30th Aug 2007 16:52
Reed Elsevier PLC30 August 2007 30 August 2007 ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC AND REED ELSEVIER NV Transactions in own shares Reed Elsevier PLC announces that on 30 August 2007, it purchased 600,000 ReedElsevier PLC ordinary shares at a price of 592.8692 pence per share. Thepurchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase,Reed Elsevier PLC holds 31,713,500 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares intreasury, and has 1,272,291,173 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in issue(excluding treasury shares). Reed Elsevier NV announces that on 30 August 2007, it purchased 400,000 ReedElsevier NV ordinary shares at a price of Euro13.0733 per share. The purchasedshares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, ReedElsevier NV holds 23,591,500 Reed Elsevier NV ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 735,913,994 Reed Elsevier NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasuryshares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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