Reed Elsevier announces postponement of appoint...

Reed Elsevier announces postponement of appointment of David Brennan as non-executive director

Reed Elsevier

13.00 (BST)

18 October 2012

Reed Elsevier today announced that, at Mr David Brennan’s request and by agreement with Reed Elsevier, for personal reasons Mr Brennan’s appointments as a member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV and as a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier PLC, which were approved at the respective Annual General Meetings held on 24 and 25 April 2012 and were to become effective as of 1 November 2012, have been indefinitely postponed. Similarly, his proposed appointment as a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier Group plc will also be indefinitely postponed.

A further announcement will be made in due course.

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