UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 40-F

 

 

 

☐	REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

 

☒	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(a) OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018		Commission File Number: 1-31349

 

 

THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

N/A

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English (if applicable))

Province of Ontario, Canada

(Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

2741

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number (if applicable))

98-0176673

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number (if applicable))

333 Bay Street, Suite 400

Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R2, Canada

Telephone: (416) 687-7500

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc.

Attn: Deirdre Stanley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

3 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Telephone: (646) 223-4000

(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service in the United States)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common shares		New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

Debt Securities

For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form:

 

☒  Annual information form		☒  Audited annual financial statements

 

 

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

501,493,187 common shares, 6,000,000 Series II preference shares and 1 Thomson Reuters Founders Share

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes  ☒            No   ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes  ☒            No   ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

 

 

UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

 

a.	Undertaking.

The Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information relating to: the securities registered pursuant to Form 40-F; the securities in relation to which the obligation to file an annual report on Form 40-F arises; or transactions in said securities.

 

b.	Consent to Service of Process.

 

(1)

The Registrant has previously filed a Form F-X in connection with the class of securities in relation to which the obligation to file this report arises.

 

(2)

Any change to the name or address of the Registrant’s agent for service shall be communicated promptly to the Commission by amendment to Form F-X referencing the file number of the Registrant.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 40-F and has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Date: March 13, 2019

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number		Description
99.1		Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2018 (which constitutes an Annual Information Form and includes Management’s Discussion and Analysis and Audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2018), and includes a Form 40-F Cross Reference Table on page 182
99.2		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
99.3		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
99.4		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
99.5		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
99.6		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
99.7		Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Thomson Reuters Corporation’s Form 6-K dated February 16, 2018)
99.8		Audit Committee Charter
101		Interactive Data File
		tri-20181231.xml
		tri-20181231.xsd
		tri-20181231_cal.xml
		tri-20181231_def.xml
		tri-20181231_lab.xml
		tri-20181231_pre.xml