Notice of Annual General Meeting

To be held at the Millennium Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London W1K 2HP on Thursday, 21 April 2016 at 10.30 am

This document is important and requires your immediate attention

If you are in any doubt as to what action you should take, you should consult immediately with your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent professional adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. If you have sold or otherwise transferred all your shares in RELX PLC, please send this Notice of Annual General Meeting and accompanying documents to the stockbroker, or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected, for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.

A Proxy Form for the Annual General Meeting is enclosed and should be completed and returned so as to reach the Company's Registrar not less than 48 hours before the time of the meeting. Completion and return of the Proxy Form or such other instrument appointing a proxy will not prevent you from attending and voting at the meeting in person. Alternatively, you can register your proxy voting instructions electronically no later than 48 hours before the time of the meeting, either online at www.relx.com/vote, or by using the service provided by Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited. Further details are given in the notes to the enclosed Notice of Annual General Meeting.

Contents Page

Letter from the Chairman	2
Notice of Annual General Meeting	3
Explanation of business	5
Biographical information	8
Notes to Notice of Meeting	10
Annex	12

Letter fromtheChairman To the holders of RELX PLC ordinary shares

DearShareholder,

I am pleased to invite you to the 2016 Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of RELX PLC (the "Company"), which will be held on Thursday, 21 April 2016 at 10.30 am in the Ballroom at the Millennium Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London W1K 2HP.

The Notice of AGM (the "Notice") on pages 3 and 4 sets out the business to be considered at the meeting. Explanatory notes on all of the business to be considered at this year's AGM appear on pages 5 to 7.

Corporate name changes

At the 2015 Annual General Meetings of the Company and RELX NV, shareholders approved the change of names from ReedElsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV to RELX PLC and RELX NV, respectively. These became effective from 1 July 2015.

Dividend

Your Board has proposed a final dividend for 2015 of 22.30p per ordinary share. Subject to approval by shareholders, the dividend will be paid on 20 May 2016 to shareholders appearing on the register of members at the close of business on 29 April 2016.

The company will operate a Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP") for the 2015 final dividend. Shareholders who have previously elected to participate in the DRIP, and who wish to reinvest their 2015 final dividend, need take no action. The closing date for withdrawing an existing dividend reinvestment election, or making a new election, is 6 May 2016. Further information concerning the DRIP appears on page 172 of the RELX Group Annual Reports and Financial Statements 2015 (the "2015 Annual Report").

Election of Directors

In July 2015, Marike van Lier Lels was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company and RELX Group plc, having already served on the Board of RELX NV since 2010. As a result of this appointment, membership of the Boards of the Company, RELX NV and RELX Group plc was fully aligned.

In February 2016, we announced that Carol Mills and Robert MacLeod will join the Boards of RELX PLC, RELX NV and RELX Group plc as Non-Executive Directors, subject to shareholder approval. Carol has more than 30 years in the enterprise technology and software sectors, including extensive US board experience, and Robert has considerable international experience in executive and non-executive roles in the engineering and chemical sectors, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of a FTSE100 company. With their strong strategic and financial skills, they will be valuable additions to our Boards.

The Board recommends their election as Directors of the Company. Biographical details of the individuals being proposed for election appear on page 8.

Re-election of Directors

In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code (the "UK Code"), all other Directors will retire from the Board at the AGM. Lisa Hook and Robert Polet will not offer themselves for re-election and will retire with effect from the conclusion of the meeting. The other Directors, being eligible, will offer themselves for re-election and the Board recommends their re-election as Directors of the Company. Biographical details of each Director seeking re-election appear on pages 8 and 9. Wolfhart Hauser will succeed Lisa Hook as the Senior Independent Director.

Remuneration

In 2014, shareholders approved the Remuneration Policy (the "Policy") which sets out every element of pay that a Director could be entitled to, including any exit payments and the applicable performance measures. The Policy, available at www.relx.com, is valid for three years, provided that no changes are proposed and so is not being put to shareholders this year. Shareholders will be invited to give their usual advisory vote on the Directors' Remuneration Report which is set out on pages 77 to 90 of the 2015 Annual Report. This report explains how the Policy was implemented throughout 2015 and how it will be implemented in 2016.

