-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SRAlpfY6eAfxgizF9PiHndGzV5XxfNUT1f+wn+iUt9T/NLrOPzA6WmaVlaH/Hcvv R6K6VcsfkR99ySfEQuKPhA== 0000891836-00-000003.txt : 20000106 0000891836-00-000003.hdr.sgml : 20000106 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891836-00-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19991130 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REUTERS GROUP PLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001056084 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-08354 FILM NUMBER: 501576 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 FLEET STREET STREET 2: LONDON EC44AJ ENGAND BUSINESS PHONE: 01715428187 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 FLEET STREET STREET 2: LONDON EC44AJ ENGLAND 6-K 1 FORM 6-K, REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER FORM 6-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the month November 1999 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS GROUP PLC - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Translation of registrant's name into English) 85 FLEET STREET, LONDON EC4P 4AJ, ENGLAND - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) [Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.] Form 20-F X Form 40-F --- --- [Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.] Yes No X --- --- THIS REPORT IS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE PROSPECTUSES CONTAINED IN POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-16927 ON FORM S-8, POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-69694 ON FORM F-3, POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-90398 ON FORM S-8, POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-7374 ON FORM F-3 AND REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-5998 ON FORM S-8 FILED BY THE REGISTRANT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. REUTERS GROUP PLC -------------------------------- (Registrant) Dated: January 4,2000 By: /s/ Nancy C. Gardner ---------------------------- EX-99.1 2 PRESS RELEASE, DATED NOVEMBER 11, 1999 11 November 1999 No: 23/99 REUTERS ANNOUNCES BOARD APPOINTMENT London -- Reuters Group PLC announced today that Mr Dennis Malamatinas will join the Board as a non-executive director on 1 January 2000. Mr Malamatinas (44) is Chief Executive Officer of Burger King Corporation and an executive director of Diageo plc. END CONTACT: Geoff Wicks Director, Corporate Relations (Tel: 0171 542 8666 or 0171 542 3717) e-mail: geoff.wicks@reuters.com or Peter V Thomas Director, Media Relations (Tel: 0171 542 4890 or 0171 542 7457) e-mail: peter.v.thomas@reuters.com NOTE TO EDITORS: A photograph of Mr Dennis Malamatinas is available on request. A biography is attached. Reuters and the dotted and sphere logos are the trademarks of the Reuters Group of Companies. 1 DENNIS MALAMATINAS - ------------------ BIOGRAPHY Dennis Malamatinas was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Burger King Corporation and a member of the Diageo Board in 1997. Malamatinas joined International Distillers and Vintners (IDV), Diageo's beverage business, in 1989 as Managing Director of Metaxa, based in Greece. He was responsible for the Metaxa business worldwide. In 1991 Malamatinas was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of IDV's Pierre Smirnoff Company. He became Executive Director and President of IDV Asia Pacific in 1995 and a member of the IDV main board. He was responsible for the marketing, selling, distribution and production of IDV brands in Asia Pacific. Malamatinas began his career with Procter and Gamble, progressing through a range of marketing and brand management roles. He then joined Pepsico, working initially in the Middle East and then in Italy, where he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Pepsico Italia. Malamatinas holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Roosevelt University, Chicago, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. 2 EX-99.2 3 PRESS RELEASE, DATED NOVEMBER 18, 1999 18 NOVEMBER 1999 25/99 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- REUTERS ACQUIRES TOWERGROUP -- A LEADING FINANCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH FIRM London -- Reuters, the global information and news group, has acquired 84% of TowerGroup, a leading research and advisory firm which delivers research and insight on the impact of Information Technology in the financial services industry. TowerGroup, which is based in Needham, Massachusetts, provides continuous advisory research services on these markets on a subscription basis as well as consultancy engagements. The purchase consideration is not material to Reuters. This acquisition extends Reuters position in the growing global market for the provision of high quality research material. Reuters plans to make further acquisitions and investments in targeted vertical research information sectors in the US, Europe and Asia to develop a global research and advisory business. Reuters will extend TowerGroup's market position by ensuring its content is available as a premium service through its multiple global distribution channels. TowerGroup's products will continue to be aggressively marketed in their current form through its own direct sales force. TowerGroup will operate as an entity within Reuters Ventures, the division recently established to exploit new business opportunities. In line with Reuters editorial principles, TowerGroup will continue to maintain