Relx PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Oct 23, 2013

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RNS Number : 2504R

Reed Elsevier PLC

23 October 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Reed Elsevier PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		22 October 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		23 October 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
ORD 14P GB00B2B0DG97									58,810,637						5.02%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
58,810,637

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Asset Management Limited - 5,979,650 Invesco Asset Management Japan - 91,578 Invesco Fund Managers Limited - 7,293,836 Invesco GT Management S.A - 202,258 Invesco Asset Management GmbH Deutschland - 4,001,161 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 103,209 Invesco Asset Management GmbH Austria - 37,224 Invesco Advisers Limited - 31,777,886 Invesco GT Management S.A Lux - 136,715 Invesco Asset Management S.A France - 358,891 Invesco Asset Management Canada Limited - 3,032,838 Invesco Kapitalanlagegesellschaft GmbH - 573,223 Invesco ADRS (4:1) - 1,305,542 = 5,222,168
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Marsha Watson
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7166 5653

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