Appointment of Auditors

In 2015, we announced that the Audit Committees would undertake an audit tender process for the rotation of the audit firm in respect of the 2016 financial year. Details of the tender process are set out on page 92 of the Report of the Audit Committees in the 2015 Annual Report. Following the conclusion of that process, the Audit Committees recommended the appointment of Ernst & Young as RELX Group's external auditors for the 2016 financial year. Therefore, we will be asking shareholders to appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the external auditors of the Company. The shareholders of RELX NV will be asked to appoint Ernst & Young Accountants LLP as the external auditors of that company.

Disapplication of pre-emption rights

It has been our practice to seek authority annually from shareholders to issue shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis up to a maximum of 5% of the Company's issued share capital in accordance with the Pre-Emption Group's 2008 Statement of Principles. In 2015, the Pre-Emption Group revised its Statement of Principles to allow companies to seek additional authority of up to 5% of their issued share capital to issue shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment subject to certain conditions. This year, we will also be seeking such additional authority from shareholders in accordance with the 2015 Statement of Principles. An explanation of the resolution is set out on page 6 in the Explanation of business.

Recommendation

Your Board considers that the proposed resolutions set out in the Notice are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend you to vote in favour of each resolution, as each of the Directors intends to do in respect of their own shareholdings.

Voting procedures

If you would like to vote on the resolutions in the Notice, but cannot attend the AGM, please complete the enclosed Proxy Form and return it to the Company's Registrar (Equiniti Limited) as directed on the Proxy Form. Alternatively, proxy voting instructions may be submitted online at www.relx.com/vote or, if you are a user of the CREST system, via the CREST electronic proxy appointment service. Please note that submitting a Proxy Form or an online proxy vote or appointing a proxy via the CREST electronic proxy appointment service will not prevent you from attending and voting at the AGM in person. Further information concerning the appointment of a proxy is set out on page 10. All resolutions proposed at the meeting will be decided by poll in accordance with current recommended best practice.

Yours faithfully

Anthony Habgood Chairman

8 March 2016

Notice ofAnnualGeneral Meeting

To be held on Thursday, 21 April 2016 at 10.30 am

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of RELX PLC (the "Company") will be held in the Ballroom at the Millennium Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London W1K 2HP on Thursday, 21 April 2016 commencing at 10.30 am for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the resolutions set out below.

Allof the resolutions will be proposed as ordinary resolutions, other than resolutions 17 to 19 which will be proposed as special resolutions.

A description of each resolution is set out in the 'Explanation of business' accompanying this Notice of Annual General Meeting on pages 5 to 7.

1. To receive the Company's Annual Reports and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2015 (the "2015 Annual Report"), together with the reports of the Directors and auditors thereon.
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.
3. To declare a final dividend for 2015 of 22.30p per share on the Company's ordinary shares.
4. To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company until the next general meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid.
5. To authorise the Audit Committee on behalf of the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditors.
6. To elect Marike van Lier Lels as a Director of the Company.
7. To elect Carol Mills as a Director of the Company.
8. To elect Robert MacLeod as a Director of the Company.
9. To re-elect Erik Engstrom as a Director of the Company.
10. To re-elect Anthony Habgood as a Director of the Company.
11. To re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director of the Company.
12. To re-elect Adrian Hennah as a Director of the Company.
13. To re-elect Nick Luff as a Director of the Company.
14. To re-elect Linda Sanford as a Director of the Company.
15. To re-elect Ben van der Veer as a Director of the Company.
16. That:
(a) the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to:
- (i) allot shares in the Company, and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company:
(A) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £53.3 million; and
(B) comprising equity securities (as defined in the Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £106.6 million (including within such limit any shares issued or rights granted under paragraph (A) above) in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue:
(i) to holders of ordinary shares in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
(ii) to people who are holders of other equity securities if this is required by the rights of those securities or, if the Directors consider it necessary, as permitted by the rights of those securities,

and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter;

for a period expiring (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date on which this resolution is passed (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 21 July 2017); and

(ii) make an offer or agreement, before this authority expires, which would or might require shares to be allotted, or rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares to be granted, after expiry of this authority and the Directors may allot shares and grant rights in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired;
(b) subject to paragraph (c) below all existing authorities given to the Directors pursuant to section 551 of the Act to allot relevant securities (as defined by the Act) by way of the ordinary resolution of the Company passed on 23April 2015 be revoked by this resolution; and
(c) paragraph (b) above shall be without prejudice to the continuing authority of the Directors to allot shares, or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares, pursuant to an offer or agreement made by the Company before the expiry of the authority pursuant to which such offer or agreement was made.
17. That subject to the passing of resolution 16 as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Company convened for 21 April 2016 and in place of all existing powers, the Directors be generally empowered pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to allot equity securities (as defined in the Act) for cash, pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution 16 as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Company convened for 21April 2016 as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to the allotment. This power:
(a) expires (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date on which this resolution is passed (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 21 July 2017), but the Company may make an offer or agreement, before this power expires, which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after expiry of this power and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if this power had not expired; and
(b) shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of equity securities (but in the case of the authority granted under resolution 16(a)(i)(B), by way of a rights issue only):
- (i) to the ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
- (ii) to people who hold other equity securities, if this is required by the rights of those securities or, if the Directors consider it necessary, as permitted by the rights of those securities,

