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 08 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 50,659,181 4.11% 623,871 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 106,726 0.01% 4,165,402 0.34%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 50,765,907 4.12% 4,789,273 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 5,484 6.0296
Purchase 2,461 5.9950
Purchase 3,786 6.0257
Purchase 918 6.0280
Purchase 3,500 Transfer
Purchase 18,966 6.0500
Purchase 260 Transfer
Purchase 4,000 6.0450
Purchase 20,000 Transfer
Purchase 23,184 6.0500
Purchase 2,917 5.9996
Purchase 18,022 6.0500
Purchase 33,066 6.0156
Sale 305 5.9958
Sale 3,607 6.0289
Sale 14,261 6.0049
Sale 3,500 Transfer
Sale 5,027 6.0177
Sale 2,015 5.9991
Sale 12,490 6.0489
Sale 3,047 6.0041
Sale 20,000 Transfer
Sale 260 Transfer
Sale 180 6.0012
Sale 5,692 6.0100
Sale 1,175 5.9956
Sale 5,333 6.0025
Sale 693 5.9956
Sale 1,700 6.0400
Sale 9,940 6.0400
Sale 1,791 5.9953
Sale 2,240 6.0256
Sale 1,971 5.9950
Sale 650 6.0356
Sale 357 6.0012
Sale 357 6.0012
Sale 163 6.0112
Sale 250 6.0012
Sale 2,000 6.0412
Sale 3,475 6.0500
Sale 400 5.9956
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1971 5.995
CFD Long 2015 5.9991
CFD Long 3047 6.0041
CFD Long 14261 6.0049
CFD Long 5027 6.0177
CFD Long 3607 6.0289
CFD Long 12490 6.0488
CFD Short 2461 5.995
CFD Short 33066 6.0156
CFD Short 3786 6.0257
CFD Short 5484 6.0295
CFD Short 4000 6.045
(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 09 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