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ISSUED ON BEHALF OF RELX PLC

    Results of Annual General Meeting 2016

The Annual General Meeting of RELX PLC was held on Thursday 21 April 2016.

The table below shows the results of the poll on all 19 resolutions. Each shareholder present in person, or by proxy, was entitled to one vote per share held.

                                                                 
        Resolution   For   % votes cast For   Against   %   Total votes cast   % of issued capital   Withheld
                                    votes cast Against   (excluding votes   voted (excluding        
                                            withheld)   Treasury shares)        
1.  
Receive the 2015 Annual Report
   890,248,286   98.54   13,173,253   1.46   903,421,539   81.92 %   92,937
       
 
                                                        
2.  
Approve Remuneration Report
   741,001,137   85.66   124,094,898   14.34   865,096,035   78.45 %   38,282,891
       
 
                                                        
3.  
Declaration of 2015 final dividend
   903,411,348   100.00   15,336   0.00   903,426,684   81.92 %   87,282
       
 
                                                        
4.  
Appointment of auditors
   902,937,073   99.97   242,945   0.03   903,180,018   81.90 %   333,441
       
 
                                                        
5.  
Auditors’ remuneration
   902,964,620   99.95   447,305   0.05   903,411,925   81.92 %   102,002
       
 
                                                        
6.  
Elect Marike van Lier Lels as a Director
   902,784,747   99.93   615,608   0.07   903,400,355   81.92 %   114,220
       
 
                                                        
7.  
Elect Carol Mills as a Director
   902,817,998   99.94   572,913   0.06   903,390,911   81.92 %   123,665
       
 
                                                        
8.  
Elect Robert MacLeod as a Director
   896,333,920   99.22   7,056,578   0.78   903,390,498   81.92 %   124,077
       
 
                                                        
9.  
Re-elect Erik Engstrom as a Director
   902,965,721   99.96   377,134   0.04   903,342,855   81.91 %   171,072
       
 
                                                        
10.  
Re-elect Anthony Habgood as a Director
   898,442,851   99.45   4,954,419   0.55   903,397,270   81.92 %   110,398
       
 
                                                        
11.  
Re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director
   895,945,907   99.17   7,454,504   0.83   903,400,411   81.92 %   109,405
       
 
                                                        
12.  
Re-elect Adrian Hennah as a Director
   888,267,268   99.49   4,512,167   0.51   892,779,435   80.96 %   10,734,492
       
 
                                                        
13.  
Re-elect Nick Luff as a Director
   901,064,267   99.74   2,339,141   0.26   903,403,408   81.92 %   110,518
       
 
                                                        
14.  
Re-elect Linda Sanford as a Director
   902,825,302   99.94   577,291   0.06   903,402,593   81.92 %   111,333
       
 
                                                        
15.  
Re-elect Ben van der Veer as a Director
   899,586,088   99.58   3,816,093   0.42   903,402,181   81.92 %   111,596
       
 
                                                        
16.  
Authority to allot shares
   878,624,461   97.39   23,516,566   2.61   902,141,027   81.80 %   1,368,899
       
 
                                                        
17.  
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
   829,731,765   95.48   39,287,827   4.52   869,019,592   78.80 %   34,494,983
       
 
                                                        
18.  
Authority to purchase own shares
   890,292,372   98.58   12,816,211   1.42   903,108,583   81.89 %   405,343
       
 
                                                        
19.  
Notice period for general meetings
   813,854,946   90.57   84,701,883   9.43   898,556,829   81.48 %   4,956,280
       
 
                                                        

NOTES:

  1.   The ‘For’ vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

  2.   Votes ‘Withheld’ are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a resolution.

  3.   Resolutions 17 to 19 are Special Resolutions.

  4.   At the close of business on Tuesday 19 April 2016 the total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, was 1,102,815,269

  5.   The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual of General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and on the Company’s website at www.relx.com.

       6. As per Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.