(c) in the case of the authority granted under resolution 16(a) (i)(A) shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities for cash otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (b):
(i) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £16.9 million; and
(ii) (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph (c)(i) above) pursuant to the terms of the RELX Group plc employee share plans approved by the Company.

This power applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Act as if in the first paragraph of this resolution the words "pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution 16 as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Company convened for 21 April 2016" were omitted.

18. That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of its ordinary shares of 14 51/116p nominal value each in the capital of the Company, such authority to apply until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 21 July 2017) except in relation to the purchase of ordinary shares the contract for which was concluded before such date and which is executed wholly or partly after such date, unless such authority is renewed prior to such time provided that this authority shall be limited so that:
(a) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 117.6 million;
(b) the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is 14 51/116p; and
(c) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is the higher of:
- (i) an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share of the Company, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the ordinary share is contracted to be purchased; and
- (ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an ordinary share and the current highest independent bid for an ordinary share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Trading System ("SETS").
19. That a general meeting of the Company, other than an Annual General Meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

By order of the Board

Henry Udow

Company Secretary

8 March 2016

Registered Office: 1-3 Strand, London WC2N 5JR

Explanationof business

To be proposed at the 2016 Annual General Meeting

Resolution 1 – Annual Report and Financial Statements

The Directors must present the report of the Directors and the accounts of the Company for the year ended 2015 to shareholders at the AGM. The report of the Directors, the accounts, and the report of the Company's auditors are contained within the 2015Annual Report, hard copies of which have been sent to those shareholders who have elected to receive them, and are available online at www.relx.com.

Resolution 2 – Directors' Remuneration Report

At the 2014 Annual General Meeting, shareholders approved the Remuneration Policy Report. There have been no changes to the Remuneration Policy since it was approved and therefore it will not be put to shareholders this year. A Remuneration Policy will next be put to shareholders at the 2017 Annual General Meeting. The Board considers that appropriate executive remuneration plays a vital part in helping to achieve the Company's overall objectives. The vote on the Directors' Remuneration Report is advisory in nature, payments made or promised to Directors will not have to be repaid, reduced or withheld in the event that this resolution is not passed, provided that any such payments are consistent with the approved Remuneration Policy.

Resolution 3 – Declaration of 2015 Final Dividend

A final dividend can only be paid after the shareholders at a general meeting have approved it. If approved, the final dividend of 22.30p per ordinary share will be paid on 20 May 2016 to shareholders on the register of members at the close of business on 29 April 2016.

Resolutions 4 and 5 – Appointment of Auditors and Auditors' Remuneration

As announced in 2015, the Audit Committees undertook an audit tender process for rotation of the audit firm in respect of the 2016 financial year. In accordance with legislation in the Netherlands, Deloitte, RELX Group's existing auditors, were not eligible to participate in this tender.

Following the conclusion of the audit tender process, the Audit Committees recommended to the relevant Boards that resolutions for the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP and Ernst & Young Accountants LLP as external auditors for the 2016 financial year be proposed at the Annual General Meetings of the Company and RELX NV, respectively. Details of the tender process are set out on page 92 of the Report of the Audit Committees in the 2015 Annual Report.

Therefore, Resolution 4 proposes the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the external auditors of the Company, until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid. Resolution 5 seeks authority for the AuditCommittee on behalf of the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration.

A statement of circumstances in relation to Deloitte ceasing to be external auditors of the Company is set out in the Annex on page 12.

Resolutions 6 to 8 – Election of Directors

Resolutions 6 to 8 propose the election of Marike van Lier Lels, Carol Mills and Robert MacLeod as Directors of the Company.

In July 2015, membership of the Boards of the Company, RELX NV and RELX Group plc was fully aligned by the appointment of Ms van Lier Lels as a Non-Executive Director of RELX PLC and RELX Group plc. Ms van Lier Lels has served as a Non-Executive Director of RELX NV since 2010.

