EXHIBIT 8

SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES, JOINT VENTURES AND BUSINESS UNITS

RELX PLC and RELX NV conduct their business through a jointly owned company, RELX Group plc. Refer to Item 4: Information on the Group for further background.

The following table shows the significant subsidiaries, associates, joint ventures and business units of RELX Group plc by reference to business segment and geographical location. All businesses are 100% owned unless otherwise stated.

Business	Geographical location
RELX Group plc	United Kingdom
Holding and Corporate companies
RELX (UK) Limited (1)	United Kingdom
RELX (Holdings) Limited (2)	United Kingdom
RELX (Investments) plc	United Kingdom
RELX Holdings B.V.	The Netherlands
RELX Overseas B.V.	The Netherlands
RELX Nederland B.V.	The Netherlands
RELX Finance B.V.	The Netherlands
RELX US Holdings Inc.	USA
RELX Inc. (1)	USA
RELX Capital Inc.	USA
Elsevier STM Inc.	USA
RELX Swiss Holdings SA	Switzerland
Elsevier Finance SA	Switzerland
RELX Intellectual Properties SA	Switzerland
RELX Risks SA	Switzerland
Scientific, Technical & Medical
Elsevier Limited	United Kingdom
Elsevier B.V.	The Netherlands
AGRM Solutions C.V.	The Netherlands
Elsevier Inc.	USA
Gold Standard Inc.	USA
Elsevier Masson SAS	France
Risk & Business Analytics
Reed Business Information Limited	United Kingdom
Reed Business B.V.	The Netherlands
Reed Business Information US (4)	USA
LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc.	USA
LexisNexis Risk Assets Inc.	USA
LexisNexis Risk Data Management Inc.	USA

Legal
LexisNexis (3)	United Kingdom
LexisNexis (4)	USA
Matthew Bender and Company, Inc.	USA
LexisNexis SA	France
LexisNexis Australia (5)	Australia
LexisNexis Canada Inc.	Canada
Exhibitions
Reed Exhibitions Limited	United Kingdom
Reed Exhibitions (4)	USA
Reed Expositions France SAS	France
Reed Midem SAS	France
Reed Exhibitions Alcantara Machado Ltda	Brazil
Reed Exhibitions Japan KK	Japan

Business	Geographical location
(1)	Holding company, but also trades through one or more operating divisions
(2)	Direct subsidiary undertaking of RELX Group plc
(3)	Division of RELX (UK) Limited
(4)	Division of RELX Inc.
(5)	Division of Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd