On 10 April 2006, Simon Walker a person discharging managerial responsibilities at Reuters, was granted 595 options over Ordinary 25p shares as part of the company's Save As You Earn Scheme. The options were granted at a price of £3.14 per share.
Mr Walker has a beneficial interest in 45,486 Ordinary shares and holds 338,166 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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