Business Context and Reporting Period
This Form 6-K is a report of a foreign private issuer filed by Reed Elsevier PLC (now RELX PLC) and Reed Elsevier NV on October 15, 2013. The filing serves to disclose specific corporate transactions rather than providing a comprehensive financial report for a fiscal period.
Key Financial Metrics
The filing text does not provide a clear value for revenue, profit, cash flow, margins, debt, or liquidity. This document is a procedural filing regarding share transactions and does not contain financial statements or performance metrics.
Material Changes
The filing discloses two specific transactions in the company's own shares:
- Transaction in Own Shares dated October 15, 2013.
- Transaction in Own Shares dated October 14, 2013.
No other material changes to operations or financial position are detailed in this text.
Guidance, Outlook, and Risks
The filing text does not provide a clear value for management guidance, future outlook, risk factors, contingencies, or unusual items. The document is limited to the disclosure of the share transactions listed in the exhibit index.
Investor Verification Checklist
- Verify the specific volume and price of the share transactions occurring on October 14 and 15, 2013, by reviewing the full text of Exhibit 99.
- Confirm the impact of these buybacks or sales on the company's total share count and treasury stock.
- Review the company's Form 20-F for the most recent comprehensive financial data, as this Form 6-K does not contain financial results.