Reuters Group PLC (“the Company”) would like to notify the market in accordance with Listing Rule 12.6.4R, of the following information:

On the 30 March 2007 the Company cancelled 2,500,000 ordinary shares each with a nominal value of 25 pence per share currently held in Treasury. Following the cancellation of shares held in Treasury, the Company's issued share capital on 30 March 2007 consisted of 1,404,188,670 ordinary shares of 25 pence. The Company now holds 135,860,000 ordinary shares in Treasury, and the Company is not permitted to exercise voting rights in respect of those ordinary shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 1,268,328,670.

The above figure (1,268,328,670) 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, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contact:
Elizabeth Maclean
Assistant Company Secretary
Reuters Group PLC
elizabeth.maclean@reuters.com
Tel. no. 020 7542 6706