Press Release Details

Notification of Transactions

April 1, 2009 at 9:39 AM EDT
RNS Number : 9370P
Thomson Reuters PLC
01 April 2009
 

Thomson Reuters PLC 

Notification of Transactions

NEW YORK, NY - April 1, 2009 - Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI; TSX: TRI; LSE: TRIL; NASDAQ: TRIN) today announced that The Woodbridge Company Limited engaged in the following transactioninvolving Thomson Reuters Corporation common shares and Thomson Reuters PLC ordinary shares.


Date

Type of Transaction

Type of Security

Number of Securities

Price Per Security

March 26, 2009

Purchase - Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Common Shares

132,067

C$30.27

March 26, 2009

Purchase - Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Ordinary Shares

102,649

1,555 pence

March 30, 2009

Sale

Common Shares

8,650,000

C$30.61

March 30, 2009

Purchase

Ordinary Shares

8,650,000

1,512 pence

Thomson Reuters was notified of the above transactions on March 31, 2009.

Following these transactionsThe Woodbridge Company Limited and other companies affiliated with it (together,  "Woodbridge") beneficially own 429,900,553 Thomson Reuters Corporation common shares24,945,136 Thomson Reuters PLC ordinary shares and 88,800 Thomson Reuters PLC American Depositary Shares (each representing six ordinary shares of Thomson Reuters PLC). Under the DLC structure, holders of Thomson Reuters Corporation common shares and Thomson Reuters PLC ordinary shares ordinarily vote together as a single decision-making body, including in the election of directors, and in that sense have voting interests in Thomson Reuters. Following these transactions, Woodbridge has voting interest in Thomson Reuters of approximately 55% as at March 30, 2009 based on the aggregate issued share capital of Thomson Reuters Corporation and Thomson Reuters PLC The Woodbridge Company Limited is the controlling shareholder of Thomson Reuters and certain of the Thomson Reuters non-executive directors are officers of Woodbridge.  Thomson Reuters is voluntarily making a notification relating to securities of Thomson Reuters Corporation.

Contact:

David W. Binet

Secretary to the Board

Thomson Reuters


david.binet@thomsonreuters.com

+1 416.681.0474



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