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{{short description|British-Dutch multinational publishing and information company}}
{{for|the employment agency|Reed (company)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = RELX plc
| logo = RELX logo.svg
| former_names = Reed Elsevier plc (1993–2015)
| type = [[Public limited company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|class=nowrap|{{lse|REL}}|{{EuronextAmsterdam|REN|GB00B2B0DG97}}|[[FTSE 100 Index|FTSE 100]] component|[[AEX index|AEX]] component}}
| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|GB00B2B0DG97}}
| predecessor = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[Elsevier]]|Reed International PLC}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|1993|8}}<br/>(by merger)
| hq_location = [[London]], England, UK
| key_people = {{ubl
  |[[Paul Walker (businessman)|Paul Ashton Walker]] ([[chairperson]])
  |[[Erik Engström]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
  |Nick Luff ([[Chief executive officer|CFO]])
  }}
| industry = Information and analytics
| products = Information and data analytics, [[Academic publishing|academic]] and business publishing, exhibitions
| revenue = {{increase}} {{nowrap| £9.434 billion (2024)}}<ref name=results>{{cite web|url=https://www.relx.com/~/media/Files/R/RELX-Group/documents/press-releases/2025/results-2024-pressrelease.pdf|title=Annual Results 2024|publisher=RELX|access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{nowrap| £2.861 billion (2024)}}<ref name=results/>
| net_income = {{increase}} {{nowrap| £1.934 billion (2024)}}<ref name=results/>
| assets = {{increase}} {{nowrap| £15.13 billion (2024)}}<ref name=results/>
| equity = {{increase}} {{nowrap| £3.481 billion (2024)}}<ref name=results/>
| num_employees = {{nowrap| 36,400 (2024)}}<ref name=results/>
| subsid = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[Elsevier]]|[[LexisNexis]]|RX|[[LexisNexis Risk Solutions]]|}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.relx.com}}
| footnotes = 
}}

'''RELX plc''' (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British<ref>{{Cite web|title=RELX|website = [[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/relx/?sh=65307c663185}}</ref> [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] information and analytics company headquartered in [[London]], England. Its businesses provide [[scientific]], technical and [[medical]] information and analytics; legal information and analytics; decision-making tools; and organise exhibitions. It operates in 40 countries and serves customers in over 180 nations.<ref name=20F2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929869/000119312518053616/d528576d20f.htm|title=US SEC: Form 20-F Relx Group|publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]|access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref> It was previously known as '''Reed Elsevier''', and came into being in 1993 as a result of the merger of Reed International, a British trade book and magazine publisher, and Elsevier, a Netherlands-based scientific publisher.

The company is publicly listed, with shares traded on the [[London Stock Exchange]], [[Amsterdam Stock Exchange]] and [[New York Stock Exchange]] (ticker symbols: London: REL, Amsterdam: REN, New York: RELX). The company is one of the constituents of the [[FTSE 100 Index]], [[AEX Index]], [[Financial Times Global 500]] and [[Euronext 100]] Index.

==History==
The company, which was previously known as Reed Elsevier, came into being in 1993, as a result of the merger of Reed International, a British trade book and magazine publisher, and [[Elsevier]], a Netherlands-based scientific publisher.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E7D6123DF935A35753C1A962958260 |work=The New York Times|author=Edward A. Gargan |date=6 October 1994 |title=Reed-Elsevier Building Big Presence in the U.S. |access-date=18 February 2008}}</ref> The company re-branded itself as RELX in February 2015.<ref name=rename>{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4be90dbe-bd97-11e4-9d09-00144feab7de |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221211/https://www.ft.com/content/4be90dbe-bd97-11e4-9d09-00144feab7de#axzz3mYtWcuFI |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |author=Robert Cookson |title=Reed Elsevier to rename itself RELX Group |work=Financial Times |date=26 February 2015 |access-date=23 September 2015 }}</ref>

===Reed International===
In 1895, [[Albert Edwin Reed|Albert E. Reed]] established a [[newsprint]] manufacturing operation at [[Loose Stream|Tovil Mill]] near [[Maidstone]], [[Kent]].<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/reedelsevier.htm|title=Timeline|publisher=Reed Elsevier|access-date=19 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030233859/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/ReedElsevier.htm|archive-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> The Reed family were [[Methodist]]s and encouraged good working conditions for their staff in the then-dangerous print trade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/40427|author=Peter Kirwan|title=Reed Elsevier has no stomach for the tough trade business|date=3 March 2008|work=Press Gazette|access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref>

In 1965, Reed Group, as it was then known, became a [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]], creating its Decorative Products Division with the purchase of [[Crown Paints]], [[Polycell Kingston|Polycell]] and [[Arthur Sanderson & Sons|Sanderson]]'s wallpaper and [[Do it yourself|DIY]] decorating interests.<ref name="sand">{{cite web|url=http://www.sanderson-uk.com/sanderson-history.aspx|title=History |publisher=Sanderson|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701220057/http://www.sanderson-uk.com/sanderson-history.aspx |archive-date=1 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1970, Reed Group merged with the [[Time Inc. UK|International Publishing Corporation]] and the company name was changed to Reed International Limited.<ref name=history/> The company continued to grow by merging with other publishers and produced high quality trade journals as IPC Business Press Ltd and women's and other consumer magazines as IPC magazines Ltd.<ref name=history/> Reed entered the United States in 1977 by acquiring Cahners Publications, founded by [[Norman Cahners]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ulib.niu.edu/publishers/ReedElsevier.htm|title=Reed Elsevier Timeline|website=ulib.niu.edu}}</ref>

In 1985, the company decided to rationalise its operations, focusing on publishing and selling off its other interests. Sanderson was sold to [[WestPoint Home|WestPoint Pepperell, Inc.]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States]], that year,<ref name="sand" /> while [[Crown Paints|Crown Paint]] and Polycell were sold to [[Williams Holdings]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Williams_Holdings|title=Williams Holdings|work=gracesguide.co.uk|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> The company's paper and packaging production operations were bundled together to form Reedpack and sold to [[private equity]] firm [[Cinven]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinven.com/sectorfocus/industrialrealisedinvestments.asp?investmentid=72|title=All investments|publisher=Cinven|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-date=12 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112163607/http://www.cinven.com/sectorfocus/industrialrealisedinvestments.asp?investmentid=72|url-status=dead}}</ref> Reed expanded its publishing by acquiring [[Control Engineering (magazine)|Technical Publishing]] from [[Dun & Bradstreet]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/188ba10361825d9c4e1d4593f6633965|title=Dun & Bradstreet To Sell Technical Publishing Concerns|website=AP NEWS}}</ref>
[[File:Millennium Tower Amsterdam Westpoort Reed Elsevier 20140622.JPG|thumb|right|230px|Amsterdam headquarters of Elsevier]]

