SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETTLLP
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| VIA EDGAR | June 12, 2013 |
Lyn Shenk, Branch Chief
Division of Corporate Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Reed Elsevier PLC |
| Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 |
| Filed March 12, 2013 |
| File No. 001-13334 |
| Reed Elsevier NV |
| Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 |
| Filed March 12, 2013 |
| File No. 001-13688 |
Dear Mr. Shenk:
We are writing on behalf of our clients, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV (“Reed Elsevier”), in response to your letter dated June 11, 2013 containing comments by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) with respect to Reed Elsevier’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.
As discussed by telephone with Dana Brown of the Staff, we confirm that Reed Elsevier intends to provide the Staff with Reed Elsevier’s responses to your letter on or before July 12, 2013.
If you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please contact Rhett Brandon of this firm (rbrandon@stblaw.com, tel. 212-455-3615, fax 212-455-2502).
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT |
| cc: | D. J. Palmer | |
| Reed Elsevier PLC and | ||
| Reed Elsevier NV | ||
| Dana Brown | ||
| Lauren Nguyen | ||
| Jeffrey Sears | ||
| Division of Corporation Finance | ||
| Securities and Exchange Commission | ||
