29th Feb 2008 12:34
Reed Elsevier PLC29 February 2008 29 February 2008 ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC AND REED ELSEVIER NV Transactions in own shares Reed Elsevier PLC announces that on 28 February 2008, it purchased 500,000 ReedElsevier PLC ordinary shares at a price of 641.363 pence per share. Thepurchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase,Reed Elsevier PLC holds 31,531,298 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares intreasury, and has 1,100,705,957 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in issue(excluding treasury shares). Reed Elsevier NV announces that on 28 February 2008, it purchased 325,000 ReedElsevier NV ordinary shares at a price of Euro12.3554 per share. The purchasedshares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, ReedElsevier NV holds 22,227,791 Reed Elsevier NV ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 636,961,244 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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