RELX plc (pronounced “Rel-ex”) is a British corporate group comprising companies that publish scientific, technical and medical material, and legal textbooks; provide decision-making tools; and organise exhibitions. It operates in 40 countries and serves customers in over 180 nations. It was previously known as Reed Elsevier, and came into being in 1992 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, Financial Times Global 500 and Euronext 100 Index.
Type: Public limited company
Traded as: LSE: REL; Euronext Amsterdam: REN; FTSE 100 Component
Industry: Information and analytics
Predecessor: Elsevier; Reed International PLC
Founded: 1993; 27 years ago (by merger)
Headquarters: London, England, UK
Products: Information and data analytics, academic and business publishing, exhibitions
Subsidiaries:
- Elsevier
- LexisNexis
- Reed Exhibitions
- Reed Business Information
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Website: www.RELX.com