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“Help support Thomson Reuters staff affected by flooding in Bangkok ”

on 10 November 2011

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We are the philanthropic arm of Thomson Reuters, the world’s biggest news and information provider. We run free programmes that promote the highest standards in journalism and spread excellence in the practice of legal pro bono worldwide.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">The recent floods in Thailand </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background: white; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">have so far killed 529 people and disrupted millions of lives.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">More than <span style="color: #000000;">730</span> out of Thomson Reuters&rsquo; 1,650 Bangkok employees have been directly impacted by the floods in Bangkok. Some <span style="color: #000000;">445</span> of this number have seen their homes severely damaged by flood waters of up to 1.5 meters in depth.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">Flooding within the Bangkok Metropolitan Areas continues to expand and move towards inner Bangkok, and the number of affected employees is increasing as the water moves into more densely populated areas. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">The Bangkok CSR fund, managed and dispersed by employees, on the ground is providing financial support to staff in the region impacted by the flood. All donations made to the fund will be automatically matched by Thomson Reuters.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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