6,180                5.9901
Purchase      27,807               6.0261
Purchase      21,690               6.0298
Purchase      6,207                6.0392
Purchase      7,720                6.0522
Purchase      1,515                6.0134
Purchase      2,579                5.9822
Sale          20,948               6.0167
Sale          29,772               6.0307
Sale          1,350                5.9964
Sale          260                  6.0456
Sale          260                  6.0456
Sale          2,579                5.9903
Sale          4,398                6.0419
Sale          5,074                6.0420
Sale          87,170               6.0039
Sale          11,100               6.0100
Sale          13,595               6.0360
Sale          3,688                Transfer
Sale          1,201                6.0389
Sale          19,469               6.0039
Sale          2,638                6.0039
Sale          9,679                6.0039
Sale          56,529               6.0039
Sale          7,035                6.0039
Sale          502                  6.0039
Sale          2,452                6.0039
Sale          6,243                6.0400
Sale          13,171               6.0039
Sale          25,958               6.0039
Sale          9,331                6.0039
Sale          7,012                6.0039
Sale          11,657               6.0039
Sale          28,928               6.0039
Sale          198,439              6.0039
Sale          6,771                6.0039
Sale          325                  6.0014
Sale          1,000                6.0014
Sale          1,700                6.0206
Sale          12,858               6.0039
Sale          68,137               6.0050
Sale          38,675               6.0039

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          2579          5.9903
CFD            Long          20948         6.0167
CFD            Long          29772         6.0307
CFD            Long          13595         6.0359
CFD            Long          1201          6.0389
CFD            Long          4398          6.0418
CFD            Long          5074          6.042
CFD            Short         2579          5.9822
CFD            Short         6180          5.9901
CFD            Short         623           5.9978
CFD            Short         646           6.0015
CFD            Short         124           6.0045
CFD            Short         27807         6.026
CFD            Short         21690         6.0298
CFD            Short         6207          6.0392
CFD            Short         7720          6.0521

(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                         08 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