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Notification of transactions of directors, persons discharging managerial responsibility or connected persons

April 11, 2006 at 12:00 AM EDT

This notification relates to both a transaction notified in accordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) and section 324 (as extended by section 328) of the Companies Act 1985.
On 10 April 2006, Thomas Glocer, an executive director at Reuters, was granted 1191 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 Glocer now has a beneficial interest in 372,145 Ordinary shares 7,873,120 Options (Ordinary shares) and 3,602,024 long term incentive plans (Ordinary shares).
These holdings do not exceed 1% of the issued share capital of the company.

Contact:
Elizabeth Maclean, Assistant Company Secretary
Email: elizabeth.maclean@reuters.com
Tel no. 020 7542 6706


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