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 22 January 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 49,087,749 3.92% 732,093 0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives 736,081 0.06% 1,906,846 0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 49,823,830 3.97% 2,638,939 0.21%
(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 71,570 5.7061
Purchase 29,547 5.7539
Purchase 3,080 5.6450
Purchase 17,543 5.6981
Purchase 10,994 5.8550
Purchase 25,705 5.7167
Purchase 101,831 5.7715
Purchase 33,259 5.6248
Purchase 3,080 5.6450
Purchase 3,708 5.8500
Purchase 12,076 5.8550
Purchase 59,171 5.8160
Purchase 101,831 5.7715
Purchase 16,910 5.8211
Purchase 17,543 5.6981
Purchase 8,991 5.5810
Purchase 185,033 5.7464
Purchase 54,826 5.6501
Purchase 47,244 5.7387
Purchase 19,358 5.8056
Purchase 38,545 5.6120
Purchase 3,080 5.6457
Purchase 10,800 5.8650
Purchase 816 5.3900
Purchase 7,519 5.6456
Sale 25,705 5.7167
Sale 185,033 5.7464
Sale 59,171 5.8149
Sale 54,826 5.6501
Sale 101,831 5.7715
Sale 7,519 5.6456
Sale 9,500 5.4950
Sale 10,800 5.8650
Sale 12,076 5.8539
Sale 38,545 5.6120
Sale 47,244 5.7387
Sale 3,080 5.6450
Sale 3,708 5.8500
Sale 33,259 5.6248
Sale 8,991 5.5810
Sale 29,547 5.7539
Sale 17,543 5.6981
Sale 16,910 5.8201
Sale 8,991 5.5810
Sale 185,033 5.7464
Sale 3,080 5.6450
Sale 19,358 5.8056
Sale 404 5.8550
Sale 71,570 5.7061
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 38545 5.612
CFD Short 7519 5.6456
CFD Short 3080 5.6457
CFD Short 47244 5.7387
CFD Short 3105 5.7751
CFD Short 19358 5.8055
CFD Short 16910 5.8211
CFD Short 1080 5.865
CFD Long 33259 5.6247
CFD Long 54826 5.6501
CFD Long 25705 5.7167
CFD Long 29547 5.7538
CFD Long 15333 5.7677
CFD Long 59171 5.8149
CFD Long 3708 5.85
CFD Long 12076 5.8538
(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 23 January 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