2nd Mar 2006 16:57
Reed Elsevier PLC02 March 2006 2 March 2006 ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC AND REED ELSEVIER NV Transactions in own shares Reed Elsevier PLC announces that on 2 March 2006 it purchased 400,000 ReedElsevier PLC ordinary shares at a price of 515.5747 pence per share. Thepurchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase,Reed Elsevier PLC holds 2,800,000 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in treasury,and has 1,274,740,498 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in issue (excludingtreasury shares). Reed Elsevier NV announces that on 2 March 2006, it purchased 250,000 ReedElsevier NV ordinary shares at a price of €11.2776 per share. The purchasedshares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, ReedElsevier NV holds 1,730,000 Reed Elsevier NV ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 740,521,180 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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