Reed Elsevier NV Annual General Meeting Results

Reed Elsevier NV announces that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM), held in Amsterdam on 20 April, approved the 2009 financial statements and determined the total dividend for 2009 at € 0.400 per ordinary share of € 0.07 nominal value. After taking account of the interim dividend paid in August 2009 of € 0.107 per ordinary share the final dividend is € 0.293 per ordinary share.

The AGM also approved the re-appointment of Erik Engstrom and Mark Armour as members of the Executive Board and of Messrs Robert Polet, Ben van der Veer and Anthony Habgood as members of the Supervisory Board. Mrs Dien de Boer-Kruyt retired as a member of the Supervisory Board at the meeting. All other proposals made to the AGM were also approved.

The results of the voting on each resolution are set out below:

Note:
Votes ‘withheld’ are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes ‘for’ or ‘against’ a resolution.