London – Reuters (LSE:RTR, Nasdaq:RTRSY), the global information company, today announced that Ken Olisa, non-executive director at Reuters, has been appointed to the Reuters Audit Committee with immediate effect. Ian Strachan, also a Reuters non-executive director, has been appointed to the Reuters Remuneration Committee with immediate effect and will step down from the Reuters Audit Committee on 8 February 2005.

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