RNS Number:4771Q
Reuters Group PLC
02 October 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 - 80,100
Cede, New York - 212,220
Chase Nominees Limited - 100,149,163
Euroclear - 22,200
Northern Trust Company - 130,294
Royal Trust Corp of Canada - 214,400
State Street Bank London - 49,900

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

1 October 2003

12. Total holding following this notification

100,858,277

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

7.0406%

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

2 October 2003

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