Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:2493S
Reuters Group PLC
19 November 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


Reuters Group PLC



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Franklin Templeton Investments



3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18


Non-beneficial interests - held for clients



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them


Bank of New York - 71,800
Cede, New York - 224,220
Chase Nominees Limited - 69,627,607
Euroclear - 14,500
Royal Trust Corp of Canada - 140,300
State Street Bank London - 32,000



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


Not advised



6. Percentage of issued class


Not advised



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


Not advised



8. Percentage of issued class


Not advised



9. Class of security


Ordinary 25p shares



10. Date of transaction


Not advised



11. Date company informed


18 November 2003



12. Total holding following this notification


70,110,427



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


4.8942%



14. Any additional information


No



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Elizabeth Maclean - 020 7542 6706



16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Elizabeth Maclean



Date of notification


19 November 2003



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