===Elsevier NV===
In 1880, Jacobus George Robbers started a publishing company called NV Uitgeversmaatschappij Elsevier (Elsevier Publishing Company NV) to publish literary classics and the encyclopedia ''[[Winkler Prins]]''.<ref name=history/> Robbers named the company after the old Dutch printers family [[House of Elzevir|Elzevir]],<ref name=history/> which, for example, published the works of [[Erasmus]] in 1587. Elsevier NV originally was based in [[Rotterdam]] but moved to [[Amsterdam]] in the late 1880s.<ref name=history/>

Up to the 1930s, Elsevier remained a small family-owned publisher, with no more than ten employees. After the war it launched the weekly ''[[Elsevier (magazine)|Elsevier]]'' magazine, which turned out to be very profitable. A rapid expansion followed. Elsevier Press Inc. started in 1951 in [[Houston]], Texas, US, and in 1962 publishing offices were opened in London and New York. Multiple mergers in the 1970s led to name changes, settling at "Elsevier Scientific Publishers" in 1979. In 1991, two years before the merger with Reed, Elsevier acquired [[Pergamon Press]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/29/business/maxwell-selling-pergamon-cornerstone-of-his-empire.html|title=Maxwell Selling Pergamon, Cornerstone of His Empire|date=29 March 1991|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>

===Cahners Publishing===
Cahners Publishing, founded by [[Norman Cahners]], was the largest U.S. publisher of trade<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Folio (magazine)|Folio]]
   |url=https://www.foliomag.com/the-sale-decline-and-ultimate-demise-of-cahners-publishing
   |title=The Sale, Decline, and Ultimate Demise of Cahners Publishing
   |author=Tony Silber |date=29 March 2016}}</ref> or business magazines as of his death in 1986. Reed International acquired the company in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[AdWeek]]
   |url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/cahners-publishing-company-tbt
   |title=A Double Shot of Cahners Publishing Nostalgia
   |date=7 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/08/business/advertising-reed-wants-even-more-magazines.html "Reed Wants Even More Magazines"]. ''New York Times''. April 8, 1988</ref>

