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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC27 December 2007 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc Company dealt in Reuters Group Plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings being ORD GBP 0.25disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 21 December 2007 AMENDMENT: Trading and Positions in Reuters Group Plc on 21 December 2007 shouldread as follows: 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 13,398,075 (1.0557%) 29,596 (0.0023%)(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sell 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) Total 13,398,075 (1.0557%) 29,596 (0.0023%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5)Purchase 1,000,000* 6.0000 GBPPurchase 512 6.2750 GBPPurchase 1,548 6.2800 GBPPurchase 172 6.3250 GBPSale 1,000,000* 6.0000 GBPSale 4,986 6.2597 GBPSale 1,000 6.2750 GBPSale 5,000 6.2800 GBPSale 5,000 6.2950 GBPSale 1,000,000 6.3000 GBPSale 120,303 6.3100 GBPSale 6,368 6.3150 GBPSale 1,600 6.3200 GBPSale 59,697 6.3250 GBPSale 6,024 6.3350 GBPSale 190,000 6.1630 GBPSale 100,000 6.1800 GBP * Exercise of a Call Option between two internal books (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short (Note Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Notename, 6) 7) 5)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varyingProduct Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname, selling, securities to American, date money purchasing, which the option European varying etc. relates (Note 7) etc.e.g. price paid/call receivedoption per unit (Note 5)CallOption Purchase 1,000,000 6.0000 American 21/12/ 0.3000 GBPDEC600 GBP 2007 (ii) ExercisingProduct name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Noteoption securities 5)Call Option DEC600 1,000,000 6.0000 GBP (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 27 December 2007 Contact name Richard Hopkins Telephone number (020) 7714 4459 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/with which connected If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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