0001309014-11-000640.txt : 20111006 0001309014-11-000640.hdr.sgml : 20111006 20111006102054 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001309014-11-000640 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111006 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111006 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111006 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REED ELSEVIER PLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000929869 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS PUBLISHING [2741] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13334 FILM NUMBER: 111128436 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1-3 STRAND CITY: LONDON WC2N 5JR STATE: X0 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 011442071665660 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1-3 STRAND CITY: LONDON WC2N 5JR STATE: X0 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REED ELSEVIER NV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000929872 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS PUBLISHING [2741] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E1 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13688 FILM NUMBER: 111128437 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: RADARWEG 29 STREET 2: 1043 NX AMSTERDAM CITY: THE NETHERLANDS STATE: P7 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 011442071665660 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: RADARWEG 29 STREET 2: 1043 NX AMSTERDAM CITY: THE NETHERLANDS STATE: P7 ZIP: 00000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ELSEVIER NV / DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980327 6-K 1 htm_6172.htm LIVE FILING Reed Elsevier PLC - Form 6-K
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

October 6, 2011

Reed Elsevier PLC
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1-3 Strand
London
WC2N 5JR
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(Address of principal executive office)
 
Reed Elsevier NV
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Radarweg 29 1043 NX Amsterdam PO Box 470 1000 AL Amsterdam
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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):  [ ]
 
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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
 
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Mark Armour retirement
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: 10/06/2011 By: M E Woods
  Name:  M E Woods
  Title: Assistant Secretary
     
    Reed Elsevier NV
     
Date: 10/06/2011 By: M E Woods
  Name:  M E Woods
  Title: Authorised Signatory
     
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.   Description
 
99   Mark Armour retirement
     
EX-99 2 exhibit1.htm EX-99 Exhibit  EX-99

News release
Issued on behalf of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV
 

7.00am (BST)
6 October 2011

Reed Elsevier announces Mark Armour’s decision to retire as CFO at the end of 2012
 

Reed Elsevier today announces that Mark Armour, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to retire from the boards of Reed Elsevier at the end of 2012.  The Nominations Committee is beginning a process to identify his successor and has appointed an executive search firm to review both internal and external candidates.  

Mark Armour joined Reed Elsevier as Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 1995 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 1996.  

Anthony Habgood, Chairman of Reed Elsevier, said: “I would like to thank Mark for his major contribution to the group over the past 16 years.  Mark has been tireless in helping drive the transformation of Reed Elsevier into a leading digital solutions business.  We wish him all the best for the future.”  

Erik Engstrom, Chief Executive Officer of Reed Elsevier, said: “Since I took over as Chief Executive Officer in November 2009, Mark has given enormous personal commitment and dedication to Reed Elsevier, and has provided invaluable continuity.  I am very grateful for all his help and support.”  

Mark Armour said: “After 15 years as Chief Financial Officer I have decided it is right to announce my planned retirement now in order to give the company sufficient time to appoint my successor and arrange an orderly transition.  During my time at Reed Elsevier the company has been transformed from a broad-based traditional print publisher into a leading provider of online professional business information and information solutions. The calibre of the team here leaves me in no doubt that the business will go from strength to strength.”   

 

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Notes to Editors

 

About Reed Elsevier Group plc

Reed Elsevier Group plc is a world leading publisher and information provider targeting the science and medical, legal, risk management, and business to business sectors. We provide high value and flexible information solutions to professional users. The group employs more than 30,000 people, including more than 16,000 in North America. Reed Elsevier reported revenues for 2010 of £6,055m/€7,084m. Reed Elsevier Group plc is owned equally by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV; the combined market capitalisation of the two parent companies is approximately £11bn/€13bn. Their shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL.  

Mark Armour

Mark Armour has been Chief Financial Officer of Reed Elsevier Group plc since 1996, and is Chief Financial Officer of its two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV.  He is a non-executive director of SABMiller plc. Prior to joining Reed Elsevier as Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 1995, he was a partner in Price Waterhouse. From 2002 until 2004, he was Chairman of The Hundred Group of Finance Directors.  He was also a member of the Finance and Reporting Working Group of the UK Government’s Company Law Review Steering Group, which reported in 2001, and a member of the group appointed by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) which produced the Smith Report on Audit Committees in 2003.  In 2010, he was appointed to the advisory panel established by the FRC during its review of Effective Company Stewardship. Mark holds an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.