<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><shares><share isin="GB00B2B0DG97" symbol="REL" industry="Graphics, publishing & printing media" sector="Services" name="Reed Elsevier plc" address="1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5JR, UK" website="www.reedelsevier.com" summary="Reed Elsevier plc is a publisher and information provider. The activities of the Company include science and medical, legal and business publishing. It has operations in North America and Europe. The businesses provide products and services that are organised in three business divisions. It includes Elsevier serves the science and medical sector; LexisNexis, the legal and other professional sectors and Reed Business, the business to business sector. On January 30, 2008, the Company completed the disposal of Harcourt Education businesses."></share></shares>