Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0308Z

Reed Elsevier PLC

14 July 2008

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Reed Elsevier Plc
2. Reason for the notification   (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Χ
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	09 July 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 July 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	See section 13
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares  (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB00B2B0DG97	34,415,446	34,415,446	34,257,730	34,257,730		3.11%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
34,257,730	3.11%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:

Prudential plc (parent Company)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) no longer has a notifiable interest - now 'below 3%'
14. Contact name:	Dipesh Varsani M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 3261
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name		Margaret Woods, Assistant Secretary, Reed Elsevier PLC
Contact address		1-3 Strand London WC2N 5JR
Phone number & email		[phone] [e-mail]

 

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