Business description: Reed Elsevier plc

RELX PLC is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. The group operates in four major market segments:

- Risk & Business Analytics (34.4% of net sales): provides solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry-specific content with advanced technology and analytics. These solutions assist business and government customers in evaluating and predicting risk, making more informed decisions, reducing fraud and enhancing operational efficiency;

- Scientific, Technical & Medical (32.3%): helps customers advance science and improve healthcare by providing world-class information and analytical solutions that enable them to make critical decisions, enhance productivity and improve outcomes;

- Legal (20.1%): the group is a leading provider of information and analytics to professionals in legal, corporate, government and non-profit organizations;

- Exhibitions (13.2%): in 2024, the group organized 282 exhibitions in 25 countries. The events, and information tools provided, help exhibitors generate billions of dollars of revenues while boosting the local economies where the events are hosted.

Net sales break down by type of revenue between subscription revenue (53.3%) and transactional revenue (1.7%).

Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (6.5%), Europe (15%), North America (58.2%) and other (20.3%).

Sales by Activity: Reed Elsevier plc

Fiscal Period: December 2020 (GBP) 2021 (GBP) 2022 (GBP) 2023 (GBP) 2024 (GBP)

Risk

2.42B 2.47B 2.91B 3.13B 3.24B

Scientific, Technical & Medical

2.69B 2.65B 2.91B 3.06B 3.05B

Legal

1.64B 1.59B 1.78B 1.85B 1.9B

Exhibitions

362M 534M 953M 1.12B 1.24B
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Geographical breakdown of sales: Reed Elsevier plc

Fiscal Period: December 2020 (GBP) 2021 (GBP) 2022 (GBP) 2023 (GBP) 2024 (GBP)

North America

4.19B 4.2B 5B 5.32B 5.46B

United Kingdom

1.18B 1.25B 1.48B 1.7B 1.79B

Europe (Excl. UK)

1.26B 1.3B 1.49B 1.41B 1.48B

Rest of World

482M 493M 577M 719M 703M
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Executive Committee: Reed Elsevier plc

Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 62 2009-10-31
Director of Finance/CFO 59 2014-08-31
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - 2018-12-31
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - 2018-12-31
Investor Relations Contact - 2011-10-18
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Composition of the Board of Directors: Reed Elsevier plc

Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 62 2009-08-11
Director/Board Member 59 2014-04-23
Director/Board Member 66 2017-09-25
Director/Board Member 71 2019-04-24
Director/Board Member 69 2020-10-14
Director/Board Member 55 2019-12-15
Chairman 69 2021-02-28
Director/Board Member 65 2023-04-19
Director/Board Member 57 2024-06-30
Director/Board Member 66 2025-04-23
Composition of the Board of Directors

Shareholders: Reed Elsevier plc

NameEquities%Valuation
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
2.845 %
51,892,000 2.845 % 2 108 M p
Invesco Asset Management Ltd.
2.476 %
45,161,363 2.476 % 1 834 M p
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.
2.336 %
42,607,923 2.336 % 1 731 M p
BlackRock Fund Advisors
1.937 %
35,334,513 1.937 % 1 435 M p
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd.
1.891 %
34,495,816 1.891 % 1 401 M p
NameEquities%Valuation
Capital Research & Management Co. (International Investors)
0.3508 %
6,398,121 0.3508 % 259 M p
Eaton Vance Management
0.3219 %
5,870,863 0.3219 % 237 M p
U.S. Trust Company of Delaware
0.2712 %
4,947,172 0.2712 % 200 M p
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC
0.2079 %
3,791,704 0.2079 % 153 M p
Goldman Sachs Wealth Services LP
0.2057 %
3,751,593 0.2057 % 152 M p
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Company details: Reed Elsevier plc

RELX Plc

1-3 Strand

WC2N 5JR, London

+44 20 7166 5500

http://www.relx.com
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Group companies: Reed Elsevier plc

NameCategory and Sector
Finance/Rental/Leasing
Finance/Rental/Leasing
Packaged Software
Miscellaneous Commercial Services
Publishing: Books/Magazines
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Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
+3.12%-2.53%+18.46%+120.06% 279B
+3.01%-8.73%-37.66%-16.40% 148B
-1.67%-5.84%-27.00%-15.29% 117B
-1.12%-6.26%-24.38%+2.02% 93.16B
-0.86%-8.16%-20.83%-3.54% 67.3B
+7.48%-12.59%-8.48%+4.76% 57.64B
-1.01%-6.01%-7.65%+41.25% 47.6B
-0.79%-8.64%+30.83%+118.66% 43.54B
-1.96%-17.26%+39.02%+348.13% 36.61B
Average +0.69%-8.71%-4.19%+66.63% 98.98B
Weighted average by Cap. +1.39%-7.58%-6.00%+55.48%
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