Press Release Details

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

October 9, 2007 at 12:00 AM EDT

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
  Other (please specify): New Exemption DTR 5.1.3 (4) & DTR 5.1.5 (1)

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

Jeffrey W. Ubben
ValueAct Capital management, LLC
ValueAct Capital Master Fund III, L.P.

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

(i) ValueAct Capital Management, L.P.
(ii) ValueAct Capital Master Fund III, L.P.

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

5 October 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:

8 October 2007

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

8%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares 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 Percentage of voting rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(i) Ordinary shares 100,681,233 100,581,233 99,491,233 99,491,233  N/A 7.9% N/A

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument Expiration date Exercise / Conversion Period / Date Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised / converted Percentage of voting rights
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
99,491,233 7.9%

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

The ordinary shares are held by ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P. (87,415,783 ordinary shares) and ValueAct Capital Master Fund III, L.P. (12,075,450 ordinary shares). VA Partners, LLC is the general partner of ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P. VA Partners III, LLC is the general partner of ValueAct Capital Master Fund III, L.P.. ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. is the manager of ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P. and ValueAct Capital Master Fund III, L.P.. ValueAct Capital Management, LLC is general partner of ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. Jeffrey W Ubben is a Managing Member of VA Partners, LLC, VA Partners III, LLC and ValueAct Capital Management, LLC and controls those entities.

Proxy Voting

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A