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RNS Number : 2504R

Reed Elsevier PLC

23 October 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		Reed Elsevier PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
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: ⁱⁱⁱ	Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	22 October 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 October 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

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 ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

ORD 14P

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58,810,637

5.02%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

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 ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

58,810,637

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Invesco Asset Management Limited - 5,979,650 Invesco Asset Management Japan - 91,578 Invesco Fund Managers Limited - 7,293,836 Invesco GT Management S.A - 202,258 Invesco Asset Management GmbH Deutschland - 4,001,161 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 103,209 Invesco Asset Management GmbH Austria - 37,224 Invesco Advisers Limited - 31,777,886 Invesco GT Management S.A Lux - 136,715 Invesco Asset Management S.A France - 358,891 Invesco Asset Management Canada Limited - 3,032,838 Invesco Kapitalanlagegesellschaft GmbH - 573,223 Invesco ADRS (4:1) - 1,305,542 = 5,222,168

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

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Marsha Watson
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7166 5653

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