=== Reed Elsevier and RELX ===

==== Significant acquisitions ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Division or subsidiary of RELX
! style="width: 8em" | Date
! Acquisition
! Value
|-
| Cahners Publishing
| 1986–09
| Technical Publishing Inc, a publisher of industrial, medical and technology trade magazines, from [[Dun & Bradstreet]]
| [[United States dollar|$]]250 million<ref>{{Cite web| title = Dun & Bradstreet To Sell Technical Publishing Concerns| work = AP NEWS| access-date = 2021-08-08| url = https://apnews.com/article/188ba10361825d9c4e1d4593f6633965}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 1993–08
| [[Official Airline Guides]] Inc, a publisher of airline schedules
| $425 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/08/19/british-firm-near-deal-to-acquire-airline-guides/|author=Stanley Ziemba|title=British Firm Near Deal To Acquire Airline Guides|date=19 August 1993|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 1994–10
| LexisNexis, an on-line information business
| $1.5 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-05-fi-46739-story.html|title=Publisher Reed Elsevier Agrees to Buy Lexis/Nexis On-Line Business|date= 5 October 1994|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 1997–03
| MDL Information Systems Inc, a US software systems and information database developer
| $320M<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/25/business/reed-elsevier-agrees-to-buy-information-systems-company.html|title=Reed Elsevier Agrees to Buy Information Systems Company|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 March 1997|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 1997–06
| Chilton Business Group, a US business information publishing company
| $447M<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB867056358398821000|title=Reed Elsevier buys Chilton from ABC for US$447 million in June 1997|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=23 June 1997|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 1998–04
| Matthew Bender & Company Inc, a US publisher of legal information
| $1.65bn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/1998/04/27/deals/times/|title=Times Mirror sheds units|publisher=CNN|date=27 April 1998|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 2000–10
| [[Harcourt (publisher)|Harcourt]], an education publishing business
| $4.5bn plus debt<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB972637136488029864|title=Reed Elsevier, Thomson agree to buy Harcourt for $4.45bn plus debt|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=27 October 2000|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| LexisNexis
| 2004–07
| Seisint of [[Boca Raton, Florida]], which provided the company with access to HPCC Systems for the first time
| $775M<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50577-2004Jul14.html|title=LexisNexis To Buy Seisint For $775 Million|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=15 July 2004|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier 
| 2005–05
| Medimedia, a medical publisher whose imprints included [[Medicine Publishing]] and [[Masson (publisher)|Masson]]
| $270M<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/5cea8dca-cdd0-11d9-9a8a-00000e2511c8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221226/https://www.ft.com/content/5cea8dca-cdd0-11d9-9a8a-00000e2511c8#axzz3m7uP6HiF |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Reed Elsevier buys medical publisher |date=26 May 2005 |access-date=18 September 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 2008–02
| [[Choicepoint]], which had been a spinoff of [[Equifax]]'s Insurance Services Group in August 1997. The acquisition was completed in September 2008.
| $4.1bn<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.relx.com/mediacentre/pressreleases/2008/Pages/AcquisitionofChoicePointIncCompleted.aspx|title=Acquisition of ChoicePoint Inc. completed|date=21 February 2008|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/1997/07/14/daily19.html|title=Equifax to spinoff{{sic|nolink=y}} ChoicePoint in August|date=14 July 1997|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> 
|-
| Reed Business Information
| 2008–03
| Heren Energy, a London-based publisher of newsletters and market reports on the competitive wholesale energy markets in Britain and Europe. Continued as ICIS Heren.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/patrick-heren-baa53736|title=Patrick Heren activities|date=31 March 2008|access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref> 
|-
| Reed Business Information
| 2011–06
| Ascend, a London-based civil aviation data analytics company<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reed-business-information-acquires-ascend-a-leading-provider-of-data-analytics-and-advisory-services-to-the-global-aviation-industry-124776043.html|title=Reed Business Information Acquires Ascend, a Leading Provider of Data, Analytics and... -- SUTTON, England, June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --|date=30 June 2011|work=prnewswire.com|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 2011–11
| US online-data business Accuity Holdings Inc. from investment firm [[Investcorp]]
| [[Pound sterling|£]]343M ($530.1M)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204831304576594020574369278|title=Reed Elsevier to Buy Accuity|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=26 September 2011|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
| LexisNexis Legal & Professional
| 2012–03
| [[Law360]], a US-based online provider of legal information and analysis<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/about-us/media/press-release.page?id=1331917568327157|title=LexisNexis Acquires Law360|publisher=LexisNexis|date=20 March 2012|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| Elsevier
| 2013–04
| [[Mendeley]], a London-based desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/09/reed-elsevier-buys-mendeley|title=Reed Elsevier buys academic social network Mendeley for up to £65m|newspaper=The Guardian|date=9 April 2013|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
| Undisclosed but up to $100M
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2013–09
| Mapflow, a Dublin-based group that helps insurance companies assess geographic risk, in particular in relation to flooding<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.relx.com/media/press-releases/archive/16-09-2013|title=LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Acquires Mapflow|publisher=RELX|date=16 September 2013|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2014–04
| Tracesmart, a UK-based provider of tracing, identity verification, fraud prevention and anti-money laundering software<ref>{{cite web|url=https://risk.lexisnexis.co.uk/about-us/press-room/press-release/uk-2014-01-04-tracesmart-now-lexisnexis|title=Tracesmart® is now a LexisNexis® company|publisher=LexisNexis Risk Solutions|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref> 
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2014–05
| Wunelli, a telematics data business which uses driving data for insurers, enabling them to reduce risk exposure and deliver discounts to safer drivers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/article/1400632392/reed-elsevier-buys-wunelli-beef-its-telematics-business|title=Reed Elsevier buys Wunelli to beef up Telematics business|newspaper=[[City A.M.]]|date=21 May 2014|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref> 
| £25m
|-
| Accuity
| 2014–09
| Fircosoft, a Paris-based anti-money laundering company<ref name="ft.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bbffdd34-337d-11e4-85f1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3dVbM5GfZ|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221242/https://www.ft.com/content/bbffdd34-337d-11e4-85f1-00144feabdc0#axzz3dVbM5GfZ|archive-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription|author=Robert Cookson|title=Reed Elsevier to buy sanctions software group FircoSoft for €150m|date=29 September 2014|work=Financial Times|access-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Euro|€]]150M
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2014–11
| Health Market Science (HMS), a supplier of high quality data about US healthcare professionals<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141113/NEWS/311139944|author=Adam Rubenfire|title=LexisNexis to acquire Health Market Science|work=Modern Healthcare|date=13 November 2014| access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref> 
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2015–01
| BAIR Analytics, a US-based law enforcement data company<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/01/06/lexisnexis-to-buy-bair-analytics-grow-in-public.html|title=LexisNexis to buy BAIR Analytics, grow in public safety sector|date=6 January 2015|work=Atlanta Business Chronicle|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Legal & Professional
| 2015–07
| MLex, a media organization providing exclusive analysis and commentary on regulatory risk<ref>{{cite web|url=http://talkingbiznews.com/1/lexisnexis-buys-regulatory-news-wire-mlex/|title=LexisNexis buys regulatory news wire MLex|date=29 July 2015|publisher=Talking Biznews|access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| Reed Business Information
| 2015–10
| Adaptris, a fast-growing supply chain integration business<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediamergers.co.uk/rbi-acquires-software-and-esolutions-company-adaptris-group/|title=RBI acquires software and e-solutions company Adaptris Group Limited|last=Wright|first=Martin|date=29 October 2015|publisher=Media Mergers|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Legal & Professional
| 2015–11
| [[Lex Machina]], a US-based online provider of legal analytics<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/lexisnexis_acquires_premier_legal_analytics_provider_lex_machina/prweb13096119.htm|title=LexisNexis Acquires Premier Legal Analytics® Provider Lex Machina|work=PRWEB|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2016–07
| Insurance Initiatives, Ltd. (IIL), a business which provides a data distribution platform that extracts, hosts and processes large quantities of data to deliver information predominantly into the point-of-quote in the UK's Property & Casualty Insurance industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://risk.lexisnexis.co.uk/about-us/press-room/press-release/2016-07-20-insurance-initiatives|title=LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Insurance Initiatives Ltd.|publisher=LexisNexis Risk Solutions|date=20 July 2016|language=en-GB|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Legal & Professional
| 2017–06
| Ravel Law, a San Francisco-based legal analytics company<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/10/venture-backed-ravel-law-sells-to-lexisnexis/|title=Venture-backed Ravel Law sells to LexisNexis {{!}} TechCrunch|last=Loizos|first=Connie|date=10 June 2017 |access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2018–01
| ThreatMetrix, one of the largest repositories of online digital identities in the world
| £580M ($830M)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-threatmetrix-m-a-relx/britains-relx-to-pay-580-million-pounds-for-digital-identity-group-threatmetrix-idUSKBN1FI0P1?il=0 |title=Britain's Relx to pay 580 million pounds for digital identity group ThreatMetrix|newspaper=Reuters|date=29 January 2018|access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Exhibitions
| 2018–02
| [[Eurogamer|Gamer Network]], a mass media video game journalism company<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-03-26 |title=Eurogamer and EGX parent Gamer Network acquired by PAX organiser ReedPOP |language=en |work=MCV |url=https://mcvuk.com/business-news/events/eurogamer-and-egx-parent-gamer-network-acquired-by-pax-organiser-reedpop/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |issn=1469-4832}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
|LexisNexis Risk Solutions
|2020–01
|ID Analytics <ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-01-13|title=Relx snaps up ID Analytics for $375 million|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-idanalytics-m-a-relx-idUSKBN1ZC1EX|access-date=2020-11-18}}</ref>
|$375m
|-
|LexisNexis Risk Solutions
|2020–02
|Emailage<ref>{{Cite web|last=PYMNTS|date=2020-02-05|title=RELX Buys Anti-Fraud Startup Emailage For $480M|url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/analytics-co-relx-buys-anti-fraud-startup-emailage-for-480m/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=PYMNTS.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
|$480m
|-
|Elsevier
|2020–08
|Scibite<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-08-21|title=Relx snaps up UK's pharma analysis group SciBite|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-scibite-m-a-relx-idUKKBN25H0I7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821171812/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-scibite-m-a-relx-idUKKBN25H0I7|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 August 2020|access-date=2020-11-18}}</ref>
|£65m
|-
|Elsevier
|2022–06
|[[Interfolio]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elsevier closes Interfolio acquisition |url=https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate/elsevier-closes-interfolio-acquisition |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=www.elsevier.com}}</ref>
|Undisclosed
|-
|RX
|2023–07
|Corp Events<ref>{{Cite web |title=RX Acquires Corp Events, owner of Big Data & AI Paris {{!}} RX |url=https://rxglobal.com/rx-acquires-corp-events-owner-big-data-ai-paris |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=rxglobal.com}}</ref>
|Undisclosed
|}

