Reed Elsevier PLC

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		Reed Elsevier PLC

Date: 04/08/2011	By:	S J Cowden
	Name:	S J Cowden
	Title:	Company Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Notification of Major Interest in Shares

EX-99.1 2 exhibit1.htm EX-99.1 Exhibit EX-99.1


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ⁱⁱ		Reed Elsevier PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition
of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial
instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:ⁱⁱⁱ	BlackRock, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached: ^v	7^th April 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:	8^th April 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: ^{vi, vii}	Holding has gone above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B2B0DG97

N/A

60,996,123

N/A

5.02%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date
^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period
^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

CFD

3,059,399

Nominal

Delta

0.25%

0.25

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

64,055,522

5.27%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited – 64,055,522 (5.27%)
Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

13. Additional information:		BlackRock International Threshold Reporting Team

14. Contact name:		Margaret Woods (Reed Elsevier)

15. Contact telephone number:		020 7166 5799

Reed Elsevier PLC ———————————————————————————————————
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

1-3 Strand London WC2N 5JR
——————————————————————————————————— (Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: [x] Form 20-F [ ] Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): [ ]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: [ ] Yes [x] No