19th Feb 2007 17:26
Reed Elsevier PLC19 February 2007 19 February 2007 ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC AND REED ELSEVIER NV Transactions in own shares Reed Elsevier PLC announces that on 19 February 2007 it purchased 285,000 ReedElsevier PLC ordinary shares at a price of 626.733 pence per share. Thepurchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase,Reed Elsevier PLC holds 20,878,500 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares intreasury, and has 1,267,680,552 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in issue(excluding treasury shares). Reed Elsevier NV announces that on 19 February 2007, it purchased 190,000 ReedElsevier NV ordinary shares at a price of Euro14.1653 per share. The purchasedshares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, ReedElsevier NV holds 13,571,500 Reed Elsevier NV ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 736,565,917 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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