The Nominations Committee believes that Ms van Lier Lels, Ms Mills and Mr MacLeod are independent in character and judgement and that there are no relationships or circumstances likely to affect their independence or judgement. Accordingly, the Board recommends their election as Directors of the Company. Biographical details of the individuals being proposed for election appear on page 8.

Resolutions 9 to 15 – Re-election of Directors

Resolutions 9 to15 relate to those Directors who are seeking re-election in accordance with the annual re-election provisions of the UK Code. Lisa Hook and Robert Polet are not seeking re-election and will retire from the Board at the conclusion of theAGM.

During 2015, the Corporate Governance Committee undertook an internal effectiveness review of the Boards and their Committees. Based on this review, the Nominations Committee believes that the contribution and performance of each Director seeking re-election at the AGM continues to be effective, and that they each demonstrate commitment to their respective roles in the Company.

The Nominations Committee believes that all of the Non-Executive Directors seeking re-election are independent in character and judgement and there are no relationships or circumstances likely to affect their independence or judgement. Accordingly, the Board recommends the re-election of each Director in resolutions 9 to 15.

Resolution 16 – Authority to allot shares

Resolution 16 seeks to renew a similar authority approved by shareholders at the 2015 Annual General Meeting. The Company's Directors may only allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares if authorised to do so by shareholders. The authority conferred on the Directors at last year's Annual General Meeting under section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to allot shares expires on the date of the forthcoming AGM. Accordingly, this resolution seeks a new authority under section 551 of the Act to authorise the Directors to allot shares (including treasury shares) in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares in the Company and, if approved, will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (or, if earlier, the close of business on 21 July 2017).

Paragraph (A) of resolution 16 will, if passed, authorise the Directors to allot shares (including treasury shares) or grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, such shares in the Company up to a maximum nominal amount of £53.3 million. This amount represents just under 33.3% of the Company's existing issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at 24 February 2016 (being the latest practicable date prior to publication of this Notice of AGM). Paragraph (B) of resolution 16 authorises the Directors to allot, including the shares referred to in (A), further of the Company's unissued shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £106.6 million in connection with a pre-emptive offer to existing shareholders by way of a rights issue (with exclusions to deal with fractional entitlements to shares and overseas shareholders to whom the rights issue cannot be made due to legal and practical problems). This amount represents just under 66.6% of the Company's existing issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at 24 February 2016. The proposals contained in resolution 16 are in accordance with the current institutional guidelines published by the Investment Association. Although at present the Directors have no intention of exercising this authority, it is considered prudent to maintain the flexibility that it provides.

The Company held 68.5 million treasury shares as at 24 February 2016. This amount represents 6.18% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at that date.

Resolution 17 – Disapplication of pre-emption rights

Under section 561(1) of the Act, if the Directors wish to allot ordinary shares, or grant rights to subscribe for, or convert securities into, ordinary shares, or sell treasury shares for cash they must in the first instance offer them to existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings. There may be occasions, however, when the Directors need the flexibility to finance business opportunities by the issue of shares without a pre-emptive offer to existing shareholders. This cannot be done under the Act unless the shareholders have first waived their pre-emption rights.

In accordance with the Pre-Emption Group's 2008 Statement of Principles companies could seek authority from shareholders to issue shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis up to a maximum of 5% of their issued share capital. In 2015, the Pre-Emption Group revised its Statement of Principles to allow companies to seek additional authority of up to 5% of their issued share capital to issue shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment subject to certain conditions.

Resolution 17 asks shareholders to waive their pre-emption rights and, apart from rights issues or any other pre-emptive offer concerning equity securities, the authority contained in this resolution will be limited to the issue of shares for cash up to an aggregate nominal value of £16.9 million (which includes the sale on a non-pre-emptive basis of any shares held in treasury), which represents 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 24 February 2016 in accordance with the Pre-Emption Group's 2015 Statement of Principles.

Companies are generally able to allot equity securities for cash in order to satisfy entitlements under employee share plans without those securities being counted towards that company's disapplication limit. However, as a consequence of the merger of the RELX PLC and RELX NV businesses in 1993, employees of the Company and its subsidiaries became employees of either RELX Group plc or a participating company. This has the effect that equity securities issued by the Company under the RELX Group plc employee share plans must, as a matter of law, be counted towards the Company's disapplication limit. In order to ensure similar treatment with other companies, who are able to allot equity securities on the exercise of options under their share plans without such allotments counting towards their disapplication limits, resolution 17 (c)(ii) relates to the issue of equity securities pursuant to the terms of the RELX Group plc employee share plans. As at 24 February 2016, 7.9 million shares in the Company, representing 0.71% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares), were under option under the RELX Group plc employee share plans.

