Director/PDMR Shareholding

Reed Elsevier PLC
09 April 2008


           ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC AND REED ELSEVIER NV

9 April 2008

                           Director/PDMR Shareholding


Reed Elsevier received notification on 8 April 2008 from Hill Samuel Offshore
Trust Company Limited, the Trustees of the Reed Elsevier Employee Benefit Trust
('the Trustees'), that between 7-8 April 2008 the Trustees purchased on behalf
of the directors of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV the number of shares/
ADRs noted in the table below, under the terms of the Reed Elsevier Group plc
Bonus Investment Plan. As a consequence of these purchases, the directors
received matching awards over the number of shares/ADRs also noted in the table
below. Following these transactions their interests in the share capital of Reed
Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV is as noted below.

Director     Reed Elsevier PLC Reed Elsevier NV  Reed Elsevier PLC Reed Elsevier NV Current         Current
             ordinary shares   ordinary shares/  ordinary shares   ordinary shares/
             purchased on      ADRs(1) purchased matching award    ADRs(1) matching interest in     interest in
             behalf of the     on behalf of the                    award            Reed Elsevier   Reed Elsevier
             director          director                                             PLC ordinary    NV ordinary
                                                                                    shares          shares

Sir Crispin       56,423               -              96,227               -            749,876         386,940
Davis
Mark Armour       14,829            10,014            25,291            16,993          115,751         53,478
Gerard van           -              18,183               -              30,856          109,018         127,661
de Aast
Erik                 -             8,933(1)              -            15,159(1)         69,592          211,760
Engstrom
Andrew            11,944             8,093            20,030            13,505          216,837         158,320
Prozes

(1)       denotes the purchase/award of an ADR



PDMR          Reed Elsevier PLC  Reed Elsevier NV   Reed Elsevier PLC  Reed Elsevier NV
              ordinary shares    ordinary shares/   ordinary shares    ordinary shares/
              purchased on       ADRs(1) purchased  matching award     ADRs(1) matching
              behalf of the PDMR on behalf of the                      award
                                 PDMR
Nick Baker          13,077                -               22,301                -    
Ian Fraser          21,419                -               36,530                -    

(1)       denotes the purchase/award of an ADR





The purchases by the Directors/PDMRs were at the following prices:

Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares               658.5545p per share
Reed Elsevier NV ordinary shares                 €12.3592 per share
Reed Elsevier NV ADRs                                $38.9707 per ADR


The Reed Elsevier Group plc Bonus Investment Plan permits directors and other
senior executives to invest up to one half of their annual bonus in shares in
the company, and receive an equivalent award of nil cost restricted shares from
Reed Elsevier Group plc. The matching awards under the Plan vest after three
years, subject to the participant retaining the shares which they have purchased
under the Plan for a period of three years.  In addition, in order for the
matching award to vest, growth in the average of the Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed
Elsevier NV adjusted EPS at constant currencies must exceed 8% per annum
compound during the three years 2008-2010.




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