EX-99 2 exhibit1.htm EX-99 Exhibit  EX-99
             
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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
       Yes
 
        
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in
    
the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
    
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying
    
financial instruments
 
 
 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
        
 
        
Other (please specify):
 
 
 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
 
 
 
notification obligation:   Invesco Limited    
     
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
 

 

 

reached:   21 September 2009    
     
6. Date on which issuer notified:   22 September 2009    
     
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
 
 
5% — 4% 		 

     

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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   Number of shares   Number of voting rights   % of voting rights
                     
                Direct   Indirect   Direct   Indirect
                             
ORD GBP 0.14 GB00B2B0DG97   103,119,769                                                        
                             
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 
Type of financial instrument
   Expiration
date		   Exercise/
Conversion Period		   Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.   % of voting rights
 
                
 
                
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 
Type of financial instrument
   Exercise price   Expiration date   Exercise/
Conversion period		   Number of voting rights instrument refers to   % of voting rights
 
                    
 
                   Nominal   Delta
 
                        
 
                        
 
Total (A+B+C)
 
Number of voting rights
   Percentage of voting rights
 
    
56,012,789
   4.62%
 
    

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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
ABN Amro-Bank – 157,305 Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) – 376,677 Bank of New York – 29,277,836 Banque Paribas – 95,460 Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) – 90,290 Credit Agricole Indosuez (Luxembourg) – 14,278 JP Morgan Chase – 3,674,576 Chase (Frankfurt) – 77,399 Citibank (Luxembourg) – 55,879 Citibank New York – 19,213 Citibank – 276,216 SG Private Banking – 17,313 Deutsche Bank UK – 31,506 Erste Group Bank AG (Austria) – 6,696 HSBC Bank Plc (London) – 633,746 Mellon Bank Pittsburgh – 32,311 Morgan Stanley (London) – 67,852 National Custody Services AU – 84,435 State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) – 5,300,251 Northern Trust Company (London) – 733,479 AIM – 14,982,812 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management – 7,259
 
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:   Notification using the total voting rights figure of 1,212,425,809
     
14. Contact name:   Marsha Watson
     
15. Contact telephone number:   020 7930 7077
     

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