1st Jun 2006 17:14
Reed Elsevier PLC01 June 2006 1 June 2006 ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC AND REED ELSEVIER NV Transactions in own shares Reed Elsevier PLC announces that on 1 June 2006 it purchased 390,000 ReedElsevier PLC ordinary shares at a price of 522.2157 pence per share. Thepurchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Reed Elsevier PLC currentlyholds 18,893,500 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in treasury, and has1,262,480,464 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasuryshares). Reed Elsevier NV announces that on 1 June, it purchased 130,000 Reed Elsevier NVordinary shares at a price of €11.3435 per share. The purchased shares will beheld as treasury shares. Reed Elsevier NV currently holds 12,331,500 ReedElsevier NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has 732,670,390 Reed Elsevier NVordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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