Annual Report and Accounts

Reed Elsevier PLC
25 March 2008






           Issued on behalf of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV



                                                           For immediate release

                                                                   25 March 2008





           2007 Financial Statements and 2008 Annual General Meetings





Reed Elsevier has posted the following documents on its website:



•         Annual Reports and Financial Statements 2007 for the Reed Elsevier
Combined Businesses, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV;



•         Reed Elsevier PLC Notice of Annual General Meeting 2008; and



•         Reed Elsevier NV Agenda and Notice of Annual General Meeting 2008.



Reed Elsevier PLC has also submitted the Financial Statements and its Notice of
Annual General Meeting to the UK Listing Authority. The documents will shortly
be available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility which is situated
at:



The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS



Reed Elsevier PLC will hold its 2008 Annual General Meeting in London on 23
April 2008 and Reed Elsevier NV will hold its 2008 Annual General Meeting in
Amsterdam on 24 April 2008.



Reed Elsevier has also posted on its website the Annual Report 2007 on Form
20-F, which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission. American Depositary Receipt holders can view Reed Elsevier's
Financial Statements, the Notices of Annual General Meetings and Annual Report
on Form 20-F on the Reed Elsevier website.



The address of Reed Elsevier's website is www.reedelsevier.com.



Hard copies of the documents can be obtained free of charge on request from the
registered offices of the respective companies:



Reed Elsevier PLC

1-3 Strand

London

WC2N 5JR



Reed Elsevier NV

Radarweg 29

1043 NX Amsterdam

The Netherlands





Enquiries:



Investors:  Sybella Stanley, Director of Corporate Finance

[phone]



Media:  Patrick Kerr, Director of Corporate Communications

[phone]





Notes to Editors:



About Reed Elsevier



Reed Elsevier Group plc is a world leading publisher and information provider.
It is owned equally by its two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed
Elsevier NV.  The parent companies are listed on the London, Amsterdam and New
York Stock Exchanges, under the following ticker symbols: London: REL;
Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL.  In 2007, Reed Elsevier had revenues from
its continuing operations of £4.6bn.  The group employs 32,000 people, including
approximately 16,000 in North America. Operating in the scientific, medical,
legal, risk and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high value
and flexible information solutions to professional end users, with increasing
emphasis on internet delivery.




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