REUTERS GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 1999

Financial Review and Statements ContentsFabrizio Bensch/Reuters20 Directors’ report22 Corporate governance24 Report on remuneration andrelated matters31 Statement of directors’responsibilities32 Auditors’ report to the membersof Reuters Group PLC33 Operating and financial review44 Consolidated profit andloss account44 Consolidated statementof total recognised gainsand losses51 Consolidated cashflow statement56 Consolidated balance sheet57 Reconciliation of movements inshareholders’ funds71 Balance sheet of ReutersGroup PLC73 Accounting policies75 Summary of differencesbetween UK and US GenerallyAccepted Accounting Principles(GAAP)78 Preserving Reutersindependence78 The Reuters Trust Principles79 Other information forshareholders81 Financial diary for 200082 Summary of 1998 and1999 results86 Eleven year consolidatedfinancial summary88 Glossary89 Where to find us