INFORMATION FOR REED ELSEVIER PLC ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS:

Shareholder Services
The Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary share register is administered by Computershare Investor Services PLC.

Enquiries concerning ordinary shareholdings in Reed Elsevier PLC and notification of change of personal details should be referred to Computershare at the address shown on the registered offices page.

Electronic Communications
Reed Elsevier PLC has given e-mail notification to those shareholders who have requested it, of the availability of this Annual Review & Summary Financial Statements, the Annual Reports & Financial Statements and the Notice of Annual General Meeting and Form of Proxy, on the Reed Elsevier website. The Reed Elsevier website contains a link to enable shareholders to register for future electronic communication. Reed Elsevier PLC shareholders can submit a proxy vote in respect of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting electronically via the Internet or, if a user of the CREST system, via CREST. Instructions on how to use this electronic voting facility are set out in the Form of Proxy.

Dividends
Dividends on Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares are paid in sterling.

Shareholders can arrange to have their dividends paid directly into a bank or building society account. This method of payment reduces the risk of delay or loss of dividend cheques in the post and ensures the account is credited on the dividend payment date.

Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)
Details of an ISA facility for Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares may be obtained by contacting Halifax Share Dealing Ltd at the address shown on the registered offices page.

ShareGift
The Orr Mackintosh Foundation operates a charity share donation scheme for shareholders with small parcels of shares whose value makes it uneconomic to sell them. Details of the scheme can be obtained from the ShareGift website or by telephoning ShareGift on 020 7337 0501.

Sub-division of Ordinary Shares
On 28 July 1986 each Reed Elsevier PLC £1 ordinary share was sub-divided into four ordinary shares of 25p each. Subsequently, on 2 May 1997 the 25p ordinary shares were sub-divided into two ordinary shares of 12.5p each.

Capital Gains Tax
The mid-market price of Reed Elsevier PLC’s £1 ordinary shares on 31 March 1982 was 282p each which, when adjusted for the four for one sub-division in 1986 and the subsequent two for one sub-division in 1997, gives an equivalent amount of 35.25p for each 12.5p ordinary share.