Holding(s) in Company

Reed Elsevier PLC
20 February 2006

20 February 2006





                     ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC

          Disclosure of Interest in Voting Shares of Reed Elsevier PLC



Reed Elsevier PLC received a notification today, in accordance with Part VI of
the Companies Act 1985 (as amended), that, as of 16 February 2006, Barclays PLC
no longer has a notifiable interest in the Company's current issued share
capital.


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