Retirement of Strauss Zelnick

Reed Elsevier announces the retirement of Strauss Zelnick

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Mr Zelnick has served as a Non-Executive Director of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier Group plc and as a Supervisory Board member of Reed Elsevier NV since 2005. He is the founder partner of the New York based ZelnickMedia Corporation, which has a broad and growing portfolio of media interests.

Reed Elsevier also announced that Rolf Stomberg, who was due to retire as a Non-Executive Director of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier Group plc and as a Supervisory Board member of Reed Elsevier NV at the end of the year, has, at the Boards’ request, postponed his retirement until the 2008 Annual General Meetings to be held in April 2008.

Chairman Jan Hommen said:

“Strauss feels that his increasing business commitments in the US will prevent him from devoting the appropriate time to Reed Elsevier. His wide ranging media experience has benefitted us in many ways and we thank Strauss for his contribution.

“Rolf has been an invaluable member of the Reed Elsevier Boards since 1999 and we are particularly grateful that he has agreed to stay on until the next AGMs.”

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