Excluding shares issued in connection with the RELX Group plc employee share plans, the Board intends to adhere to the provisions in the Pre-Emption Group's 2015 Statement of Principles, and not to allot shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis pursuant to the authority in resolution 17:

(i) in excess of an amount equal to 5% of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company excluding treasury shares; or
(ii) in excess of an amount equal to 7.5% of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company excluding treasury shares within a rolling three-year period, without prior consultation with shareholders,

in each case other than in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment which is announced contemporaneously with the allotment or which has taken place in the preceding six-month period and is disclosed in the announcement of the allotment.

If approved, the authority contained in resolution 17 will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (or, if earlier, the close of business on 21 July 2017).

Resolution 18 – Authority to purchase own shares

This resolution also seeks to renew a similar authority granted by shareholders at the 2015 Annual General Meeting. Resolution 18 authorises the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares as permitted by the Act. The authority limits the number of shares that could be purchased to a maximum of 117.6 million (representing less than 10% of the issued share capital of the Company as at 24 February 2016) and sets minimum and maximum prices. The authority will be used only in circumstances where the Directors, after careful consideration, believe that such a purchase would result in an expected increase in adjusted earnings per share and would be in the best interests of the Company and of its shareholders as a whole.

Any purchases of ordinary shares would be by means of market purchases through the London Stock Exchange. Any shares purchased under this authority may either be cancelled or held as treasury shares. Treasury shares may subsequently be cancelled, sold for cash or used to satisfy options issued to employees pursuant to the RELX Group plc employee share plans. To the extent that any shares purchased are held in treasury, earnings per share would only be increased on a temporary basis until such time as the shares are resold out of treasury.

As at 24 February 2016, the Company had purchased 20.3 million ordinary shares under the authority granted by shareholders at the 2015 Annual General Meeting. RELX Group announced on 25 February 2016 that it intends to deploy a total of £700 million on buybacks of RELX PLC and RELX NV ordinary shares during 2016. £100 million of this year's total has already been completed, leaving a further £600 million to be deployed by the end of the year. Any purchases to be made after the expiry of the authority granted by shareholders at the 2015 Annual General Meeting will be made subject to shareholder approval of resolution 18.

The total number of share options outstanding as at 24 February 2016 was 7.9 million. This figure represents 0.71% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares) at that date. If the Company repurchased the maximum number of shares permitted pursuant to resolution 18, the total number of share

options outstanding as at 24 February 2016 would represent 0.79% of the issued share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares). If approved, the authority contained in resolution 18 will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting (or, if earlier, the close of business on 21 July 2017).

Resolution 19 – Notice period for general meetings

The Company's Articles of Association provide that the notice period for a general meeting of shareholders (other than an Annual General Meeting) shall (subject to the provisions of the Act) be at least 14 clear days. Under the Act, as amended by the Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009, the notice period for general meetings of a company has been extended to at least 21 clear days, but with the ability for companies to reduce this period to not less than 14 clear days (other than for an Annual General Meeting) provided that certain conditions are met. The first condition, which the Company already meets, is that there is a facility, offered by the Company and accessible to all shareholders, to appoint proxies by means of a website. The second condition is that the Company submits a resolution to shareholders seeking approval to reduce the notice period from at least 21 clear days to not less than 14 clear days. Resolution 19 seeks such approval.

It is intended that the shorter notice period would not be used as a matter of routine for general meetings of shareholders, but only where the Directors believe that the business of a particular meeting merited a 14 clear days' notice period and it was considered to be to the advantage of shareholders as a whole. If approved by shareholders, the authority contained in resolution 19 will apply until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.

Biographicalinformation

Directors seeking election or re-election at the 2016 Annual General Meeting

ERIK ENGSTROM (52)

Chief Executive Officer

Appointed: Chief Executive Officer of RELX Group since November 2009. Joined the Group as Chief Executive Officer of Elsevier in 2004. Other appointments: Non-Executive Director of Smith & Nephew plc.