complete editorial independence, objectivity and impartiality. Diogo Teixeira, the founder of TowerGroup, and TowerGroup employees will retain the remaining 16% of the share capital. Diogo Teixeira will continue to be actively involved in the future development of the business and remain as a director on the TowerGroup board. ROB ROWLEY, Reuters finance director and head of the Ventures division, commented: "Reuters is now expanding into selected new high value areas in the information market. We plan to expand by acquisition in order to meet the demands of our corporate customers for a broader range of high value independent research information. "Reuters represents an excellent international partner for these businesses because of its distribution capabilities, its international client base and its well established editorial standards." 3 DIOGO TEIXEIRA, chairman and chief executive officer of TowerGroup, said: "TowerGroup welcomes this opportunity to partner with Reuters. It will allow us to grow more quickly our research coverage and distribution into global markets and into portions of the financial services industry where we do not yet have products. In addition, the rapid pace of technological change in financial services, and the impact on the industry, mean that we have greater opportunities to serve our growing customer base than at any time in the past." END CONTACT: TOWERGROUP Sandra Kowalski Tel: +781 292 5298 Corporate Communications sandra.kowalski@towergroup.com REUTERS Brad Hanson Director, Reuters Ventures Tel: 0171 542 7545 brad.hanson@reuters.com Geoff Wicks Tel: 0171 542 8666 Director, Corporate Relations geoff.wicks@reuters.com Peter V. Thomas Tel: 0171 542 7457 Director, Media Relations peter.v.thomas@reuters.com NOTE TO EDITORS TowerGroup - ---------- TowerGroup delivers research and insight on the impact of information technology in the global financial services industry. Its research and advice is sought by clients to help them manage IT transformations successfully. Its clients are the largest, most influential, and most successful banks, securities and investments firms, insurance companies, software and hardware providers, and systems integrators. A significant number of its clients are professional services and consulting firms, including those most acknowledged as leaders in their respective fields. 4 TowerGroup offers two services: o The Comprehensive Advisory Service (CAS) is a subscription research service that delivers research with a complete view of the critical trends and issues financial services executives face as they make their information technology decisions. CAS clients are encouraged to take advantage of direct access to TowerGroup analysts, whether by telephone, through e-mail, or in face-to-face meetings for in-depth discussions on topics covered in Research Notes. CAS clients choose from six Advisory Service options:- Retail Banking, Securities & Investments, Consumer Credit, Insurance, Wholesale Banking and Benchmarking/Strategic IT Investments. o TowerGroup Consulting Services offers a single-client engagement focused on producing a specific evaluation or recommendation. Typical consulting projects involve the following areas of strategic IT planning:- information assessment, market potential assessment, internet/e-commerce strategy, competitive market analysis, system evaluation and assessment, product positioning, industry practice analysis, merger and acquisition planning, process design, best practice reviews, system development lifecycle management, business process risk assessment, technology risk assessment, and software certification. FOR MORE DETAILS SEE: WWW.TOWERGROUP.COM - ---------------------------------------- REUTERS supplies the global financial markets and the news media with the widest range of information and news products including real-time financial data, collective investment data, numerical, textual, historical and graphical databases plus news, graphics, news video, and news pictures. It reaches over 519,000 users in 57,720 locations and extensively uses internet technologies for wider distribution of information and news. Reuters designs and installs enterprise-wide information management and risk management systems for the financial markets as well as providing equity and foreign exchange transaction systems. Reuters provides news and information to over 225 Internet sites reaching an estimated 12 million viewers monthly. Reuters is the world's largest news and television agency with 1,946 journalists, photographers and camera operators in 183 bureaux serving 157 countries. News is published in 23 languages. Instinet, an international electronic agency stockbroker, is an independently managed subsidiary of Reuters. The Group employed 16,898 staff in 212 cities in 95 countries at 30 June 1999. FOR MORE DETAILS SEE: WWW.REUTERS.COM/MEDIAPACK/ - ------------------------------------------------ Reuters and the dotted and sphere logos are the trademarks of the Reuters Group of Companies. 