Rule 8.3 - THOMSON CORP
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 THOMSON CORP
Class of relevant security COM NPV
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 31 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 6,068,793 0.95% 888,403 0.14%
securities
(2) Derivatives 290,700 0.05%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
purchase/sell
Total 6,359,493 1.00% 888,403 0.14%
(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 106,000 35.4017 CAD
Purchase 53,400 35.4017 CAD
Purchase 2,653 35.8413 CAD
Purchase 1,900 36.0058 CAD
Purchase 63,900 35.4017 CAD
Purchase 88 35.8400 CAD
Purchase 344 35.8413 CAD
Purchase 26,000 35.4017 CAD
Purchase 6 35.8400 CAD
Purchase 23,400 35.4064 CAD
Purchase 64,800 35.4017 CAD
Purchase 300 35.0000 CAD
Purchase 2,177 35.8413 CAD
Purchase 1,758 35.2093 CAD
Purchase 59,918 35.4017 CAD
Purchase 15 35.8400 CAD
Purchase 1,758 35.8400 CAD
Purchase 107 35.8400 CAD
Purchase 66,700 35.4017 CAD
Sale 23,400 35.4064 CAD
Sale 107 35.8400 CAD
Sale 1,758 35.8400 CAD
Sale 1,900 36.0058 CAD
Sale 88 35.8400 CAD
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
(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 01 February
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)