21st Mar 2006 17:04
Reed Elsevier PLC21 March 2006 21 March 2006 ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC AND REED ELSEVIER NV Transactions in own shares Reed Elsevier PLC announces that on 21 March 2006 it purchased 1,200,000 ReedElsevier PLC ordinary shares at a price of 544.5662 pence per share. Thepurchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase,Reed Elsevier PLC holds 7,045,000 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in treasury,and has 1,270,899,551 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in issue (excludingtreasury shares). Reed Elsevier NV announces that on 21 March 2006, it purchased 800,000 ReedElsevier NV ordinary shares at a price of €11.7149 per share. The purchasedshares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, ReedElsevier NV holds 4,586,500 Reed Elsevier NV ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 738,119,125 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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