13th Mar 2007 17:36
Reed Elsevier PLC13 March 2007 13 March 2007 ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC AND REED ELSEVIER NV Transactions in own shares Reed Elsevier PLC announces that on 13 March 2007, it purchased 200,000 ReedElsevier PLC ordinary shares at a price of 582.15 pence per share. Thepurchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase,Reed Elsevier PLC holds 22,628,500 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares intreasury, and has 1,271,786,714 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in issue(excluding treasury shares). Reed Elsevier NV announces that on 13 March 2007, it purchased 130,000 ReedElsevier NV ordinary shares at a price of Euro12.7895 per share. The purchasedshares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, ReedElsevier NV holds 14,726,500 Reed Elsevier NV ordinary shares in treasury, andhas 738,853,287 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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