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RELX Group is a world leading provider of information solutions for professional customers across industries.

We help scientists make new discoveries, lawyers win cases, doctors save lives, and executives forge commercial relationships with their clients. We help insurance groups offer customers lower prices by assessing risk better, and save taxpayers and consumers money by enabling governments and financial groups to detect fraud.

More than with over 28,500 13,000 full-time employees... employees based in the US…

and offices in serving customers in 23 180+ states... countries worldwide

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Welcome from the Chief Executive Officer Introduction

RELX Group is one of the world’s largest providers of professional information solutions with more than 28,500 employees worldwide – nearly half located in the US.

The group is among the world’s 500 largest Strategy companies by market capitalization, with a value of about $35bn. We operate across a number of professional market segments, including Scientific, Technical & Medical; Legal; Risk & Business Information; and Exhibitions. Our brands

Erik Engstrom include Elsevier, LexisNexis, Shepard’s, Innovation Chief Executive Officer Accuity and Reed Exhibitions. The US is our largest market, generating RELX Group is a truly about half our global revenues – about $5bn a year. Our single largest employment global company, location in the world is in Dayton, Ohio and with nearly half of our two of our four global market segments – Legal and Risk & Business Information – US employees located are headquartered in the US. in the United States. RELX Group is a leader in Big Data technology, deploying our open source HPCC Systems to combine content, technology and analytics to serve our customers across our businesses. The group has more than 130 years of expertise in managing content, which Customers it combines with significant investments in technology. RELX Group is a dynamic and innovative organization that operates the largest US public records database, annually issues 16 percent of the world’s scientific, technical and medical articles,

and publishes over 60 percent of the Value to Society world’s primary laws. Together with US institutions and expertise, we look forward to continuing to address some of the world’s biggest challenges. 2 Strategy @ RELX Group

RELX Group has succeeded in transforming from print publishing to digital. We are now driving the transition from electronic reference to electronic decision tools with broader data sets and more sophisticated analytics, and by leveraging our powerful technology.

Revenue breakdown by format Print Face to face Electronic 3 Introduction

MARKET SEGMENTS SEGMENT POSITION

In Scientific, Technical & Medical markets, we provide information and Global #1 tools to help customers improve scientific and healthcare outcomes. Strategy

In Risk & Business Information, we provide data, analytics Key verticals #1 and insight that enable customers to evaluate and manage risks, and develop market intelligence, supporting more confident decisions, improved economic outcomes, and enhanced operational efficiency.

In Legal markets, we are a world-leading provider of legal, regulatory US #2 Innovation and news and business information and analysis to legal, corporate, Outside US #1 or 2 government and academic customers.

In Exhibitions, we are the world’s leading events business, with Global #1 500 events in over 30 countries. US In Scientific, Technical & Medical 100 countries, we provide resources markets, we are the world’s leading and services that inform decisions and provider of scientific, technical and increase productivity. medical information and deliver a wide In Risk & Business Information, we array of information and workflow tools provide data and analytics to enable our that help researchers generate valuable customers to evaluate and manage risks, insights in the advancement of scientific

develop market intelligence, improve Customers discovery and improve the productivity economic outcomes and enhance of research. operational efficiency. We also provide critical information and In Exhibitions, we are the world’s leading analysis that help our customers improve events organizer, with 500 events in more medical outcomes and enhance the than 30 countries. Through strongly efficiency of healthcare. branded, highly targeted events, we

In Legal markets, we provide legal, tax, provide the forum for exhibitors and Value to Society regulatory, news, business information, attendees to do business, develop and analysis to legal, corporate, contacts and gain industry insights. Some government, accounting and academic of the events we organize in the US include markets. We are a world leading provider New York Comic Con, PGA Merchandise of content and information solutions for Show, JCK Las Vegas Jewelry Show, legal and other corporate markets. the National Hardware Show, and Book Serving customers in more than Expo America. 4 Innovation @ RELX Group

Innovation is at the heart of RELX Group’s mission to deliver improved outcomes for professional customers across multiple sectors.

We achieve this by combining high-quality content and data with analytics and President Obama Associated Press Photo/Evan Vucci White House Cybersecurity Summit technology in global Big Data platforms.

