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·Type:Public(TSX:TRI,NASDAQ:TRIN,LSE:TRIL,NYSE:TRI)
·Founded:2008
·Headquarters:NewYork,UnitedStates
·Keypeople:DavidThomson,Chairman.TomGlocer,CEO
·Industry:Media
ThomsonReutersCorporationisthenameofamediacompanythatwascreatedwhenTheThomsonCorporationandReutersmergedon17April,2008.Contents
Companystructure
ThechiefexecutiveofficerofthemergedcompanyisTomGlocer,whowasthechiefexecutiveofReuters,andthechairmanisDavidThomson,whowasthechairmanofThomson.
Thedivisionsofthecompanyareasfollows:
Thomson'snewsandfinancialinformationarmThomsonFinancialhasbeeneffectivelymergedwithReuterstoformtheMarketsDivision.
TheremainingbusinessunitsofTheThomsonCorporation(ThomsonHealthcare,ThomsonLegal,ThomsonScientific,andThomsonTax&Accounting)formtheProfessionalDivision.
Marketpositionandantitrustreview
Themarketoffinancialdataprovisionthenisnowdominatedbytwocompanies,ThomsonReuterswitha(combined)marketshareof34%andBloombergL.P.withamarketshareof33%.
ThetransactionwasreviewedbytheU.S.DepartmentofJusticeandbytheEuropeanCommission.OnFebruary19,2008,boththeDepartmentofJusticeandtheCommissionclearedthetransactionsubjecttominordivestments.TheDepartmentofJusticerequiredthepartiestosellcopiesofthedatacontainedinthefollowingproducts:Thomson'sWorldScope,aglobalfundamentalsproduct;ReutersEstimates,anearningsestimatesproduct;andReutersAftermarket(Embargoed)ResearchDatabase,ananalystresearchdistributionproduct.Theproposedsettlementfurtherrequiresthelicensingofrelatedintellectualproperty,accesstopersonnel,andtransitionalsupporttoensurethatthebuyerofeachsetofdatacancontinuetoupdateitsdatabasesoastocontinuetoofferusersaviableandcompetitiveproduct.[5]TheEuropeanCommissionimposedsimilardivestments:accordingtotheCommission'spressrelease,"thepartiescommittedtodivestthedatabasescontainingthecontentsetsofsuchfinancialinformationproducts,togetherwithrelevantassets,personnelandcustomerbaseasappropriatetoallowpurchasersofthedatabasesandassetstoquicklyestablishthemselvesasacrediblecompetitiveforceinthemarketplaceincompetitionwiththemergedentity,re-establishingthepre-mergerrivalryintherespectivefields."
Theseremediesareviewedasveryminorgiventhescopeofthetransaction.AccordingtotheFinancialTimes,"theremedyproposedbythecompetitionauthoritieswillaffectnomorethan$25mofthenewThomsonReutersgroup’s$13bn-pluscombinedrevenues."
ThetransactionhasalsobeenclearedbytheCanadianCompetitionBureau.
Mergerprocess
Historically,nosingleindividualhasbeenpermittedtoownmorethan15%ofReuters,underthefirstoftheReutersPrinciples,whichstatesthat"Reutersshallatnotimepassintothehandsofanyoneinterest,grouporfaction.".However,thatrestrictionwaswaivedforthepurchasebyThomson,whosefamilyholdingcompany,TheWoodbridgeCompany,willendupowning53%oftheenlargedbusiness.RobertPeston,businesseditoratBBCNews,statedthatthishasworriedReutersjournalists,bothbecausetheyareconcernedthatReuters'journalismbusinesswillbemarginalizedbythefinancialdataprovisionbusinessofthemergedcompany,andbecauseofthethreattoReuters'reputationforunbiasedjournalismbytheappearanceofonemajorityshareholder.PehrGyllenhammar,chairmanoftheReutersFoundersShareCompany,explainedthattheReutersTrust'sFirstPrinciplehadbeenwaivedfortheThomsonfamilybecauseofthepoorfinancialcircumstancesthatReutershadbeenin,statingthat"ThefutureofReuterstakesprecedenceovertheprinciples.IfReuterswerenotstrongenoughtocontinueonitsown,theprincipleswouldhavenomeaning.".Hestated,nothavingmetDavidThomsonbuthavingdiscussedthematterwithGeoffBeattiethepresidentofWoodbridge,thattheThomsonfamilyhadagreedtovoteasdirectedbytheReutersFoundersShareCompanyonanymatterthattheTrusteesdeemtothreatenthefiveprinciplesoftheReutersTrust.WoodbridgewillbeallowedanexemptionfromtheFirstPrincipleaslongasitremainscontrolledbytheThomsonfamily.
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