5 EX-99.3 4 NOTIFICATION OF SHARE PURCHASE, 11/16/99 The Manager Company Announcements Office Primary Markets Division London Stock Exchange Tower Old Broad Street London EC2N 1HP 16th November 1999 Dear Sir REUTERS HOLDING PLC AVS Security Number: 606393 I enclose notification of a share purchase undertaken by the Chief Executive of Reuters Group PLC, Peter Job. If there are any queries, please contact J Buswell, Group Regulatory Adviser. Yours faithfully, JANICE BUSWELL GROUP REGULATORY ADVISOR Enc. cc: Chairman PJ ROR RES Martin G Wicks B Pringle (Hoare Govett) - --------------- THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE REF: NEW AVS NO. 606393 PRIMARY MARKETS - --------------- OLD BROAD STREET, LONDON EC2N 1HP TELEPHONE 0171-797-3850 STX 33850 PLEASE ENSURE THE ENTRIES ON THIS RETURN ARE TYPED DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS IN SHARES OR DEBENTURES AND NOTIFICATIONS OF DEALINGS UNDER THE STOCK EXCHANGE REQUIREMENTS DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) NAME OF COMPANY Reuters Group PLC - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) NAME OF DIRECTOR Peter James Denton Job - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest Director - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. (If notified) Peter James Denton Job - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) Please state the nature of the transaction and the nature and extent of the directors interest in the transaction Purchase of Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 8064 Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) ( . %) of issued Class Less than 1% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) ( . %) of issued Class - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) Class of security Ordinary Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Price per share (pound)6.18 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13) Date of transaction 15 November 1999 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14) Date company informed 15 November 1999 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15) Total holding following this notification 212,648 Ordinary Shares Plus 490 shares non-beneficially owned - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification Less than 1% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING BOXES - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17) Date of grant - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23) Any additional information - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Ms J. M. Buswell (0171 542 8187) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification........16 November .................1999.... - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group Regulatory Advisor - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Ltd. Registered Office: The Stock Exchange, London, EC2N 1HP EX-99.4 5 NOTIFICATION OF SHARE PURCHASE, 11/19/99 The Manager Company Announcements Office Primary Markets Division London Stock Exchange Tower Old Broad Street London EC2N 1HP 19th November 1999 Dear Sir REUTERS HOLDING PLC AVS Security Number: 235129 I enclose notification of a share purchase undertaken by the Discretionary Trust of Reuters Chief Executive, Peter Job. If there are any queries, please contact Ms Janice Buswell, Group Regulatory Adviser. Yours faithfully, JANICE BUSWELL GROUP REGULATORY ADVISOR Enc. cc: Chairman PJ ROR RES Martin G Wicks B Pringle (Hoare Govett) - --------------- THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE REF: NEW AVS NO. 235129 PRIMARY MARKETS - --------------- OLD BROAD STREET, LONDON EC2N 1HP TELEPHONE 0171-797-3850 STX 33850 PLEASE ENSURE THE ENTRIES ON THIS RETURN ARE TYPED DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS IN SHARES OR DEBENTURES AND NOTIFICATIONS OF DEALINGS UNDER THE STOCK EXCHANGE REQUIREMENTS DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) NAME OF COMPANY Reuters Group PLC - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) NAME OF DIRECTOR Peter James Denton Job - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest Director - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. (If notified) P. Job Discretionary Settlement - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) Discretionary Trust - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) Please state the nature of the transaction and the nature and extent of the directors interest in the transaction Purchase of Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 11,850 Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) ( . %) of issued Class Less than 1% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) ( . %) of issued Class - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) Class of security Ordinary Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Price per share (pound)6.70 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13) Date of transaction 19 November 1999 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14) Date company informed 19 November 1999 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15) Total holding following this notification 224,498 Ordinary Shares Plus 490 shares non-beneficially owned - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification Less than 1% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING BOXES - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17) Date of grant - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23) Any additional information - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Ms J. M. Buswell (0171 542 8187) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification........19 November .................1999.... - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group Regulatory Advisor - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Ltd. Registered Office: The Stock Exchange, London, EC2N 1HP -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----