Holding(s) in Company

Reed Elsevier PLC
27 November 2003


Letter to:  RNS

                     
                    Disclosure of Interest in Voting Shares

I am writing to inform you that we received today a notification dated
25 November 2003, in accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985
(as amended), that Barclays PLC no longer has a notifiable interest in the
Company's current issued share capital.

Letter from:  Margaret Woods
              Assistant Secretary
              Reed Elsevier PLC



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