Reuters http://www.reuters.com Reuters is the largest international news agency and TV institution in the world. A total of 1,957 journalists, photographers and TV producers work together to provide services to 153 countries through Reuters¹ 185 news agency bureaus. Reuters¹ news materials are always are edited and dubbed in 24 languages before delivery to commercial and media clients. Every day, more than 35,000 news items, including news provided by third parties, are released from Reuters, totaling more than 6 million words. • Reuters Enterprise focuses on the B2B e-trade market. It includes the newly procured marketing company ORT, TowerGroup, Yankee Group, healthcare and medical news-based Reuters Health Information, and APM International. Reuters also holds 27% equity in Datamonitor- a British-based marketing company. • Reuters Personal provides services to the consumer retail financial market. Reuters offers individual investors in Europe financial portal services based on a joint venture named Multex in which both Reuters and Multex.com hold 50% shares. • Reuters Mobile serves the wireless products market. It specializes in providing personalized news and information to global telecommunication providers and other clients. In cooperation with Aether Systems, Reuters launched the joint venture Sila Communications (in which, Reuters holds 40% shares) to develop and provide the wireless application protocol in Europe. • Reuters Greenhouse Fund is involved in shared investments with 60 relevant hi-tech companies. • Reuters Partners include Factive in which both Dow-Jones and Reuters hold 50% shares, and Radianz in which Reuters holds 51% equity. Instinet, a company wholly owned by Reuters, is the largest electronic securities broker in the world, with business covering stock markets and fixed-income markets. Everyday Instinet conducts transactions in more than 40 worldwide markets. It is the member of 18 securities markets in North America, Europe and Asia. Instinet has dedicated itself to enhancing its clients¹ investment performance and providing them with instant global floating capital depositing service. It is committed in increasing efficiency and extending business opportunities, so as to reduce transaction costs. As a specialized securities broker, Instinet provides pertinent, private and transparent transaction services and marketing research to their clients. Instinet holds 7.5% shares in Tradepoint, 8.7% shares in W.R.Hambrecht & Co, 12.1% shares in Archipelago LLC and 13% in Vencast. Reuters is listed on the NASDAQ and London Stock Exchange (FTSE 100 Index).