Total Voting Rights

Reed Elsevier PLC
31 January 2007

31 January 2007


                     ISSUED ON BEHALF OF REED ELSEVIER PLC

                              Total Voting Rights

As at the date of this announcement, Reed Elsevier PLC's capital consists of
1,288,094,035 ordinary shares of 12.5p each. Reed Elsevier PLC holds 20,593,500
ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in
Reed Elsevier PLC is 1,267,500,535.

The above figure (1,267,500,535) may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Reed Elsevier PLC
under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.


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