Past appointments: Prior to joining the Group was a partner at General Atlantic Partners. Before that was President and ChiefOperating Officer of Random House Inc and President and Chief Executive Officer of Bantam Doubleday Dell, North America. Began his career as a consultant with McKinsey. Served as a Non-Executive Director of Eniro AB and Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA.

Education: Holds a BSc from Stockholm School of Economics, an MSc from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and gained an MBA from Harvard Business School as a Fulbright Scholar.

Nationality: Swedish

ANTHONY HABGOOD (69) R N C Chairman

Appointed: June 2009

Other appointments: Chairman of: Court of the Bank of England, Preqin Holding Limited and Norwich Research Partners LLP. Past appointments: Previously was Chairman of Whitbread plc, Bunzl plc and Mölnlycke Health Care Limited and served as Chief Executive of Bunzl plc, Chief Executive of Tootal Group plc and a Director of The Boston Consulting Group. Formerly Non-Executive Director of Geest plc, Marks and Spencer plc, National Westminster Bank plc, Powergen plc, SVG Capital plc, and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Trust. Education: Holds an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and an MS in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a visiting Fellow at Oxford University. Nationality: British

WOLFHART HAUSER (66) R N C

Non-Executive Director Chairman of the Remuneration Committee (and Senior Independent Director with effect from 21 April 2016)

Appointed: April 2013

Other appointments: Chairman of FirstGroup plc and a Non-Executive Director of Associated British Foods plc. Past appointments: Chief Executive Officer of Intertek Group plc from 2005 until May 2015. Prior to that he was Chief Executive Officer of TÜV Sud AG between 1998 and 2002 and Chief Executive Officer of TÜV Product Service GmbH for 10 years. Formerly a Non-Executive Director of Logica plc.

Nationality: German

ADRIAN HENNAH (58) A C Non-Executive Director

Appointed: April 2011

Other appointments: Chief Financial Officer of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc and Non-Executive Director of Indivior PLC. Past appointments: Chief Financial Officer of Smith & Nephew plc from 2006 to 2012. Before that was Chief Financial Officer of Invensys plc, having previously held various senior finance and management positions with GlaxoSmithKline for 18 years. Nationality: British

MARIKE VAN LIER LELS (56) A C Non-Executive Director

Appointed: Non-Executive Director of RELX NV since January 2010. Appointed as a Non-Executive Director of RELX PLC and RELX Group plc on 21 July 2015.

Other appointments: Member of the Supervisory Boards of TKH Group NV, Eneco Holding NV and NS (Dutch Railways), and a member of the Executive Committee of Aegon Association. A member of various Dutch governmental advisory boards. Past appointments: Member of the Supervisory Boards of RoyalImtech NV, Maersk BV, KPN NV and USG People NV, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Schiphol Group. Prior to joining Schiphol Group, was a member ofthe Executive Board of Deutsche Post Euro Express and held various senior positions with Nedlloyd. Nationality: Dutch

NICK LUFF (48) Chief Financial Officer

Appointed: September 2014

Other appointments: Non-Executive Director of Lloyds Banking Group plc.

Past appointments: Prior to joining the Group was Group Finance Director of Centrica plc from 2007. Before that was Chief Financial Officer at The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) and its affiliated companies, having previously held a number of senior finance roles at P&O. Began his career as an accountant with KPMG. Formerly a Non-Executive Director of QinetiQ Group plc.

Education: Has a degree in Mathematics from Oxford University and is a qualified UK Chartered Accountant. Nationality: British

ROBERT MACLEOD (51)

Non-Executive Director (proposed)

Other appointments: Chief Executive of Johnson Matthey Plc and a Non-Executive Director of Aggreko plc.

Past appointments: Prior to joining Johnson Matthey, spent five years as Group Finance Director of WS Atkins plc, having joined as Group Financial Controller in 2003. From 1993 to 2002, held a variety of senior finance and M&A roles with Enterprise Oil plc in the UK and US.

Nationality: British

CAROL MILLS (62)

Non-Executive Director (proposed)

Other appointments: Chair of the Board of Directors of Xactly Corporation, and an independent Director of Ingram Micro and WhiteHat Security.

Past appointments: Formerly a member of the Boards of Adobe Systems, Alaska Communications, Tekelec Corporation and Blue Coat Systems. From 2004 to 2006, was Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Infrastructure Products Group at Juniper Networks. From 1998 to 2002 was Chief Executive Officer of Acta Technology, and beforeActa, spent 16 years at Hewlett-Packard in a number of executive roles. Nationality: American

LINDA SANFORD (63) A C

Non-Executive Director

Appointed: December 2012

Other appointments: An independent Director of Consolidated Edison, Inc and Pitney Bowes, Inc, and a consultant to The Carlyle Group. Serves on the boards of trustees of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the New York Hall of Science.

