Result of AGM

Reed Elsevier PLC
27 April 2005

27 April 2005



                     ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC

    Results of Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting 2005



Reed Elsevier PLC announces that at its Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary
General Meeting held on Wednesday 27 April 2005, all resolutions put to the
meeting were approved by votes on a show of hands.



For information, the following represents the proxy position at the close of
books at 11.00 a.m. on Monday 25 April 2005.  The number of ordinary shares in
issue at that date was 1,275,331,978.


     AGM                                      VOTES FOR    VOTES TO BE CAST    VOTES AGAINST     VOTES ABSTAIN
                                                             AT CHAIRMAN'S
                                                              DISCRETION

1    Report & Accounts                       698,694,131        926,577          3,875,896        17,457,758
2    Remuneration Report                     631,705,888        904,458         72,312,692        16,019,143
3    Dividend                                719,702,144        896,703           186,441           169,075
4    Re-appoint Auditors                     708,726,165        911,521          3,495,650         7,808,015
5    Auditors' Remuneration                  718,808,612        911,709          1,150,915          70,116
6    Appointment of J H M Hommen as a        718,403,897       1,012,177         1,356,299          170,514
     director
7    Appointment of E Engstrom as a          713,576,056       1,003,650         1,444,363         4,918,818
     director
8    Appointment of M H Armour as a          682,392,841        986,316         37,461,367          102,363
     director
9    Appointment of Sir Crispin Davis as a   678,247,868        986,332         41,615,247          90,808
     director
10   Appiontment of A Prozes as a director   718,866,205       1,003,499          964,151           104,900
11   Allotment of shares                     719,252,999        969,280           606,255           112,818
12   Disapply pre-emption rights             717,657,132       1,020,015         2,025,601          237,804
13   Purchase own shares                     719,357,686       1,001,095          82,417            315,814


     EGM                                      VOTES FOR    VOTES TO BE CAST    VOTES AGAINST     VOTES ABSTAIN
                                                             AT CHAIRMAN'S
                                                              DISCRETION

1.   Appointment of S Zelnick as a           668,113,757        843,732          1,810,962          504,831
     director



Two copies of the resolutions passed as Special Business have been submitted to
the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility.


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