LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: 5 June 2015 Reed Elsevier PLC announces that today, it purchased (through UBS Limited) 132,000 Reed Elsevier PLC ordinary shares at a price of 1060.0113p per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Reed Elsevier PLC holds 83,899,285 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 1,122,452,009 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Since 2 January 2015 Reed Elsevier PLC has purchased 14,200,950 shar