Press Release Details

Major Share Notification (Fidelity International Ltd)

March 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM EDT

TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached

Reuters Group Plc

2. Reason for the notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights – see Section 13

Other (please specify): Revised due to DTR rules - see Section 13

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)

Shares Held

UK nominee

Management Co.

55,630

State Street Bank & TR CO London

FPM

861,500

Northern Trust London

FPM

192,900

Mellon Bank

FPM

1,683,400

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FPM

24,313,407

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FISL

18,395,590

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FIL

2,907,826

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FII

8,711,899

Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX

FIL

451,200

Bank of New York Brussels

FPM

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached

Revised due to DTR rules
21 March 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified

 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

N/A

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

% of Voting Rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ISIN GB0002369139

57,573,352

57,573,352

 

 

57,573,352

 

4.52%

 

B. Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of Financial Instrument

Expiration Date

Exercise/Coversation Period/Date

Number of Voting Rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted

% of Voting Rights

         
 

Total (A+B)

Number of Voting Rights

% of Voting Rights

57,573,352

4.52%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable

Shares Held

UK nominee

Management Co.

55,630

State Street Bank & TR CO London

FPM

861,500

Northern Trust London

FPM

192,900

Mellon Bank

FPM

1,683,400

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FPM

24,313,407

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FISL

18,395,590

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FIL

2,907,826

JP Morgan, Bournemouth

FII

8,711,899

Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd LUX

FIL

451,200

Bank of New York Brussels

FPM

     

Fidelity International Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaires, including Fidelity Fund Management Limited (FFML), Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), Investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold voting rights:

N/A

 

13. Additional information:

As discussed with the FSA, prior to the implementation of the EU Transparency Directive, we aggregated the interests in shares of FMR Corp (FMR) and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) together for the purposes of shareholder reporting. According to the new DTR rules we are now reporting the indirect holdings of FMR and FIL separately. A separate notification is being submitted for FMR Corp. Please note these holdings are correct as of close of business 19 March 2007.

14. Contact Name

Laura Cotterell

15. Contact:

fil-regulatoryreporting@uk.fid-intl.com