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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC06 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 5 December 2007 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 15,928,644 (1.2542%) 408,732 (0.0321%)(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sell 1,000,000 (0.0787%) 2,000,000 (0.1574%) Total 16,928,644 (1.3329%) 2,408,732 (0.1895%) (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 23,313 5.8150 GBPPurchase 34,300 5.8275 GBPPurchase 53 5.8350 GBPPurchase 53 5.8400 GBPPurchase 63 5.8450 GBPPurchase 583 5.8500 GBPPurchase 478 5.8550 GBPPurchase 80,266 5.8600 GBPPurchase 1,646 5.8650 GBPPurchase 53 5.8700 GBPPurchase 107 5.8800 GBPPurchase 82 5.9000 GBPTOTAL: 140,997 5.8200 GBPSale 34,300 5.8450 GBPSale 116TOTAL: 34,416 (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 varying Product 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) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Noteoption securities 5) (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) YES/NO Date of disclosure 6 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 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) Product name, Written or Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry date purchased securities to price (Note American, which the 2) European option or etc. derivative relatese.g. calloptionDec 2007 Call Written 1,000,000 6.0000 GBP American 21 Dec 2007Dec 2007 Call Written 1,000,000 6.0000 GBP American 21 Dec 2007Dec 2007 Call Purchased 1,000,000 6.0000 GBP American 21 Dec 2007 Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (exceptfor CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreementsto purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and itsNotes which 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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