==== Significant divestments ====
In February 1997, Reed Elsevier divested its trade publishing group (including [[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]], [[Methuen Publishing|Methuen]], [[Harvill Secker|Secker & Warburg]], [[Sinclair-Stevenson]], Mandarin, Minerva and Cedar) to [[Random House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/01/business/reed-elsevier-to-sell-book-unit-to-random-house.html|title=Reed Elsevier to sell book unit to Random House|work=The New York Times|date=1 February 1997|access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref> In 1998, Reed Elsevier sold the children's divisions of Heinemann, Methuen, [[Hamlyn (publishers)|Hamlyn]] and Mammoth to the [[Egmont Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.penguinrandomhouse.co.uk/History%20of%20the%20Egmont%20Imprints%20-%20Opac%20version.htm|title=History of the Egmont Imprints|publisher=Penguin Random House|access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref>

In February 2007, the company announced its intention to sell Harcourt, its educational publishing division.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-reed-results-idUKWLB502120070215?pageNumber=2 |title=Reed Elsevier to sell education arm |access-date=16 July 2011 |publisher=Reuters |date=15 February 2007}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On 4 May 2007 [[Pearson PLC|Pearson]], the international education and information company, announced that it had agreed to acquire [[Harcourt Assessment]] and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier for $950m in cash.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pearson.com/about-us/education/announcements/?i=352 |title=Pearson acquires Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier |access-date=16 July 2011 |publisher=Pearson |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114318/http://www.pearson.com/about-us/education/announcements/?i=352 |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> In July 2007, Reed Elsevier announced its agreement to sell the remaining Harcourt Education business, including international imprint [[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]], to [[Houghton Mifflin]] for $4 billion in cash and stock.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/business/17harcourt.html?_r=0 |author=Michael J. de la Merced|title=Houghton Mifflin to buy Harcourt|newspaper=The New York Times|date=17 July 2007|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>

Between 2006 and 2019, in 65 separate deals, the company systematically sold its 300 print, business to business magazine titles, reducing the proportion of print revenues from 51% to 9%.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Daniel|title=Relx offloads Farmers Weekly to MAG|url=https://www.ft.com/content/551dbcf8-2279-11ea-b8a1-584213ee7b2b |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/551dbcf8-2279-11ea-b8a1-584213ee7b2b |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Financial Times|date=20 December 2019 }}</ref> Advertising, which had been the largest source of revenues when RELX was founded, represented just 1% of sales in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nilsson|first=Patricia|title=Relx buys US fraud-prevention start-up Emailage for $480m|url=https://www.ft.com/content/fe39ced4-4732-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/fe39ced4-4732-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Financial Times}}</ref>

In July 2009, Reed Elsevier announced its intention to sell most of its North American trade publications, including ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', and ''[[Multichannel News]]'', although it planned to retain ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref>Brian Stelter, [http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/even-media-about-the-media-for-sale/ "Even Media About the Media Are For Sale], ''[[New York Times]]'', 31 July 2009.</ref> Sister publication ''[[Video Business]]'' to Variety was closed in January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Bond|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/video-business-magazine-shuts-down-19191/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016034822/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/video-business-magazine-shuts-down-19191/|title=Video Business magazine shuts down|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archivedate=October 16, 2021|date=January 6, 2010|accessdate=June 23, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2010, Reed Elsevier announced that it had sold 21 US magazines to other owners in recent months, and that an additional 23 US trade magazines, including ''Restaurants & Institutions'', ''Hotels'', and ''Trade Show Week'' would cease publication. The closures were mostly due to the weak economy including an advertising slump.<ref>Lorene Yue, [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=37857 "Restaurants & Institutions magazine shutting down as Reed cuts trade titles"], ''Crain's Chicago Business'', 16 April 2010.</ref>

''Variety'', the company's last remaining North American title, was sold in October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/article/media/jay-penske-buys-variety-magazine-reed-elsevier/237657/|title=Jay Penske Buys Variety Magazine From Reed Elsevier|work=Advertising Age|date=9 October 2012|access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2014, Reed Business Information sold BuyerZone, an online marketplace; emedia, an American provider of research for IT buyers and vendors; and a majority stake in [[Reed Construction Data]], a provider of construction data.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inpublishing.co.uk/news/articles/rbi_sells_buyerzone_7006.aspx|title=News: RBI sells BuyerZone: InPublishing|author=InPublishing|date=23 January 2014 |publisher=inpublishing.co.uk|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediamergers.co.uk/ziff-davis-acquires-emedia-from-rbi/|author=Martin Wright|title=Ziff Davis Acquires emedia from RBI|date=20 August 2013|work=MediaMergers|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/reedelsevier-brief-idUSFWN0PQ01V20140721|title=BRIEF-Reed sells majority stake in Reed Construction Data to Warburg Pincus|date=21 July 2014|work=Reuters|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, RELX sold ''Elsevier Weekly'' and ''BeleggersBelangen'' in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.debrauw.com/matter/reed-business-divests-elsevier-weekly-beleggersbelangen-new-skool-media/|title=Reed Business divests Elsevier Weekly and BeleggersBelangen to New Skool Media|publisher=De Brauw|access-date=21 March 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, the company sold ''[[New Scientist]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/4127d94c-1f8c-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/4127d94c-1f8c-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Relx offloads New Scientist magazine to Kingston Acquisitions|publisher=FT|date=12 April 2017|access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref>

In January 2019, RBI sold its Dutch agricultural media and selected international agricultural media portfolio (including ''[[Poultry World]])'' to Doorakkeren BV.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reed Business BV announces intention to sell Dutch agriculture media portfolio to Misset Uitgeverij BV|url=https://www.reedbusiness.com/news/reed-business-bv-announces-intention-to-sell-dutch-agriculture-media-portfolio-to-misset-uitgeverij-bv/|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Reed Business Information|language=en}}</ref>

In August 2019, ''[[Flight International]]'' and ''[[FlightGlobal]]'' were sold to [[DVV Media Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/110-years-of-flight/powering-into-our-eleventh-decade/135869.article|title=Powering into our eleventh decade|last=Kingsley-Jones|first=Max|date=19 December 2019|website=Flightglobal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>

