Holding(s) in Company

Reed Elsevier PLC
24 April 2002



                   Disclosure of Interest in Voting Shares

Pursuant to Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) a notification was
received on 23 April 2002 from Fidelity Investments in which they advised that,
as at 22 April 2002, FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and
Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, no
longer have a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of the Company.



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