Holding(s) in Company

Reed Elsevier PLC
05 April 2005









                     ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC



          Disclosure of Interest in Voting Shares of Reed Elsevier PLC





Reed Elsevier PLC received a notification on 4 April 2005, dated 1 April 2005,
in accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended), that the
interest of Legal & General Group plc and/or its subsidiaries in the ordinary
shares of Reed Elsevier PLC is 49,863,553 shares, representing 3.91% of the
Company's current issued share capital.




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