Rule 8.3- Reuters Grp

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 20 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 19 December 2007 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 15,720,392 (1.2381%) 788,532 (0.0621%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 1,000,000 (0.0787%) 2,000,000 (0.1575%) Total 16,720,392 (1.3168%) 2,788,532 (0.2196%) (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 371 6.1250 GBP Purchase 53 6.1350 GBP Purchase 1,324 6.1400 GBP Purchase 742 6.1450 GBP Purchase 69 6.1650 GBP Purchase 1,430 6.1700 GBP Purchase 164,239 6.1750 GBP Purchase 689 6.1800 GBP Sale 53 6.1400 GBP Sale 12,449 6.1425 GBP Sale 3,400 6.1450 GBP Sale 7,814 6.1525 GBP Sale 212 6.1700 GBP Sale 5,000 6.1750 GBP Sale 65,000 6.1800 GBP Sale 739 6.1850 GBP (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) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Note option securities 5) (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) YES/NO Date of disclosure 20 December 2007 Contact name Richard Hopkins Telephone number (020) 7714 4459 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 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) Product name, Written or Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry date purchased securities to price (Note American, which the 2) European option or etc. derivative relates e.g. call option Dec 2007 Call Written 1,000,000 6.0000 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Call Written 1,000,000 6.0000 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 Dec 2007 Call Purchased 1,000,000 6.0000 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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