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 September 3, 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 limited to the disclosure of share transactions and does not contain financial statements or performance metrics.
Material Changes
The material change disclosed in this filing is the execution of transactions in the company's own shares on two specific dates: September 2, 2013, and September 3, 2013. No other operational or financial changes are detailed in this text.
Guidance, Outlook, and Risks
The filing contains no management commentary, future guidance, outlook, risk factors, or discussion of contingencies. The document is strictly a procedural report regarding the listed share transactions.
Investor Verification Checklist
- Verify the specific volume and price of the own share transactions executed on September 2 and September 3, 2013, as these details are referenced in the exhibit index but not described in the main text.
- Confirm the impact of these share buybacks on the company's total share count and treasury stock holdings.
- Review the company's Form 20-F for the most recent comprehensive financial data, as this Form 6-K does not include financial results.