Director/PDMR Shareholding

Reed Elsevier PLC
11 April 2007

           ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC AND REED ELSEVIER NV



11 April 2007



         Interests of directors or other persons discharging managerial

                                responsibilities



Reed Elsevier received notification today from Hill Samuel Offshore Trust
Company Limited, the Trustees of the Reed Elsevier Employee Benefit Trust ('the
Trustees'), that between 4-5 April 2007 the Trustees purchased on behalf of the
directors of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV the number of shares/ADRs
noted in the table below, under the terms of the Reed Elsevier Group plc Bonus
Investment Plan. As a consequence of these purchases, the directors received
matching awards over the number of shares/ADRs noted in the table below.
Following these transactions their interests in the share capital of Reed
Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV is as noted below.




Director     Reed Elsevier PLC Reed Elsevier NV  Reed Elsevier PLC Reed Elsevier NV Current         Current
             ordinary shares/  ordinary shares/  ordinary shares/  ordinary shares/
             ADRs(1) purchased ADRs(1) purchased ADRs(1) matching  ADRs(1) matching interest in     interest in
             on behalf of the  on behalf of the  award             award            Reed Elsevier   Reed Elsevier
             director          director                                             PLC ordinary    NV ordinary
                                                                                    shares          shares
Sir Crispin       43,771              __              74,708              __            787,577         445,197
Davis
Mark Armour       11,635             7,873            19,859            13,371          112,378         47,461
Gerard van          __              17,654              __              29,483          121,704         119,408
de Aast
Erik                __             8,805(1)             __            13,786(1)         69,047          193,190
Engstrom
Andrew           3,605(1)          4,877(1)          5,387(1)          7,287(1)         230,981         169,334
Prozes
Patrick          1,224(1)          1,655(1)          2,003(1)          2,710(1)         141,248         95,334
Tierney



The ordinary shares purchased by the directors were at the following prices:



Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares               615.2961p per share

Reed Elsevier NV ordinary shares                 €13.47 per share

Reed Elsevier PLC ADRs                              $48.8673 per ADR

Reed Elsevier NV ADRs                                 $36.1245 per ADR



The Reed Elsevier Group plc Bonus Investment Plan permits directors and other
senior executives to invest up to one half of their annual bonus in shares in
the company, and receive an equivalent award of nil cost restricted shares from
Reed Elsevier Group plc. The matching awards under the Plan vest after three
years, subject to the participant retaining the shares which they have purchased
under the Plan for a period of three years.  In addition, in order for the
matching award to vest, growth in the average of the Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed
Elsevier NV adjusted EPS at constant currencies must exceed 6% per annum
compound during the three years 2007-2009.




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