Rule 8.3- Reuters Group-Amend

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
27 December 2007



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 (Note 1)                          Royal Bank of Scotland
                                                         Group Plc

Company dealt in                                         Reuters Group Plc

Class of relevant security to which the dealings being   ORD GBP 0.25
disclosed relate (Note 2)

Date of dealing                                          21 December 2007


AMENDMENT: Trading and Positions in Reuters Group Plc on 21 December 2007 should
read as follows:


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 securities              13,398,075    (1.0557%)  29,596    (0.0023%)
(2) Derivatives (other than
options)
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell                                 0       (0.0%)       0       (0.0%)
                            Total    13,398,075    (1.0557%)  29,596    (0.0023%)





(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:                            Long            Short
                                                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 (Note 5)
Purchase                           1,000,000*  6.0000 GBP
Purchase                                 512   6.2750 GBP
Purchase                               1,548   6.2800 GBP
Purchase                                 172   6.3250 GBP
Sale                               1,000,000*  6.0000 GBP
Sale                                   4,986   6.2597 GBP
Sale                                   1,000   6.2750 GBP
Sale                                   5,000   6.2800 GBP
Sale                                   5,000   6.2950 GBP
Sale                               1,000,000   6.3000 GBP
Sale                                 120,303   6.3100 GBP
Sale                                   6,368   6.3150 GBP
Sale                                   1,600   6.3200 GBP
Sale                                  59,697   6.3250 GBP
Sale                                   6,024   6.3350 GBP
Sale                                 190,000   6.1630 GBP
Sale                                 100,000   6.1800 GBP

* Exercise of a Call Option between two internal books

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product      Long/short (Note   Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Note
name,        6)                 7)                         5)
e.g. CFD



(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product Writing,       Number of          Exercise Type, e.g.  Expiry Option
name,   selling,       securities to               American,   date   money
        purchasing,    which the option            European
        varying etc.   relates (Note 7)            etc.
e.g.                                      price                       paid/
call                                                                  received
option                                                                per unit
                                                                      (Note 5)
Call
Option  Purchase              1,000,000   6.0000   American    21/12/ 0.3000 GBP
DEC600                                    GBP                  2007


(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. call       Number of           Exercise price per unit (Note
option                        securities          5)
Call Option DEC600                    1,000,000   6.0000 GBP

(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction (Note 8)  Details  Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)



4. OTHER INFORMATION

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                                            27 December 2007

Contact name                                                  Richard Hopkins

Telephone number                                              [phone]

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/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




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