Press Release Details

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

December 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM EST

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):

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

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

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

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
Credit Suisse International
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

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

21 December 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:

27 December 2007

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

8% Direct and financial instruments 5%

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
ORD - GB0002369139 99,076,304 99,076,304 100,859,567 100,859,567 N/A 7.97% N/A
      9,996 9,996 N/A 0.0008% 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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
101,582,082 8.03%

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

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse (USA) LLC are part of the Investment Banking division of Credit Suisse (“CSIBD”), which is part of the Credit Suisse Group (“CSG”). CSIBD is a segregated business unit within CSG with an independent management structure and exercises its voting rights independently from other divisions of CSG.