In December 2019, RBI announced plans to sell the ''[[Farmers Weekly]]'' magazine title, website and related platforms, events and awards to MA Agriculture Limited, part of the Mark Allen Group.<ref name="Cotton-02Jan2020">{{cite news |last1=Cotton |first1=Barney |title=Mark Allen Group to acquire Farmers Weekly |url=https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mark-allen-group-to-acquire-farmers-weekly/77369/ |access-date=7 January 2020 |work=Business Leader |date=2 January 2020 |archive-date=24 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624202331/https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mark-allen-group-to-acquire-farmers-weekly/77369/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In May 2024, RX sold the [[Gamer Network]] to [[IGN Entertainment]], division of [[Ziff Davis]]. However, it retained the [[EGX (expo)|EGX]] convention and ''Popverse''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dring |first=Christopher |date=2024-05-21 |title=IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ign-entertainment-acquires-eurogamer-gi-vg247-rock-paper-shotgun-and-more |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2024 |title=IGN Acquires a Handful of ReedPop's Gamer Network's Digital Brands |url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56962/ign-acquires-handful-reedpops-gamer-networks-digital-brands |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=[[ICv2]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Operations and market segments ==
===Scientific, Technical & Medical===
RELX's Scientific, Technical & Medical business provides information, analytics and tools that help investors make decisions that improve scientific and healthcare outcomes. It operates under the name of Elsevier:

[[ScienceDirect]], an online database of primary research, contains 16 million documents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/-/media/library/electronic-resource-guides/sciencedirect.pdf|title=ScienceDirect|publisher=Liverpool John Moores University|access-date=9 August 2025}}</ref>

[[Scopus]] is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It contains more than 50 million items in more than 20,000 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bsb-muenchen.de/en/news/news-archive/news/article/50-million-records-21000-journals-5000-publishers-the-dimensions-of-scopus/|title=The dimensions of Scopus|publisher=Bayerische Staats Bibliothek|accessdate=21 September 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221006/https://www.bsb-muenchen.de/en/news/news-archive/news/article/50-million-records-21000-journals-5000-publishers-the-dimensions-of-scopus/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Mendeley]] is a desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/5334254/mendeley-manages-your-documents-on-your-desktop-and-in-the-cloud|title=Mendeley Manages Your Documents on Your Desktop and in the Cloud|author=Jason Fitzpatrick|publisher=Gawker Media|work=Lifehacker|date=17 August 2009 |accessdate=23 September 2015}}</ref>

Elsevier is the world's largest publisher of academic articles. It published 600,000 articles in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.utm.my/utmlibrarynews/2022/10/17/how-to-produce-highly-visible-research-useful-tips-for-researchers/|title=How to Produce Highly Visible Research: Useful Tips For Researchers|date=17 October 2022|publisher=UTM Library|access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> Its best-known titles are ''[[The Lancet]]'' and ''[[Cell (journal)|Cell]]''. In 1995, ''Forbes'' magazine (wrongly) predicted Elsevier would be "the first victim of the internet" as it was disrupted and disintermediated by the World Wide Web.<ref name=ftnov15>{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/93138f3e-87d6-11e5-90de-f44762bf9896 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221211/https://www.ft.com/content/93138f3e-87d6-11e5-90de-f44762bf9896#axzz3sQIVespz |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Elsevier leads the business the internet could not kill |work=Financial Times |accessdate=25 November 2015 }}</ref>

===Risk Management===
LexisNexis Risk Solutions provide decision-making tools which help banks spot money launderers and insurance companies weed out fraudulent claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0d6d9600-dbc7-11e5-98fd-06d75973fe09|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221228/https://www.ft.com/content/0d6d9600-dbc7-11e5-98fd-06d75973fe09#axzz458CWnpUL|archive-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription|title=RELX move into risk helps deliver record revenues|work=Financial Times|accessdate=7 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

The business claims to have saved the state of Florida more than $60 million a year by preventing benefit fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-05-14/news/os-florida-welfare-fraud-20130514_1_welfare-fraud-public-assistance-fraud-identity-theft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617160755/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-05-14/news/os-florida-welfare-fraud-20130514_1_welfare-fraud-public-assistance-fraud-identity-theft|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2013|author=Kate Santich|title=Florida welfare fraud: Florida welfare fraud cost taxpayers $1 billion in 2012|work=Orlando Sentinel|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides data and analytics services to 85% of the Fortune 500, nine of the world's top 10 banks and 23 of the world's 25 top insurers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Ian |date=2025-07-23 |title=CNBC's UK Exchange newsletter: Britain's £72 billion under-the-radar success story |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/britains-72-billion-under-the-radar-success-story-cnbc-uk-exchange.html |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>

====Accuity Inc.====
Accuity provides financial crime compliance software<ref name="Vasagar">{{cite news |last1=Vasagar |first1=Jeevan |last2=Lockett |first2=Hudson |date=30 May 2017 |title= Singapore penalises Credit Suisse over 1MDB |url= https://www.ft.com/content/72f71956-44f3-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/72f71956-44f3-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |work=[[Financial Times]] |access-date=24 September 2018 }}</ref> which allows institutions to comply with sanctions and anti-money laundering compliance programmes.<ref name="O’Murchu">{{cite news |last1=O’Murchu |first1=Cynthia |last2=Hancock |first2=Melissa |date=1 May 2014 |title= Reed Business Information faces scrutiny over sanctions |url= https://www.ft.com/content/a2107ba4-c659-11e3-ba0e-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/a2107ba4-c659-11e3-ba0e-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[Financial Times]] |access-date=24 September 2018 }}</ref> It offers Know Your Customer, [[Know your customer|KYC]], online subscription-based data and software for the financial services industry.<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/3053606Z:US-accuity-inc |title=Company Overview of Accuity Inc. |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Bloomberg |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> The company's services include helping banks and financial institutions screen for high risk customers and transactions,<ref name="Cutter">{{cite news |last=Cutter |first=Henry |date=6 December 2017 |title=The Morning Risk Report: EU's Tax Blacklist May Force Compliance Changes |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2017/12/06/the-morning-risk-report-eus-tax-blacklist-may-force-compliance-changes/ |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=24 September 2018 }}</ref> and providing databases such as Bankers Almanac which allows clients to find and validate bank payment routing data.<ref name="O’Murchu"/> Accuity serves financial services clients worldwide.<ref name="bloomberg"/>

====Cirium====
Cirium (previously known as FlightGlobal) provides data and aviation analytics products to the aviation, finance and travel industries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aviationnews-online.com/technology/flightglobal-rebranded-as-cirium/ |work=Aviation News |date=20 February 2019 |title=FlightGlobal rebranded as Cirium |access-date=27 September 2019}}</ref>

===Legal===
RELX's legal business operates under the [[LexisNexis]] brand. Many of LexisNexis' brands date back to the nineteenth century or earlier. These include [[LexisNexis#LexisNexis UK|Butterworths]] and [[Tolley (company)|Tolley]] in the UK and JurisClasseur in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishlaw.org.uk/scotlaw/articlesbutter.html|title=Services offered by Butterworths Legal Publishers |work=Scottish Law|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> In 2019, 85% of its revenues were electronic. The LexisNexis legal and news database contains 119 billion documents and records.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=RELX Annual Report 2019|url=https://www.relx.com/~/media/Files/R/RELX-Group/documents/reports/annual-reports/2019-annual-report.pdf|website=RELX}}</ref>

