Thomson Reuters completes DLC unification

The company’s common shares are now listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.  The symbol on both is TRI. The last trading day for the company's shares on the London Stock Exchange and ADSs on NASDAQ was yesterday.

A company announcement said: "To facilitate the holding of shares in the UK through CREST (the UK electronic settlement system), former Thomson Reuters PLC shareholders were issued Depositary Interests (DIs). DIs represent entitlements to Thomson Reuters Corporation common shares and have the same voting and economic interests as common shares. However, DIs are not traded on the TSX or NYSE. Effective today, former Thomson Reuters PLC shareholders who received DIs are able to convert their DIs into common shares by contacting Computershare in Canada and the United States by phone at +1 877 624 5999 or by e-mail at globaltransactionteam@computershare.com, and in the United Kingdom and elsewhere outside Canada and the United States by phone at +44 870 702 0003, ext. 1075, or by e-mail at allukglobaltransactionteam@computershare.co.uk."

Thomson Reuters will pay all applicable conversion fees between 10 September and 10 December 2009. Additional information about the DIs is available in the Investor Relations section of www.thomsonreuters.com. Thomson Reuters expects settlement of newly-issued common shares and DIs to occur on 14 September.

Thomson Reuters shareholders of record on 21 August are entitled to a dividend of US$0.28 per share on 15 September. Due to the timing of the closing of the unification, Thomson Reuters PLC shareholders who previously enrolled in the company’s dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) will receive this dividend in cash. Enrollment information for the Thomson Reuters Corporation DRIP is available in the Investor Relations section of www.thomsonreuters.com. ■