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              Reuters America Inc.
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REUTERS DISAPPOINTED AT EMPLOYEES' STRIKE VOTE
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New York, April 16, 1999 - Reuters today reacted with disappointment to the
announcement that its unionized employees have reportedly voted to authorize a
strike.

Reuters America Inc. is currently engaged in intense, off the record
negotiations with the Newspaper Guild of New York, which represents some 585
news, TV, technical and business operations staff in the US.

GLEN D. RUSSO, Reuters Director of Employee & Labor Relations, and the company's
chief negotiator, said: "With intensive negotiations continuing, it seems
counterproductive to me that the Newspaper Guild of New York should be whipping
up scare tactics like this. We hope very much that the negotiations will result
in an agreement that is satisfactory to all and that the Guild does not pull the
trigger on the strike vote authorization. However, no one should doubt the
company's determination to get the contract it needs to further legitimate
business goals, or its determination to continue operations in the unfortunate
event of a strike."

Reuters is looking for a competitive, flexible and fair contract with provisions
on job security, pay and benefits that would bring it in line with its major
competitors.

Reuters America Inc. is the chief operating entity in America of Reuters Group
PLC (NASDAQ: RTRSY). 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, reaching
over 485,000 users located in 57,900 organizations. 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. It extensively uses Internet technologies for wider distribution of
information and news. The Group employed 16,938 staff in 218 cities in 96
countries at December 31, 1998. Reuters is the world's largest news and
television agency with 2,072 journalists, photographers and camera operators in
182 bureaus serving 157 countries. News is published in 22 languages. For more
details see www.reuters.com/aboutreuters

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30 April 1999                                               **/99



ROSEMARY MARTIN APPOINTED REUTERS COMPANY SECRETARY


London - Rosemary Martin has been appointed Company Secretary to Reuters Group
PLC, the global information and news group, with effect from 1 May 1999.

Martin joined Reuters in 1997 as deputy Company Secretary, having worked for 13
years at Rowe & Maw, eight as a partner.

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