Past appointments: Senior Vice President, Enterprise Transformation, IBM Corporation until 2014, having joined the company in 1975. Formerly a Non-Executive Director of ITT Corporation, served on the boards of directors of The Business Council of New York State and the Partnership for New York City, and on the boards of trustees of the State University of New York and St John's University. Nationality: American

BEN VAN DER VEER (64) A N C

Non-Executive Director Chairman of the Audit Committees

Appointed: September 2009

Other appointments: Member of the Supervisory Boards of Aegon NV, TomTom NV and Koninklijke FrieslandCampina NV.

Past appointments: Chairman of the Executive Board of KPMG in the Netherlands and a member of the Management Committee of the KPMG International board until his retirement in 2008, having joined KPMG in 1976. Formerly a member of the Supervisory Boards of Royal Imtech NV and Siemens Nederland NV. Nationality: Dutch

Board Committee membership key

A Audit Committees

R Remuneration Committee
N Nominations Committee
C Corporate Governance Committee
Committee Chairman

Notes toNotice of Meeting

Proxy appointment

1. Members are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of their rights to attend, speak and to vote on their behalf at the meeting. A shareholder may appoint more than one proxy in relation to the AGM provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by that shareholder. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. A proxy may only be appointed:
(i) by completion and return of the Proxy Form enclosed with this Notice of AGM;
(ii) online at www.relx.com/vote. You will need your personal Voting ID; Task ID and Shareholder Reference Number shown on your Proxy Form; or
(iii) via the CREST electronic proxy appointment service, as described in paragraphs 8 to 11 below.
2. To be valid any Proxy Form or other such instrument appointing a proxy must reach the Company's Registrar not less than 48 hours before the time of the AGM.
3. The return of a completed Proxy Form, other such instrument or any CREST Proxy Instruction (as described in paragraph 9 below) will not prevent a shareholder attending the AGM and voting in person if he/she wishes to do so.

Nominated persons

4. Any person to whom this Notice is sent who is a person nominated under section 146 of the Companies Act 2006 to enjoy information rights (a "Nominated Person") may, under an agreement between him/her and the shareholder by whom he/she was nominated, have a right to be appointed (or to have someone else appointed) as a proxy for the AGM. If a Nominated Person has no such proxy appointment right or does not wish to exercise it, he/she may, under any such agreement, have a right to give instructions to the shareholder as to the exercise of voting rights.
5. The statement of the rights of shareholders in relation to the appointment of proxies in paragraphs 1 to 3 above does not apply to Nominated Persons. The rights described in those paragraphs can only be exercised by shareholders of the Company.

Right to attend and vote at the AGM

6. To be entitled to attend and vote at the AGM (and for the purpose of the determination by the Company of the votes they may cast), shareholders must be registered in the Register of Members of the Company at 6.00 pm on 19 April 2016 (or if this meeting is adjourned, in the Register of Members at 6.00 pm two days before the date of any adjourned meeting). Changes to the Register of Members after the relevant deadline shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend and vote at the meeting.

Total voting rights

7. As at 24 February 2016 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice) the Company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) consisted of 1,107,755,592 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at 24 February 2016 were 1,107,755,592.

CREST members

8. CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so by using the procedures described in the CREST Manual (www.euroclear.com). CREST Personal Members or other CREST sponsored members, and those CREST members who have appointed a service provider(s), should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf.
9. In order for a proxy appointment or instruction made using the CREST service to be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a "CREST Proxy Instruction") must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited specifications, and must contain the information required for such instruction, as described in the CREST Manual. Themessage, regardless of whether it constitutes the appointment of a proxy or is an amendment to the instruction given to a previously appointed proxy must, in order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by the issuer's agent (CREST ID RA19) not less than 48 hours before the time of the AGM. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp applied to the message by the CREST Application Host) from which the issuer's agent is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to CREST in the manner prescribed by CREST. After this time any change of instructions to proxies appointed through CREST should be communicated to the appointee through other means.
10. CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors, or voting service provider(s) should note that Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited does not make available special procedures in CREST for any particular message. Normal system timings and limitations will, therefore, apply in relation to the input of CREST Proxy Instructions. It is the responsibility of the CREST member concerned to take (or, ifthe CREST member is a CREST personal member, or sponsored member, or has appointed a voting service provider(s), to procure that his CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s) take(s)) such action as shall be necessary to ensure that a message is transmitted by means of the CREST system by any particular time. In this connection, CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service provider(s) are referred, in particular, to those sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings.
11. The Company may treat as invalid a CREST Proxy Instruction in the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001.

