On 24 April 1984 each RELX NV Dfl 20 ordinary share was sub-divided into five ordinary shares of Dfl 4 each, and on 24 April 1987 each Dfl 4 ordinary share was sub-divided into four ordinary shares of Dfl 1 each. Subsequently, on 4 October 1994 each Dfl 1 ordinary share was sub-divided into 10 ordinary shares of Dfl 0.10 each. On 15 April 1999 the ordinary shares of Dfl 0.10 were redenominated as ordinary shares of €0.06. On 7 January 2008 the existing ordinary shares of €0.06 each were consolidated into new ordinary shares of €0.07 each on the basis of 58 new ordinary shares for every 67 existing ordinary shares held.