Press Releases — April-June, 2004

LexisNexis Named to Computerworld Top 100 IT Employers
Company scores well in benefits IT employees desire the most

DAYTON, OH, June 16, 2004 - LexisNexis U.S., a leader in legal, news and business information services, was named as one of the top 100 Best Places to Work in IT by Computerworld magazine for the second year in a row. The 11^th annual Computerworld report ranked LexisNexis 36^th.

The survey of nearly 17,000 IT employees found that,once again, the three most-desired benefits are technology, training and flexible work schedules.

Allan McLaughlin, senior vice president and chief technology officer of LexisNexis, said, "LexisNexis works hard to increase the value of its most important asset, its people, through a variety of training and development opportunities. We want to ensure that diverse skill needs of our IT people are met for both current job responsibilities as well as to prepare employees for future career opportunities."

The company often is singled out for its efforts to attract and retain a strong talent pool. Training magazine ranked LexisNexis 14^th in its annual Top 100 ranking for the company’s commitment to employee development and innovative classroom and online training initiatives.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis Group ( www.lexisnexis.com) is a global leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based research service, LexisNexis, the company includes some of the world’s most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, Les Editions du Juris-Classeur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.

In the United States, LexisNexis Total Research System (www.lexisnexis.com) offers an extensive range of online and print legal and regulatory information products, tools, customized Web applications and critical filing services that help legal professionals reach confident decisions and comply with the law.