Corporate representatives

12. Any corporation which is a member can appoint one or more corporate representatives who may exercise on its behalf all of its powers as a member provided that if two or more representatives purport to vote in respect of the same shares:
if they purport to exercise the power in the same way as each other, the power is treated as exercised in that way; and
in other cases, the power is treated as not exercised.

Members' requests under section 527 of the Companies Act 2006

13. Under section 527 of the Companies Act 2006 members meeting the threshold requirements set out in that section have the right to require the Company to publish a statement on a website setting out any matter relating to:
(i) the audit of the Company's accounts (including the auditor's report and the conduct of the audit) that are to be laid before the AGM; or
(ii) any circumstance connected with an auditor of the Company ceasing to hold office since the last AGM.

The Company may not require the shareholders requesting any such website publication to pay its expenses in complying with sections 527 or 528 of the Companies Act 2006. Where the Company is required to place a statement on a website under section 527 of the Companies Act 2006, it must forward the statement to the Company's auditor not later than the time when it makes the statement available on the website. The business which may be dealt with at the AGM includes any statement that the Company has been required under section 527 of the Companies Act 2006 to publish on a website.

Members' resolutions and matters under sections 338 and 338A of the Companies Act 2006

14. Under sections 338 and 338A of the Companies Act 2006, members meeting the threshold requirements in those sections have the right to require the Company:
(i) to give, to members of the Company entitled to receive notice of the meeting, notice of a resolution to be moved at the meeting; and/or
(ii) to include in the business to be dealt with at the meeting any matter (other than a proposed resolution) which may be properly included in the business unless (a) (in the case of a resolution only) it would, if passed, be ineffective, (b) it is defamatory of any person, or (c) it is frivolous or vexatious. Such a request may be in hard copy form or in electronic form, must identify the resolution of which notice is to be given or the matter to be included in the business, must be authorised by the person or persons making it, must be received by the Company not later than 9 March 2016, being the date six clear weeks before the meeting, and (in the case of a matter to be included in the business only) must be accompanied by a statement setting out the grounds for the request.

Attendance at the AGM

15. Any member attending the AGM has the right to ask questions. The Company must cause to be answered any such question relating to the business being dealt with at the meeting but no such answer need be given if:
(i) to do so would interfere unduly with the preparation for the meeting or involve the disclosure of confidential information;
(ii) the answer has already been given on a website in the form of an answer to a question; or
(iii) it is undesirable in the interests of the Company or the good order of the meeting that the question be answered.
16. For those shareholders receiving paper copies, a Registration Form is attached to the Proxy Form enclosed with this Notice. Please bring the Registration Form with you to help facilitate your admission to the meeting. The AGM will start at 10.30 am and registration will be available from 9.45 am. Please arrive by 10.15 am to allow time for registration.
17. For the safety and comfort of those attending the AGM, security measures will be in place at the meeting. Certain items will not be permitted in the meeting. These include cameras, recording equipment, and items of any nature with potential to cause disorder and such other items as the chairman of the meeting may specify. Mobile telephones must be switched off during the meeting.
18. The meeting is easily accessible for wheelchair users. Ahearing loop system will be provided in the meeting. Please ask at registration if you require assistance.
19. Tea and coffee will be available before the commencement of the AGM. Light refreshments with soft drinks will be available immediately after the conclusion of the meeting for approximately one hour.

Availability of documents and other information

20. A copy of this Notice, and other information required by section 311A of the Companies Act 2006, can be found at www.relx.com.
21. Copies of the following documents will be available for inspection at the registered office of the Company during normal business hours until the date of the AGM, and at the place of the meeting from at least 15 minutes prior to the meeting until its conclusion:
Executive Directors' service contracts; and
Non-Executive Directors' letters of appointment.
22. You may not use any electronic address provided either in this Notice or any related documents (including the AGM Proxy Form) to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.

Voting results

23. The results of the voting at the AGM will be announced through a Regulatory Information Service and will appear on the Company's website (www.relx.com) following the conclusion of the AGM.