The Thomson Corporation today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Reuters Group PLC, forming Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare, and media markets.

Thomson Reuters has more than 50,000 employees with operations in 93 countries on six continents and 2007 revenues of approximately US$12.4 billion.

Effective today, Thomson Reuters shares will begin trading on exchanges in Toronto, New York and London and are eligible for inclusion in S&P/TSX and FTSE 100 UK indices.

The company’s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TRI.

Thomson Reuters also unveiled its new branding and a global advertising campaign, and announced that it may repurchase up to US$500 million of its shares over the course of the year.

“We will manage Thomson Reuters capital structure and set our cash distribution policy so as to maintain a strong yet efficient balance sheet,” stated Thomas Glocer, chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters.

On May 1, Thomson Reuters plans to announce results for the first quarter as well as a financial outlook for the remainder of 2008.