As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2001Registration No. 333-7374 SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Explanatory Note This document constitutes Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-7374) (the Registration Statement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), of Reuters Group PLC (Reuters). The Registration Statement related to ordinary shares of Reuters (the Shares) to be delivered upon exchange of sterling-denominated 2½% Exchangeable Notes due 2004 (the Bonds) issued by Daily Mail and General Trust plc (Daily Mail). Based on the current facts and circumstances of the relationship between Reuters and Daily Mail, it is Reutersview that Daily Mail is not an affiliate of Reuters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) and that, accordingly, registration of the Shares under the Securities Act is no longer required for the delivery of such Shares upon exchange of the Bonds in the manner contemplated by the terms of the Bonds. By way of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement, Reuters deregisters any Shares registered under the Registration Statement that have not been delivered upon exchange of the Bonds. -1- |
SIGNATURESPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in London, England on March 13, 2001. |
REUTERS GROUP PLC By: /s/ David John Grigson David John Grigson Finance Director |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 13, 2001. |
Name | Title |
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Sir Christopher Anthony Hogg |
Chairman and Director |
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Peter James Denton Job |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
Thomas Henry Glocer |
Chief Executive Officer Designate and Director |
/s/ David John Grigson
David John Grigson |
Finance Director and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Sir John Anthony Craven |
Director |
Philip Nevill Green |
Director |
Edward Kozel |
Director |
Dennis Malamatinas |
Director |
Name | Title |
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Jean-Claude Marchand |
Director |
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Roberto G. Mendoza |
Director |
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Richard Lake Olver |
Director |
/s/ Robert Oscar Rowley
Robert Oscar Rowley |
Director |
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Charles James Francis Sinclair |
Director |
Ian Charles Strachan |
Director |
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Nancy C. Gardner |
Authorized U.S. Representative |
*By: | /s/ Robert Oscar Rowley
Robert Oscar Rowley Attorney-in-Fact |