===Exhibitions===
RELX's exhibitions business is called RX, formerly Reed Exhibitions until 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reed Exhibitions unveils new brand identity and positioning {{!}} RX |url=https://rxglobal.com/reed-exhibitions-unveils-new-brand-identity-and-positioning |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=rxglobal.com}}</ref> It is the world's largest exhibitions company, running 500 shows for 140,000 exhibitors and 7 million visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/66680/niche-markets-to-boost-reed-elsevier-sales.aspx|author=Michael Corty|title=Niche markets to boost Reed Elsevier sales|work=Morning Star|date=20 September 2010|accessdate=21 September 2015}}</ref><ref name=FD-dec15>{{cite web|url=http://fd.nl/ondernemen/1129117/relx-group-voor-een-kwart-onderweg-richting-bigdatabedrijf|author=Job Woudt|title=Relx Group voor een kwart onderweg richting bigdatabedrijf|work=Financiele Dagblat|accessdate=8 December 2015}}</ref>

{{Anchor|ReedPop}}ReedPop, part of RX, organises [[popular culture]] events including [[New York Comic Con]] and [[PAX (event)|PAX]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/reedpop-launches-new-engage-data-platform|title=ReedPop launches new Engage data platform|publisher=Games Industry Biz|date=12 September 2022|access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> {{Anchor|Popverse}}In February 2018, ReedPop acquired [[Gamer Network]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Allegra |date=2018-02-26 |title=PAX organizer acquires USgamer, Eurogamer and more |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/26/17053662/reedpop-gamer-network-owner |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref> a British [[mass media]] company that owns a number of [[video game journalism]] sites including [[Eurogamer]], [[Rock Paper Shotgun]] and [[VG247]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital |url=https://www.reedpop.com/digital |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=ReedPop |language=en |archive-date=24 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524120955/https://www.reedpop.com/digital |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ecommerce store The Haul focused on [[pop culture]] [[Souvenir|memorabilia]] and [[Merchandising|merchandise]] was launched in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buckley |first=Madeleine |date=2021-10-01 |title=ReedPop Launches The Haul, a Pop Culture Merch Marketplace |url=https://thepopinsider.com/news/reedpop-launches-the-haul/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602082230/https://thepopinsider.com/news/reedpop-launches-the-haul/ |archive-date=2 June 2023 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=The Pop Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Popverse'', a popular culture website, was founded in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Heidi |date=2022-05-18 |title=Syndicated Comics |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/reedpop-announces-new-pop-culture-journalism-site-the-popverse/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=The Beat |language=en-US |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511114229/https://www.comicsbeat.com/reedpop-announces-new-pop-culture-journalism-site-the-popverse/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Governance==
{{As of|2021|post=,}} the board of directors consisted of:<ref name=Board>{{cite web|url=https://www.relx.com/investors/corporate-governance/board-of-directors|title=Relx Group official website|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref>
* Chair: [[Paul Walker (businessman)|Paul Walker]]
* Chief Executive: [[Erik Engström]]
* Chief Financial Officer: Nick Luff
* Non-executive directors:
** [[Wolfhart Hauser]]
** Robert MacLeod
** Charlotte Hogg
** June Felix
** Marike van Lier Lels
** Linda Sanford
** Andrew Sukawaty
** Suzanne Wood
In 2019, Harvard Business Review ranked Erik Engström the world's 11th best performing CEO.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-11-01|title=The Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019|work=Harvard Business Review|url=https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world-2019|access-date=2020-12-10|issn=0017-8012}}</ref>

In August 2020, RELX announced Sir Anthony Habgood would retire as Chair, to be replaced by Paul Walker in the first half of 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Dealmakers: itching to hit the road|url=https://www.ft.com/content/a37b062e-e0ed-41c1-b633-13a84902f136 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/a37b062e-e0ed-41c1-b633-13a84902f136 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|newspaper=Financial Times|date=24 September 2020 }}</ref>

==Corporate affairs==
===Corporate strategy===
From 2011 to 2014, the average annual value of acquisitions was about $300m.<ref name="ft.com"/> The predictability of the company's results in recent years has led to a re-rating of the shares.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/289e2c72-81cb-11e2-b050-00144feabdc0|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221246/https://www.ft.com/content/289e2c72-81cb-11e2-b050-00144feabdc0#axzz3dVbM5GfZ|archive-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription|author=Jonathan Guthrie|title=EU left strikes a blow for top bankers|work=Financial Times|date=28 February 2013|access-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/1a988712-25d1-11e3-8ef6-00144feab7de|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221207/https://www.ft.com/content/1a988712-25d1-11e3-8ef6-00144feab7de#axzz3dVbM5GfZ|archive-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|author=Jonathan Guthrie|title=ICAP case gives enemies of the City a crate of free ammo|work=Financial Times|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breakingviews.com/reed-at-$38-bln-rubs-up-against-new-class-of-peers/21186429.article|title=Reed at $38 bln rubs up against new class of peers|work=breakingviews.com|access-date=23 September 2015|archive-date=30 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430223725/http://www.breakingviews.com/reed-at-$38-bln-rubs-up-against-new-class-of-peers/21186429.article|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Financial performance===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! RELX Combined<ref name=20F2017/> !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024
|-
| '''Revenue (£m)''' || 5,166 || 4,509 || 4,584 || 5,334 || 6,071 || 6,055 || 6,002 || 6,116 || 6,035 || 5,773 || 5,971 || 6,895 || 7,355 || 7,492 || 7,874 || 7,110 || 7,244 || 8,553 || 9,161 || 9,434
|-
| '''Adjusted operating profit (£m)''' || 1,142 || 1,081 || 1,137 || 1,379 || 1,570 || 1,555 || 1,626 || 1,713 || 1,749 || 1,739 || 1,822 || 2,114 || 2,284 || 2,346 || 2,491 || 2,076 || 2,210 || 2,683 || 3,030 || 3,199
|-
| '''Adjusted EPS (p)''' || 31.5p || 33.6p || 35.9p || 44.6p || 45.9p || 43.4p || 46.7p || 50.1p || 54.0p || 56.3p || 60.5p || 72.2p || 81.0p || 84.7p || 93.0p || 80.1p || 87.6p || 102.2p || 114.0p || 120.1p
|}

