EX-99.1 2 a2189416zex-99_1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1
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Exhibit 99.1

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December 2, 2008

Thomson Reuters previously furnished to the SEC and filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities certain announcements that it made in November 2008 in the United Kingdom via RNS, a Regulatory Information Service. Included below are certain other RNS announcements made during November 2008.

THOMSON REUTERS PLC — RNS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Large Shareholder RNS Announcements

TR-1:        NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 
1.   Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached:		   THOMSON REUTERS PLC
 
2.   Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):        
 
    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights   X
 
    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    
 
3.   Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:   HSBC Holdings Plc
 
4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):   HSBC Bank plc
        HSBC Financial Products (France)
        HSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) Limited
        HSBC Investment Management
        HSBC Private Bank (Jersey) Limited
        HSBC Trust Company (UK) Limited
        HSBC Trustee (Hong Kong) Limited
        SINOPIA ASSET MANAGEMENT
        Sinopia Asset Management (UK) Limited
 
5.   Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed
or reached:		   5th November 2008
 
6.   Date on which issuer notified:   6th November 2008
 
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:   6%
 

 

  8.    Notified details:

   
A: Voting rights attached to shares  
 
   Situation previous to the
triggering transaction 		  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  
 
    
    
   Number
of shares 		  Number of voting
rightsix 		   
    
  
Class/type of shares
if possible using the
ISIN CODE
    
   Number
of voting
rightsviii
   % of voting rights  
  Number
of shares
  
  Direct
   Directx
   Indirectxi
   Direct
   Indirect
  
   

GB00B29MWZ99

     13,197,043     13,197,043     12,028,909     12,028,909     459,485     6.66%     0.25%  
   

 

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B: Financial Instruments  
Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxii  
Type of financial
instrument
   Expiration
datexiii
   Exercise/Conversion
Period/Datexiv
   Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/converted.
   % of voting rights
  
   

                                           

                                           
   

 

 
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights
   % of voting rights
 
12,488,394   6.91%
     
 

 

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

 

 
Proxy Voting:    
10.   Name of the proxy holder:   N/A
 
11.   Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:   N/A
 
12.   Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:   N/A
 

 

TR-1:        NOTIFICATIONS OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 
1.   Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached:		   THOMSON REUTERS PLC
 
2.   Reason for notification (yes/no)    
 
    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights   YES
 
    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 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
 
5.   Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):   5.11.08
 
6.   Date on which issuer notified:   7.11.08
 
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:   4%
 

 

  8.    Notified details:

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A: Voting rights attached to shares  
 
   Situation previous to the
triggering transaction 		  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  
 
    
    
   Number
of shares 		  Number of voting
rights 		   
    
  
Class/type of shares
if possible use
ISIN CODE
    
   Number
of voting
rights
   Percentage of voting rights  
  Number
of shares
  
   
   Direct
   Indirect
   Direct
   Indirect
  
   

ORD

                                            

GB00B29MWZ99

     10,585,004     10,585,004     8,427,670     8,427,670     N/A     4.34%     N/A  
   

 

   
B: Financial Instruments  
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  
Type of financial
instrument
   Expiration
date
   Exercise/conversion
period/date
   No. of voting rights
that may be acquired
(if the instrument
exercised/converted)
   Percentage
of voting rights
  
   

                                           
   

 

 
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights
   Percentage of voting rights
 
8,427,670   4.34%
     
 

 

 
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, Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are a 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
 

 

 
Proxy Voting:    
10.   Name of the proxy holder:    
 
11.   Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:    
 
12.   Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:    
 

 

TR-1:        NOTIFICATIONS OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 
1.   Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached:		   THOMSON REUTERS PLC
 
2.   Reason for notification (yes/no)        
 
    An acquisition or disposal of voting rights   YES
 
    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 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
 
5.   Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):		   20.11.08
 
6.   Date on which issuer notified:   24.11.08
 
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:   3%
 

 

  8.    Notified details:

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A: Voting rights attached to shares  
 
   Situation previous to the
triggering transaction 		  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  
 
    
    
   Number
of shares 		  Number of voting
rights 		   
    
  
Class/type of shares
If possible use
ISIN code
    
   Number
of voting
rights
   Percentage of voting rights  
  Number
of shares
  
   
   Direct
   Indirect
   Direct
   Indirect
  
   

ORD

                                            

GB00B29MWZ99

     8,427,670     8,427,670     6,739,578     6,739,578     N/A     3.47%     N/A  
   

 

   
B: Financial Instruments  
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  
Type of financial
instrument
   Expiration
date
   Exercise/conversion
period/date
   No. of voting rights
that may be acquired
(if the instrument
exercised/converted)
   Percentage
of voting rights
  
   

                                           
   

 

 
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights
   Percentage of voting rights
 
6,739,578   3.47%
     
 

 

 
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, Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are a 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
 

 

 
Proxy Voting:    
10.   Name of proxy holder:    
 
11.   Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:    
 
12.   Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:    
 

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Other RNS Announcements

Thomson Reuters PLC

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility
or Connected Persons

NEW YORK, NY — November 14, 2008 — Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI; TSX: TRI; LSE: TRIL; NASDAQ: TRIN) today announced that on November 13, 2008, Niall FitzGerald, KBE, a Deputy Chairman of its board of directors, was granted 28,675 Thomson Reuters Corporation restricted share units (RSUs) as part of his annual remuneration. Mr. FitzGerald is also paid US$300,000 in cash. 50% of Mr. FitzGerald's RSUs will vest on each of October 1, 2009 and October 1, 2010. Each vested RSU will entitle Mr. FitzGerald to receive one Thomson Reuters Corporation common share.

Following this grant, Mr. FitzGerald beneficially owns 28,675 Thomson Reuters Corporation RSUs and 27,658 Thomson Reuters Corporation common shares.

Mr. FitzGerald's holdings do not exceed 1% of the issued share capital of either Thomson Reuters Corporation or Thomson Reuters PLC.

Thomson Reuters is voluntarily making a notification relating to securities of Thomson Reuters Corporation. Under its dual listed company structure, Thomson Reuters has two parent companies — Thomson Reuters Corporation and Thomson Reuters PLC. This notification relates to a transaction notified in accordance with Disclosure Rule and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a).

Contact:

David W. Binet
Secretary to the Board
Thomson Reuters
david.binet@thomsonreuters.com
+1 416.681.0474

Thomson Reuters PLC — Voting Rights and Capital

Update for November 2008

NEW YORK, NY — November 28, 2008 — Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI; TSX: TRI; LSE: TRIL; NASDAQ: TRIN) hereby notifies the market in conformity with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1 that the issued capital of Thomson Reuters PLC consists of 180,503,963 ordinary shares of 25 pence each as of November 28, 2008. Thomson Reuters PLC holds no shares in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Thomson Reuters PLC is 180,503,963 ordinary shares.

The above figure (180,503,963) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Thomson Reuters PLC under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contact:

Elizabeth Maclean
Assistant Company Secretary
Thomson Reuters PLC
elizabeth.maclean@thomsonreuters.com
Tel. no. 020 7542 6706

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