LexisNexis Licenses Reuters Health Professional Medical News Wire

Reuters Health Professional Medical News Wire brings access to 16-20 news stories each business day to lexis.com^® and Nexis users^®

January 31, 2008 — New York, NY, January 31, 2008 - LexisNexis^®, a leading global provider of information services and solutions, today announced the addition of Reuters Health Professional Medical News Wire to its lexis.com^® and Nexis^® services, available spring 2008.

“Reuters is known for its international, authoritative news stories and we’re pleased to bring Reuters health and medical content to our customers,” said Dawn Conway, vice president of Licensing and Content for the U.S. Corporate Markets of LexisNexis. “The addition of Reuters Health Professional Medical News Wire helps ensure our customers are receiving the most up-to-date health news from a proven, trusted news source.”

Reuters Health Professional Medical News Wire publishes approximately 16-20 news stories each business day. Coverage includes all medical subjects and disciplines, but some areas of strength include cardio, oncology, neurology, diabetes, respiratory, radiology, gastro, mental health, infectious diseases (including AIDS), women’s health, men’s health, geriatrics, and pediatrics.

“We’re excited to be working with a premium information service like LexisNexis,” said Monique Villa, managing director of Reuters Media. “Reuters Health Professional Medical News Wire provides high-quality, up-to-date news, which is a great addition to the comprehensive LexisNexis business information services.”

Available to customers in spring 2008, LexisNexis customers will have access to all Reuters Health Professional Medical News Wire articles, which are written by a dedicated team of specialist medical journalists – all of whom have a medical, pharmaceutical or life science background.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis^® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading global provider of business information solutions to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis^® and Nexis^® services. A member of Reed Elsevier [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide.

About Reuters:

Reuters (www.reuters.com), the global information company, provides indispensable information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. Through reuters.com and other digital properties, Reuters now also supplies its trusted content direct to individuals. Reuters drives decision making across the globe based on a reputation for speed, accuracy and independence. Reuters has 17,500 staff in 94 countries, including 2,400 editorial staff in 196 bureaux serving 131 countries. In 2006, Reuters revenues were £2.6 billion.