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