-----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, Eyr93j3mKwUcvuMCfTdiGwfhxCBKfLnOIBEMOEiULnFG3BwgqNCLSJsITtcIbcZx ngt57hGWuZlSpbzsuLDDZQ== 0001140361-10-018813.txt : 20100504 0001140361-10-018813.hdr.sgml : 20100504 20100504164152 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-10-018813 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100504 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100504 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100504 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THOMSON REUTERS CORP /CAN/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001075124 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS PUBLISHING [2741] IRS NUMBER: 980176673 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A6 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31349 FILM NUMBER: 10797753 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 TIMES SQUARE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 6462234000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 TIMES SQUARE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: THOMSON CORP /CAN/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981211 6-K 1 form6-k.htm THOMSON REUTERS 6-K 5-4-2010 form6-k.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the month of May 2010
Commission File Number:  1-31349

THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

3 Times Square
New York, New York 10036, United States
(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
 
Form 20-F  o     Form 40-F  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):    o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):    o
 


 
 

 

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.
 
 
THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Marc E. Gold
 
   
Name: Marc E. Gold
   
Title:   Assistant Secretary
       
Date: May 4, 2010
     

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
 
 
Notice of Intention to Make a Normal Course Issuer Bid

 

EX-99.1 2 ex99_1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 - NCIB FORM 12 ex99_1.htm

Exhibit 99.1

Form:  12│Issuer Name: Thomson Reuters Corporation (“Thomson Reuters”)    
Stock Symbol: TRI
 
1.
Securities Sought – State the following:

 
a)
Class(es) of securities subject to the NCIB:

Common Shares of Thomson Reuters (“Common Shares”)

 
b)
Total number of securities:

 
i)
issued and outstanding: (as of April 30, 2010):

831,123,337 Common Shares

 
ii)
if applicable, in the total public float:  (as of    ):

Not applicable

 
c)
Percentage of securities that may be purchased under the NCIB:

 
i)
% of issued and outstanding (maximum 5%):

1.8%

 
ii)
% of the public float, as the case may be (maximum 10%):

Not applicable

 
d)
Maximum number of securities that may be acquired under the NCIB:

Up to 15,000,000 Common Shares

 
e)
Number of securities the issuer intends to acquire under the NCIB:

Up to 15,000,000 Common Shares

 
f)
Is the issuer an investment fund:

No

 
i)
If the answer is NO, the average daily trading volume for six months prior to date hereof:

1,033,069 Common Shares – average daily trading volume on the TSX for the six most recently completed months ended April 30, 2010

Form 12 – Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid
© 2008, TSX Group Inc.
(as at June 16, 2008)
 

 
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Form:  12│Issuer Name: Thomson Reuters Corporation (“Thomson Reuters”)    
Stock Symbol: TRI
 
 
g)
Does the issuer have a class of restricted securities :

No

 
If the answer is YES:

 
i)
describe the voting rights of all equity securities:

Not applicable

 
ii)
if the issuer does not propose to make the same NCIB for all classes of voting and equity securities, the reasons for so limiting the NCIB:

Not applicable

 
h)
Whether the securities are going to be cancelled. If such securities are not cancelled, state how such securities will be dealt with:

Any Common Shares that are repurchased will be cancelled.
 
2.
Duration – State the dates on which the NCIB will commence and terminate. The NCIB may not extend for a period of more than one year from the date on which purchases may commence.  (i.e.  May 1, 2004 to April 30, 2005):

The NCIB will commence on May 13, 2010 and will terminate no later than May 12, 2011.

3.
Method of Acquisition State the following:

 
a)
whether purchases will be effected through the facilities of TSX and identify any other exchanges or market places on which purchases will be made: ­­

Purchases of Common Shares will be effected through the facilities of the TSX and/or the New York Stock Exchange by a registered investment dealer (or an affiliate of the dealer).

 
b)
whether purchase and payment for the securities will be made by the issuer in accordance with the requirements of TSX:

Purchase and payment for the Common Shares will be made by Thomson Reuters in accordance with the requirements with the TSX.

 
c)
whether the price that the issuer will pay for any securities acquired by it will be the market price of the securities at the time of acquisition:

The price that Thomson Reuters will pay for the Common Shares acquired by it will be the market price of the Common Shares at the time of acquisition.

Form 12 – Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid
© 2008, TSX Group Inc.
(as at June 16, 2008)
 

 
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Form:  12│Issuer Name: Thomson Reuters Corporation (“Thomson Reuters”)    
Stock Symbol: TRI
 
 
d)
whether purchases (other than by way of exempt offer) will be made other than by means of open market transactions during the period the NCIB is outstanding:

Thomson Reuters does not presently intend to purchase Common Shares other than by means of open market transactions during the period the NCIB is outstanding.

4.
Consideration Offered – State whether there are any restrictions on the price the offeror is prepared to pay and any other restrictions relating to the NCIB, such as specific funds available, method of purchasing, etc.:

There are no restrictions on the consideration to be offered by Thomson Reuters under the NCIB and there are no other restrictions relating to the NCIB.  Thomson Reuters and holders of the Common Shares will be responsible for the payment of commissions to their respective brokers through which purchases and sales will be made at the applicable prevailing rates at the time of purchase.