===Social responsibility===
The RELX Environmental Challenge awards grants to projects advancing access to safe water and sanitation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.stanford.edu/thedish/2014/09/29/stanford-freshwater-solution-gets-global-recognition/|author=Rob Jordan|title=Stanford freshwater solution gets global recognition|work=Stanford News|date=29 September 2014|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2019, Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis, was honoured by the UN Foundation with a Global Leadership award for the company's work in advancing the Rule of Law - recognizing the company's commitment to strengthening equality under law, transparency of law, independent judiciaries and accessible legal remedy.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-20|title=UN Foundation Honors Global Leaders on the Eve of the UN's 75th Anniversary|url=https://unfoundation.org/media/un-foundation-honors-global-leaders-eve-un-75th-anniversary/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=unfoundation.org|language=en-US}}</ref>

The Elsevier Foundation supports libraries in developing countries, women scientists and nursing facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/e-ews092911.php|title=11 women scientists announced as winners of Elsevier Foundation OWSD awards|date=29 September 2011|publisher=Eurekalert|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> In 2016 it committed $1m a year, for 3 years, to programmes encouraging diversity in science, technology and medicine and promoting science research in developing countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/elsevier-foundation-support-diversity-stm-321306|title=Elsevier Foundation commits $1m to diversity in science|publisher=The Bookseller|date=2 February 2016|access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>

Programmes operated by LexisNexis Legal & Professional include:
* With the [[Atlantic Council]], launching the first draft of the ''Global Rule of Law Business Principles'' which will help businesses, law firms and NGOs promote and uphold the [[rule of law]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/un-global-compact-to-adopt-global-rule-of-law-business-principles|title=UN Global Compact to Adopt "Global Rule of Law Business Principles"|date=20 September 2013|publisher=Atlantic Council|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
* With the International Bar Association, launching an application called ''eyeWitness to Atrocities'', designed to capture GPS coordinates, date and time stamps, sensory and movement data, and the location of nearby objects such as [[Wi-Fi]] networks. The technology also creates a secure chain of custody to help verify that the images and video has not been edited or digitally manipulated. The goal is to create content that can be used in a court of law to prosecute perpetrators of atrocities and human rights abuses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33029464|title=EyeWitness app lets smartphones report war crimes|work=BBC News|date=8 June 2015|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

Programmes operated by LexisNexis Risk Solutions include:
* The ''ADAM'' (Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children) programme in the US, developed by employees in 2000, which assists in the recovery of missing children through a system of targeted alerts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wistv.com/story/7789473/four-recently-recovered-missing-children-make-99-recoveries-for-choicepointrs-adam-program|title=Four Recently Recovered Missing Children Make 99 recoveries for ChoicePoint(R)'s ADAM Program|publisher=Wistv|date=29 January 2015|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> {{as of|2017}} the programme has helped trace 177 missing children.<ref name=20F2017/>
* ''Social Media Monitor'', which assists law enforcement officials in investigating serious crimes such as drug dealing and human trafficking.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://insidersurveillance.com/product-shoot-out-the-top-4-social-media-monitoring-apps-for-leas/|title=Product Shoot-Out: The Top 4 Social Media Monitoring Apps for LEAs|date=14 July 2014|work=Insider Surveillance|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

==Controversy==
{{further|Elsevier#Criticism and controversies}}

=== Mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows ===
{{Main|Mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows}}
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The mercury contamination of the [[Wabigoon River]] in Ontario Canada by a corporate subsidiary between 1962 and 1970 was "one of the worst cases of environmental poisoning in Canadian history."<ref name="Lancet_Philibert_20200401">{{Cite journal |last1=Philibert |first1=Aline |last2=Fillion |first2=Myriam |last3=Mergler |first3=Donna |date=April 1, 2020 |title=Mercury exposure and premature mortality in the Grassy Narrows First Nation community: a retrospective longitudinal study |journal=The Lancet Planetary Health |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=–141–e148 |doi=10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30057-7 |issn=2542-5196 |pmid=32353294 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="RCNE_198506282">{{cite report |url=https://archive.org/stream/finalreponorenviron00onta/finalreponorenviron00onta_djvu.txt |title=Report and Recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Northern Environment |last=Fahlgreen |first=J.E.J. |date=June 28, 1985 |publisher=Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General |location=Toronto, Ontario |pages=440 |isbn=0-7729-0628-9 |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref> Reed sold the [[Dryden Mill]] to Great Lakes Forest Products in 1980.<ref name="RCNE_198506282"/> As of 2017, [[Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation|Grassy Narrows First Nation]] chief Simon Fobister stated that the river remained highly contaminated.<ref name="Macleans_Forbes_20170228">{{cite news |last=Loriggio |first=Paola |date=February 28, 2017 |title=Chief says mercury still leaking from mill near Grassy Narrows – According to Chief Simon Fobister, a new report suggests there is ongoing contamination from the Dryden, Ont., mill |url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/chief-says-mercury-still-leaking-from-mill-near-grassy-narrows/ |access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref>

===Academic journal prices===
Reed Elsevier has been criticised for the high prices of its journals and services, especially those published by Elsevier. It has also supported [[SOPA]], [[Personal Information Protection Act|PIPA]] and the [[Research Works Act]], although it no longer supports the last. Because of this, members of the scientific community have boycotted Elsevier journals. In January 2012, the boycott gained an online pledge and petition ([[The Cost of Knowledge]]) initiated by mathematician and [[Fields medal]]ist Sir [[Timothy Gowers]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Testify: The Open Science Movement Catches Fire|url=https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/testify-the-open-science-movement-catches-fire/|access-date=2 February 2012 |magazine=Wired|first=David|last=Dobbs|date=30 January 2012}}</ref> The movement has received support from noted science bloggers, such as biologist [[Jonathan Eisen]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Jop de Vrieze|title=Thousands of Scientists Vow to Boycott Elsevier|url=http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/02/thousands-of-scientists-vow-to-b.html|work=Science Magazine|date=1 February 2012|access-date=2 February 2012}}</ref> Between 2012 and February 2023, about 20,500 scientists signed The Cost of Knowledge boycott.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecostofknowledge.com/|title=The Cost of Knowledge|access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref>

===2019 UC system negotiations ===
On 28 February 2019, following long negotiations, the [[University of California]] announced it would be terminating all subscriptions with Elsevier.<ref>{{cite web|author=UC Office of the President|title=UC terminates subscriptions with world's largest scientific publisher in push for open access to publicly funded research|url=https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open-access-publicly|date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305103252/https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open-access-publicly|archive-date=5 March 2019}}</ref> On 16 March 2021, following further negotiations and significant changes including (i) universal open access to University of California research and (ii) containing the "excessively high costs" being charged by publishers, the university renewed its subscription.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/uc-publisher-relationships/uc-and-elsevier/|title=UC and Elsevier|date=16 March 2021|publisher= University of California|access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref>

