Press Release Details

Notification of Transactions

March 17, 2009 at 7:12 AM EDT
RNS Number : 9846O
Thomson Reuters PLC
17 March 2009
 

Thomson Reuters PLC 

Notification of Transactions

NEW YORK, NY - March 17, 2009 - Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI; TSX: TRI; LSE: TRIL; NASDAQ: TRIN) today announced that The Woodbridge Company Limited engaged in the following transactioninvolving common shares of Thomson  Reuters Corporation


Date

Type of Transaction

Type of Security

Number of Securities

Price Per Security

March 12, 2009

Donation

Common Shares

48,000

C$31.30

March 12, 2009

Purchase

Common Shares

49,000

C$31.30

Thomson Reuters was notified of the above transactions on March 16, 2009.

Following these transactionsThe Woodbridge Company Limited and other companies affiliated with it (together,  "Woodbridge") beneficially own 439,768,486 Thomson Reuters Corporation common shares14,842,487 Thomson Reuters PLC ordinary shares and 88,800 Thomson Reuters PLC American Depositary Shares (each representing six ordinary shares of Thomson Reuters PLC). Under the DLC structure, holders of Thomson Reuters Corporation common shares and Thomson Reuters PLC ordinary shares ordinarily vote together as a single decision-making body, including in the election of directors, and in that sense have voting interests in Thomson Reuters. Following these transactions, Woodbridge has voting interest in Thomson Reuters of approximately 55% as at March 13, 2009 based on the aggregate issued share capital of Thomson Reuters Corporation and Thomson Reuters PLC The Woodbridge Company Limited is the controlling shareholder of Thomson Reuters and certain of the Thomson Reuters non-executive directors are officers of Woodbridge.  Thomson Reuters is voluntarily making a notification relating to securities of Thomson Reuters Corporation.

Contact:

David W. Binet

Secretary to the Board

Thomson Reuters


david.binet@thomsonreuters.com

+1 416.681.0474



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