As Thomson Reuters announced what are likely to be its last quarterly earnings as a London-listed company on Thursday, its chief executive was careful to soothe any lingering concerns that the company was snubbing a near-160-year history in the UK.

“People understand why we’re doing this,” said Tom Glocer. “In particular in London, they really have understood we aren’t just leaving our London Stock Exchange listing, we’re effectively executing on decisions shareholders had already made.”