===Privacy===
As a [[data broker]] Reed Elsevier collected, used, and sold data on millions of consumers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=0d2b3642-6221-4888-a631-08f2f255b577|title=A Review of the Data Broker Industry: Collection, Use, and Sale of Consumer Data for Marketing Purposes|publisher=US Senate|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> In 2005, a [[Computer security|security breach]] occurred through a recently purchased subsidiary, Seisint, which allowed identity thieves to steal the records of at least 316,000 people.<ref name="seisint-settlement">{{cite web|url=http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2008/03/agency-announces-settlement-separate-actions-against-retailer-tjx|title=Agency Announces Settlement of Separate Actions Against Retailer TJX, and Data Brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint for Failing to Provide Adequate Security for Consumers Data|date=27 March 2008|publisher=Federal Trade Commission|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> The database contained names, current and prior addresses, dates of birth, drivers license numbers and [[Social Security number]]s, among other data obtained from credit reporting agencies and other sources. In 2008 the company settled an action taken against it by the [[Federal Trade Commission]] for multiple failures of security practice in how the data was stored and protected. The settlement required Reed Elsevier and Seisint to establish and maintain a comprehensive security program to protect nonpublic personal information.<ref name="seisint-settlement"/>

===Defence exhibitions===
Between 2005 and 2007, members of the medical and scientific communities, which purchase and use many journals published by Reed Elsevier, agitated for the company to cut its links to the arms trade. Two UK academics, Tom Stafford of [[Sheffield University]] and Nick Gill, launched petitions calling for it to stop organising arms fairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idiolect.org.uk/elsevier/petition.php |title=Elsevier petition|work=idiolect.org.uk|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> A subsidiary, Spearhead, organised defence shows, including an event where it was reported that [[cluster bombs]] and extremely powerful [[riot control]] equipment were offered for sale.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Saeed |last=Shah |title=Cluster bombs on offer at arms fair despite sales ban |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article312473.ece |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=14 September 2005 |access-date=21 February 2007 |archive-date=1 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301051558/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article312473.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Norton-Taylor |author-link=Richard Norton-Taylor|title=Banned stun guns and leg irons advertised at arms fair |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,1571378,00.html |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=16 September 2005 |access-date=21 February 2007}}</ref> <!-- not at all complete or fair or NPOV, but worth a mention. sources for above: http://www.idiolect.org.uk/notes/archives/cat_elsevier.html http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article312473.ece http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1571378,00.html -thedeadlyshoe --> In February 2007 [[Richard Smith (editor)|Richard Smith]], former editor of the ''[[British Medical Journal]]'', published an editorial in the ''[[Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine]]'' arguing that Reed Elsevier's involvement in both the arms trade and medical publishing constituted a conflict of interest.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Richard |last=Smith |title=Lancet publishers condemned over promotion of arms |url= http://www.rsm.ac.uk/media/pr234.htm |work=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine |date=20 February 2007 |access-date=18 March 2007 }}</ref> Subsequently, in June the company announced that they would be exiting the defence exhibition business during the second half of the year.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Reed Elsevier says to exit defence industry shows |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/business/reed-elsevier-says-to-exit-defence-industry-shows-idUSL01353160/ |publisher=Reuters|date=1 June 2007 |access-date= 16 August 2025 |location= [[Amsterdam]] }}</ref>

===Collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)===
In November 2019, legal scholars and [[human rights activists]] called on RELX to cease work with [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] because their product [[LexisNexis]] directly contributes to the [[deportation]] of [[Illegal immigration|illegal immigrants]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Currier |first=Cora |date=14 November 2019 |title=Lawyers and Scholars to LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters: Stop Helping ICE Deport People |url=https://theintercept.com/2019/11/14/ice-lexisnexis-thomson-reuters-database/ |work=[[The Intercept]]}}</ref>

===Support for fossil fuel expansion===
An article in ''[[The Guardian]]'' in February 2022 revealed that Elsevier products and services support expanding the production aims of the fossil fuel industry. The company disclosed that it is "not prepared to draw a line between the transition away from fossil fuels and the expansion of oil and gas extraction."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Revealed: leading climate research publisher helps fuel oil and gas drilling |url= https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/24/elsevier-publishing-climate-science-fossil-fuels|date=24 February 2022|access-date=1 October 2022}}</ref> In response, the Union of Concerned Scientists and Scientists for Global Responsibility launched a petition in 2022, and issued a response to the company's reply in 2023. UCS noted in a blog post that "Elsevier and RELX claimed to be focused on a transition to clean energy. Given the services Elsevier and RELX continue to provide, these claims are demonstrably false."<ref>{{cite web|author=Union of Concerned Scientists|title=Elsevier and RELX's Climate Problem|url=https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/elsevier-and-relxs-climate-problem|date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926113537/https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/elsevier-and-relxs-climate-problem|archive-date=26 September 2023}}</ref> Scientists for Global Responsibility also noted on their website that the company's "actions fall short of meeting the standards set in their own pledges"<ref>{{cite web|author=Scientists for Global Responsibility|title=Elsevier is still enabling high-carbon emitters|url=https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/elsevier-still-enabling-high-carbon-emitters|date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014015047/https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/elsevier-still-enabling-high-carbon-emitters|archive-date=14 October 2023}}</ref> and pointed campaigners to the website of Climate Rights Coalition,<ref>{{cite web|author=Climate Rights Coalition|title=Climate Rights Coalition homepage | url=https://www.climaterightscoalition.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012185403/https://www.climaterightscoalition.com/|archive-date=12 October 2023}}</ref> which revealed such concerns had been raised by employees years prior.<ref>{{cite web|author=Climate Rights Coalition|title=Climate Rights Coalition advocacy page |url=https://www.climaterightscoalition.com/advocacy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017013259/https://www.climaterightscoalition.com/advocacy|archive-date=17 October 2023}}</ref>

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== References ==
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* [https://www.theguardian.com/life/badscience/story/0,,2010036,00.html Guardian Unlimited, "Bad Science" by Ben Goldacre] about Open Access and DSEI arms trade
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050627025717/http://www.ketupa.net//elsevier2.htm ketupa.net media profile: Reed Elsevier] historical overview
* [https://www.forbes.com/global/2002/1111/044.html "Double Dutch No Longer"]—in-depth article about the company from 2002 (Forbes.com)
* [http://www.cfo-insight.com/human-capital-career/executive-change/duncan-palmer-becomes-reed-elsevier-cfo/ "Duncan Palmer Becomes Reed Elsevier CFO"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606070634/http://www.cfo-insight.com/human-capital-career/executive-change/duncan-palmer-becomes-reed-elsevier-cfo/ |date=6 June 2015 }}—Online article about the new CFO of Reed Elsevier, accessed 09/17/2012
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