Thomson and Reuters anticipate that the following dividends will be paid to shareholders of Thomson, Reuters and Thomson Reuters during 2008.
|
Thomson |
Reuters |
Thomson Reuters Corporation & Thomson Reuters PLC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| March/May 2008* |
$0.27000 |
£0.07000 |
- |
| Record Date |
02/21/2008 |
03/25/2008 |
- |
| Payment Date |
03/17/2008 |
05/01/2008 |
- |
| April 2008 - Interim Dividends - Closing** |
$0.31747 |
£0.03240 |
- |
| Record Date |
04/16/2008 |
04/16/2008 |
- |
| Payment Date |
05/01/2008 |
05/01/2008 |
- |
| June 2008*** |
- |
- |
- |
| Record Date |
- |
- |
- |
| Payment Date |
- |
- |
- |
| September 2008**** |
- |
- |
$0.22253 |
| Record Date |
- |
- |
08/21/2008 |
| Payment Date |
- |
- |
09/15/2008 |
| December 2008 |
- |
- |
$0.2700 |
| Record Date |
- |
- |
11/20/2008 |
| Payment Date |
- |
- |
12/15/2008 |
|
Notes: *Represents a regular quarterly dividend for Thomson shareholders in relation to the fourth quarter of 2007, and a second-half 2007 dividend for Reuters shareholders **Represents accrued/pro-rated dividends from January 1, 2008 through April 16, 2008, the day before the anticipated Effective Date. For Thomson shareholders, the accrual/pro-ration is based on $0.27 per share. For Reuters shareholders, the accrual/pro-ration is based on £0.0551 per share. ***As a result of the interim dividends to be paid for the period up to the day before the anticipated Effective Date, Thomson Reuters does not contemplate paying a dividend in June, ashas been Thomson’s practice. ****Represents an accrued/pro-rated dividend from April 17, 2008 through June 30, 2008, based on a quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share. | |||
The declaration of dividends by the Thomson Reuters board and the amount of those dividends may be adjusted or eliminated at any time at the discretion of the Thomson Reuters board and will not be subject to approval by Thomson Reuters shareholders. The declaration andpayment of dividends is also subject to the terms of the Equalization and Governance Agreement. Following certain actions affecting theamount or nature of the issued share capital of one but not both of Thomson Reuters Corporation and Thomson Reuters PLC, the EqualizationRatio may be adjusted to ensure that there is equitable treatment of one Thomson Reuters PLC ordinary share relative to one Thomson ReutersCorporation common share including with respect to the payment of dividends. See ‘‘Summaries of Transaction Documents–Equalizationand Governance Agreement’’ for further information.
Notice for Canada Revenue Agency purposes, all dividends paid by Thomson Reuters Corporation are eligible dividends unless indicated otherwise.
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Currency Election
Currency of Dividend Payments for Thomson Reuters Shareholders - overview
Historical Dividends
Thomson and Reuters historical dividends table. (excel file)