5.
Reasons for the NCIB – State the purpose or business reasons for the NCIB:

In authorizing the NCIB, the Thomson Reuters Board believes that the purchase of Common Shares from time to time can be undertaken at prices that make the acquisition of such Common Shares an appropriate use of Thomson Reuters available funds and an appropriate mechanism for returning capital to its shareholders.

6.
Valuation – State whether there has been any appraisal or valuation of the issuer to the best knowledge of the directors or officers of the issuer, after reasonable enquiry, regarding the issuer, its material assets or securities prepared within the two years preceding the date of the notice, together with a statement of a reasonable time and place at which such appraisal or valuation, or a copy thereof, may be inspected. For this purpose, the phrase appraisal or valuation means both an independent appraisal or valuation and a material non-independent appraisal or valuation. If there has been such an appraisal or valuation, include a summary of such appraisal or valuation:

 
The directors and officers of Thomson Reuters, after reasonable enquiry, have no knowledge of any appraisal or valuation regarding Thomson Reuters, its material assets or securities, prepared within the last two years preceding the date of this notice.

7.
Previous Purchases – Where the issuer has purchased securities under a NCIB within the past 12 months, state the following:

 
a)
method of acquisition:

Not applicable

 
b)
the number of securities purchased:

None

Form 12 – Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid
© 2008, TSX Group Inc.
(as at June 16, 2008)
 

 
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Form:  12│Issuer Name: Thomson Reuters Corporation (“Thomson Reuters”)    
Stock Symbol: TRI
 
 
c)
the weighted average price paid per security:

Not applicable

8.
Persons Acting Jointly or In Concert with the Issuer – Disclose the identity of any party acting jointly or in concert with the issuer:

There are no persons acting jointly or in concert with Thomson Reuters.

9.
Acceptance by Insiders, Affiliates and Associates –

 
a)
name of every director or senior officer of the issuer who intends to sell securities of the issuer during the course of the NCIB:

No director or senior officer of Thomson Reuters presently intends to sell Common Shares during the course of the NCIB. During the course of this NCIB, directors and senior officers of Thomson Reuters may from time to time effect such sales of Common Shares as may be necessary in their personal circumstances and sales of Common Shares by such persons may occur as a result of the exercise by such persons of outstanding stock options or the vesting of restricted share units or deferred share units.

 
b)
where their intention is known after reasonable enquiry, the name of every associate of a director or senior officer of the issuer, person acting jointly or in concert with the issuer, or person holding 10% or more of any class of equity securities of the issuer, who intends to sell securities:

Except as set forth below, to the knowledge of Thomson Reuters, its directors and senior officers, after reasonable enquiry, (i) no associate of a director or senior officer of Thomson Reuters; (ii) no person acting jointly in concert with Thomson Reuters; and (iii) no person holding 10% or more of any class of equity securities of Thomson Reuters presently intends to sell Common Shares during the course of this NCIB.

During the course of this NCIB, The Woodbridge Company Limited and other companies affiliated with it (“Woodbridge”), the principal and controlling shareholder of Thomson Reuters, may sell Common Shares from time to time. As of April 30, 2010, Woodbridge beneficially owned 455,857,236 Common Shares, or approximately 55% of the outstanding Common Shares as of that date.

10.
Benefits from the NCIB – State direct or indirect benefits to any of the persons or companies named in item 9 of selling or not selling securities of the issuer during the course of the NCIB. An answer to this item is not required where the benefits to such person or company of selling or not selling securities are the same as the benefits to any other securityholder who sells or does not sell:

Not applicable

Form 12 – Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid
© 2008, TSX Group Inc.
(as at June 16, 2008)
 

 
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Form:  12│Issuer Name: Thomson Reuters Corporation (“Thomson Reuters”)    
Stock Symbol: TRI
 
11.
Material Changes in the Affairs of the Issuer – Disclose any previously undisclosed material changes or plans or proposals for material changes in the affairs of the issuer:

To the knowledge of Thomson Reuters, its directors and senior officers, after reasonable enquiry, there are no undisclosed material changes in the affairs of Thomson Reuters.

12.
Participating Organization Information –
 
a)
Name of brokerage firm: TD Securities Inc.
 
b)
Name of registered representative: Scott MacNicol
 
c)
Address of brokerage firm:  222 Bay Street, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M5K 182, Canada
 
d)
Fax number:  +1.416.982.8107
 
e)
Telephone number: +1.800.699.8015

13.
Disclose any significant information regarding the NCIB not disclosed above, including any details regarding the use of put options or forward purchase contracts in conjunction with the NCIB:

From time to time, when Thomson Reuters does not possess material nonpublic information about itself or its securities, it may enter into a pre-defined plan with its broker to allow for the repurchase of Common Shares at times when it ordinarily would not be active in the market due to its own internal trading blackout periods, insider trading rules or otherwise.  Any such plans entered into with Thomson Reuters broker will be adopted in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws and the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
14.
Certificate – The undersigned, a director or senior officer of the issuer duly authorized by the issuer’s board of directors, certifies that this notice is complete and accurate and in compliance with Section 629 and 629.1 of the TSX Company Manual. This notice contains no untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit to state a material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in the light of the circumstances in which it is made.
 
 
/s/ David E. Shaw
 
NAME:
David E. Shaw
 
TITLE:
Treasurer
 
DATE:
May 3, 2010
 
 

Form 12 – Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid
© 2008, TSX Group Inc.
(as at June 16, 2008)
 
 
 
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