THOMSON REUTERS MARKETSOUR CONTENTINTELLIGENT INFORMATION THAT POWERS THE WORLD’S MARKETS

APRIL 2009

THOMSON REUTERS MARKETS A CONTENT POWERHOUSE

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The April 2008 merger of Thomson Financial and Reuters brought together an unrivalled suite of content that serves every sector of the financial markets – from asset management to foreign exchange – and the diverse needs of every participant – from global players to individuals.

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THE IMMENSE SCOPE OF OUR CONTENT…

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Source: D ATASTREAM

• Our content crosses every geography, every traded instrument and nearly every piece of data used in trading or investment decisions

• Data spans 2.9 million organizations and 12.5 million instruments

• Real-time prices distributed from 250 global exchanges• Over 7,000 non-exchange sources contribute information • Every ten seconds, our integrated data network processes

almost 340,000 updates• Data on some 50,000 active companies, including 1,700 in the

Middle East, represents over 95% of the world’s market value• Unparalleled and continuous historical coverage – back as far

as 30 years or more – throughout our content collection• More than 200 unique databases and 72 million

unique records • Our data cache rivals the 20 million books of the U.S.

Library of Congress – in digital format

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OUR CONTENT A-Z

• Capital Market Transactions (Deals) and League Tables

• Company Events, Delta, Guidance, Transcripts

• Contacts and Profiles of Financial Firms and Pro’s

• Commodities and Energy

• Corporate Actions

• Counterparty Data

• Estimates – Detail, Summary, History, Aggregates

• Economics

• Evaluated Prices

• Exchange-traded Prices, Volume, Trades, Indices

• Fixed Income Terms & Conditions, OTC Contributions, CDS

• Fundamentals – Financials, Descriptive, Industry Metrics

• Funds

• Foreign Exchange and Money

• Ownership Holdings and Insider Transactions

• Private Company Data

• Private and Public Company Officers, Directors and Executives

• Private Equity – Profiles, Investments and Performance

• Public Filings

• Research – Company, Market, Credit

• Symbology and Entity Management

• Time Series (Historical Market Data) – Commodities, Derivatives, Equities, Fixed Income, Funds, Indices, Market Statistics

…and each content area spans varied subsets, geographies and histories, with value-added, derived data throughout

Data Extraction

Data

Standardization

Indexing

Tagging

Coding

Data Cleansing

XML Conversion

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DELIVERING INTELLIGENT INFORMATION

THIRD PARTY DATACONTRIBUTED DATA

• Workflow and production re-engineering

• De-duplication and removal of legacy systems

• Right-sourcing and architecture

• Adoption of auto-ingest and automation capabilities

• Third-party data ingest

• Business continuity

• Quality assurance

• Centralize and build on the “best of breed” across Thomson Reuters assets

PROPRIETARY DATA

EXCHANGES

COMPANY AND GOV’TDOCUMENTS

ECONOMIC AGENCIES

REUTERS NEWS, ANALYST REPORTS APPLICATIONS

FEEDSWEB SERVICESAPI’s

DELIVERING INTELLIGENT INFORMATION

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• Data validation upon ingestion – Data field and cross-field validation– Exception reporting, supplier checks and SLAs

• Quality control activities– Dedicated hundreds-strong data quality team – Routine analyst work checks and embedded

quality checks– Analyst education and training

• Quality assurance focus– Macro database audits, product views,

and external comparisons– Metrics and accountability reporting – Business process reviews, Data Quality

Working Groups– Six Sigma program

• Customer and query support

TYPICAL DATA QUALITY PROCESSES – AN EARNINGS ESTIMATE

THOMSON REUTERS MARKETS OUR CONTENT PROMISE

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Human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology to provide decision makers with the knowledge to act

Unique, derived content, added-value capabilities and powerful comprehensiveness make us a valued partner

We are committed to delivering reliable data of the highest quality – with ‘round-the-clock support, whenever you may need us

INTELLIGENT INFORMATION DIFFERENTIATED OFFERINGS DATA YOU CAN TRUST

Widely recognised as offering the broadest coverage of data across all the asset classes, across the globe

We know what data matters – and awards for our FX, Money, C&E and Company content highlight our expertise in managing the complex systems that store data

With thousands of data expertsin major global locations, we’re positioned to secure the accurate, timely, comprehensive data you need

BREADTH AND DEPTH EXPERTISE ACTING LOCALLY,THINKING GLOBALLY

FOR MORE INFORMATION

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• Content Update on Thomson Reuters.com http://www.thomsonreuters.com/business_units/financial/content_update/– Highlights of new content releases and intelligent information advances

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• Thomson Reuters Customer Zone https://customers.reuters.com/Home/support.aspx– Tools and information about data, notifications and enhancements

concerning heritage Reuters products