2. Scale and Size
• World’s second largest listed professional media company
• World leading provider of professional information and online solutions in the
Science, Medical, Legal, Risk and Business sectors.
• £6.1bn revenues, £1.3bn adjusted profit before tax in 2009
• £3.6bn revenues from online services in 2009
• Employing around 32,000 people in over 50 countries
• The Reed Elsevier businesses are jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC, listed in London
and New York, and Reed Elsevier NV, listed in Amsterdam and New York
Based on FY 2009 results
3. Market Capitalisation
30.1
30
25
20 18.2
15.5
$bn
15
12.7 12.9
11.3
10.2
10
6.3
5.1
5 3.5 3.8
2.6 2.8
1.4 2.0
1.2
0
McGrawHill
Thomson Reuters
Lagardere
Informa
Experian
Dun & Bradstreet
BSkyB
Pearson
Yell
Wolters Kluwer
WPP
DMGT
UBM
John Wiley
Fair Isaac
Reed Elseiver
Market cap of listed peer group media companies as at 30 March 2010
4. Leading global portfolio
• Science & Technology
£2.0bn* Global #1
• Health Sciences
• Legal US #2
£2.6bn*
• Risk Solutions International #1/2
• Trade exhibitions and £0.6bn* Exhibitions #1
conferences
• Trade magazines
£0.9bn* B2B Magazines #1
• Online services
* Annual revenues based on FY 2009 results
6. Portfolio
Revenue by division Revenue by geographical market
Rest of world
7%
Rest of
Elsevier Europe
33% 14%
LexisNexis
42%
Netherlands
11% North America
53%
Reed Business
Information
10% Reed UK
Exhibitions 15%
15%
Revenue by media Revenue by source
Exhibitions Other
10% 7%
Exhibitions
10%
Advertising
Subscription
Print 10%
45%
31%
Online
59%
Circulation
28%
Based on FY 2009 results
7. Elsevier
• Elsevier is a leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information and
solutions
• The science and technology division is the world’s largest global academic journal
publisher, producing over 200,000 new research articles in some 1,100 journals
every year, with ScienceDirect, its flagship electronic product, accessed by over 11
million users
• The Health Sciences division publishes over 700 journals and 1,700 books and clinical
reference works annually and offers an extensive portfolio of online tools in
education, practitioner reference and point of care
8. LexisNexis
• LexisNexis is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions
designed for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government,
law enforcement, accounting and academic markets
• LexisNexis provides authoritative content through trusted market leading brands
which, enabled by technology, offer online information solutions increasingly
integrated within the customer workflow
• In risk solutions, LexisNexis assists customers in managing risk through identity
verification, insurance risk evaluation, employment screening and fraud
prevention
9. Reed Exhibitions
• Reed Exhibitions is the world’s leading events organiser
• Through strongly branded, highly targeted events, Reed Exhibitions provides the
forum for exhibitors and attendees to do business, develop contacts and gain
industry insights
• Every year there are over 450 events in 36 countries, bringing together over six
million active event participants worldwide
• With over 2,500 employees in 35 offices around the globe, Reed Exhibitions serves
44 industries worldwide
10. Reed Business Information
• Reed Business Information is a leading global provider of information and marketing
solutions to decision makers and professionals
• Its portfolio of market leading brands makes it the preferred communication
partner across a range of markets from agriculture to technology
• Reed Business Information publishes over 400 business-to-business magazines,
directories and newsletters; it provides access to over 200 online communities and
produces an increasing number of job sites, lead generation, data and other online
services
11. Senior Management Team
CEO Erik Engstrom
CFO Mark Armour
LexisNexis CEO Andrew Prozes
Reed Exhibitions CEO Mike Rusbridge
Reed Business Information CEO Keith Jones
Group Human Resources Director Ian Fraser
Chief Strategy Officer Julian Ashworth
Director, Global Government Affairs Youngsuk Chi