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 (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
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