Rule 8.3- Reuters Group plc
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
19 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 18 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 15,675,560 (1.2342%) 717,950 (0.0565%)
(2) Derivatives (other than
options)
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell 1,000,000 (0.0787%) 2,000,000 (0.1574%)
Total 16,675,560 (1.3129%) 2,717,950 (0.2139%)
(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 158,833 6.0500 GBP
Purchase 318 6.0900 GBP
Purchase 318 6.1000 GBP
Purchase 76,240 6.1350 GBP
Purchase 106 6.1400 GBP
Sale 158,833 6.0500 GBP
Sale 260 6.0550 GBP
Sale 265 6.0600 GBP
Sale 159 6.0700 GBP
Sale 212 6.1150 GBP
Sale 25,085 6.1300 GBP
Sale 901 6.1350 GBP
Sale 40,424 6.1400 GBP
Sale 8,892 6.1450 GBP
Sale 8,627 6.1500 GBP
Sale 310,000 6.1380 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 19 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
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