Thomson Corp.’s $17 billion acquisition of Reuters received significantapproval from shareholders of both companies yesterday at special meetings held in
Reuters said that 92.6 percent of the votes cast were for thetransaction and only 7.4 percent of the votes being against it.
“I’m very excited by the transaction,” Thomson Corp. Chairman David Thomson told shareholders, according to The Canadian Press.”Thomson Reuters will be a leading global provider of electronicallydelivered critical information to businesses and professions.”