The London Stock Exchange has welcomed the listing of Thomson Reuters PLC on the main market from today.
The company is the result of the acquisition of Reuters Group PLC by Canada’s The Thomson Corporation,
The company has headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota and employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries.
Thomas H. Glocer, chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters, said,
“This is a very exciting day for our shareholders, customers and
employees. Thomson Reuters will deliver the intelligent information
needed to give businesses and professionals the knowledge to act. We
call our information “intelligent” because it is not only insightful,
highly relevant and timely, but it is also made available in formats
which applications can consume and to which they can add further
value. We are witnessing the maturation of the information economy and
content from Thomson Reuters will be its currency.”
Thomson Reuters shares will be traded on four exchanges in Toronto, New York and London and are eligible for inclusion in S&P/TSX and FTSE 100 UK indices.
In the UK Thomson Reuters ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol “TRIL”, common common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “TRI” and its ADSs are listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “TRIN”.
