On 8 March 2006, Simon Walker, a person discharging managerial responsibilities at Reuters Group PLC transferred 10,688 Ordinary 25p shares to his spouse, Mrs Mary Strang, for no consideration. Following this transfer of shares to his spouse, Mr Walker still has a beneficial interest in 45,486 Ordinary shares and holds 337,571 Options (Ordinary shares) and 256,337 long term incentive plans (Ordinary shares). All Ordinary shares are registered in the name of Mrs Mary Strang. These holdings do not exceed 1% of the issued share capital of the company.

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