5th Sep 2007 16:55
Reed Elsevier PLC05 September 2007 5 September 2007 ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC AND REED ELSEVIER NV Transactions in own shares Reed Elsevier PLC announces that on 5 September 2007, it purchased 960,000ReedElsevier PLC ordinary shares at a price of 596.8582 pence per share. Thepurchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase,Reed Elsevier PLC holds 33,903,500 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares intreasury, and has 1,270,178,474 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in issue(excluding treasury shares). Reed Elsevier NV announces that on 5 September 2007, it purchased 640,000 ReedElsevier NV ordinary shares at a price of Euro13.1369 per share. The purchasedshares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, ReedElsevier NV holds 25,051,500 Reed Elsevier NV ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 734,477,104 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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