London – At Reuters Annual General Meeting, held today, shareholders passed all resolutions. Resolution Two -- Approval of Remuneration Report 2002 -- went to a poll. 642,037,530 votes were cast in favour of the resolution and 194,785,179 against, resulting in a majority of 77 percent in favour. Copies of the results of the votes are available on www.about.reuters.com.

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