Examples of Innovation @ RELX Group: Kelsey explained the LexisNexis White House Cybersecurity Summit innovations in identity management In February 2015, LexisNexis Risk solutions, such as one-time passwords Solutions CEO Mark Kelsey participated and biometrics, which can be used in the White House Summit on to reduce fraud. He emphasized the Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection importance of a layered approach, with hosted by President Barack Obama. multiple authentication techniques to The summit brought together business match the risks that organizations face. leaders from across the country to ClinicalKey collaborate and explore partnerships For health professionals, having the right that will help develop the best ways to information at the right time can prove to bolster cybersecurity and protect the be the difference between life and death. data and identities of consumers. Kelsey Elsevier’s ClinicalKey is designed with was one of 15 CEOs who spoke at the the needs of clinicians and researchers event. He participated in the panel in mind. Containing more than 600,000 addressing the challenges of identity articles from 500 of the world’s most authentication, where the emphasis was respected medical and surgical journals, on moving beyond passwords as the ClinicalKey delivers data to practitioners primary security device and finding ways the way they need it: fast and at the point to strengthen passwords that are used. of care. At Tulane University School of Medicine, one of the most recognized medical IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE ALL HEARD THE SAME THINGS, AGREED ON THE PROBLEMS AND WERE centers in the US, ClinicalKey has ALIGNED IN WANTING TO EXPLORE WAYS TO already made an impact. From surgeons SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. to students, ClinicalKey has quickly

Mark Kelsey become the resource of choice, enabling physicians to spend less time searching CEO, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and more time caring for patients. Introduction Strategy Innovation US Customers Value to Society 5

IS AN OPEN OPPORTUNITIES Vijay Raghavan Officer, Technology Chief Solutions Risk LexisNexis OUR HPCC PLATFORM LINKS DISPARATE DATA SOURCES TOGETHER ON A LARGE SCALE AND AT CREATING HIGH SPEED, PRODUCT CUSTOMERS OUR THAT NEVER KNEW EXISTED. HPCC SYSTEMS HPCC DATA BIG SOURCE, PROCESSING PLATFORM THAT 30M ABOUT HANDLE CAN HOUR TRANSACTIONS PER 30m transactions per hour 7,000 technologists employed Case study

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The information explosion is creating both opportunities and challenges for our professional customers.turn To massive datasets of raw information into actionable business insights, our customers need filter to vast often structured of incompatible quantities and unstructured data. Performance Cluster High Computing RELX Group’s (HPCC) Systems technology ensures our customers can access the full range of data. then We partner with clients develop to applications that help them make better decisions, get better results, and be more productive, whether they are governments looking downto clamp on fraud, insurance companies looking improveto their services, legal professionals who need the latest case notes at their fingertips, or clinicians requiring healthcare analytics. Uniquely, HPCC Systems combines tried and tested methodologies with proprietary linking algorithms to turndata into intelligence and faster, cheaper. – better, SYSTEMS RELX GROUP’S HPCC HPCC GROUP’S RELX DATA: BIG LEVERAGE HELPING CUSTOMERS CUSTOMERS HELPING 6 RELX Group @ US RELX Group is a significant 13,000 employer in the US. It has people combined more than RELX GROUP EMPLOYS 130 years of expertise with OVER 13,000 PEOPLE significant investment in IN THE US technology to create a dynamic and sustainable organization annually $5bn issuing 16% of the world’s REVENUE IN THE US scientific, technical, and medical articles and over 60% of the world’s primary 500

laws. GLOBAL 500 COMPANY

RELX Group uses deep understanding of customers, Big Data and analytics to enable customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We achieve this by leveraging deep customer understanding to combine high-quality content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. Introduction Strategy Innovation US Customers Value to Society 7

GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS LEXISNEXISFOR LEGAL New York NY & PROFESSIONAL& LOCATION WITH LARGESTLOCATION EMPLOYEES OF NUMBER WORLDWIDE OH Dayton

GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS FOR LEXISNEXIS SOLUTIONS RISK

GA Alpharetta 8 Customers @ RELX Group

RELX Group leverages its deep understanding of the market, technologies and content to deliver solutions that provide a demonstrable and measurable impact for our customers.

Risk & Business Information More police officers in the US are killed in traffic accidents than are killed by guns. Since 2012, LexisNexis and New Mexico State Police have been reducing the toll with a revolutionary electronic application, eCrash. Scientific, Technical & Medical Using eCrash to auto-fill information and Elsevier’s ScienceDirect is the world’s share reports automatically with state premier full-text scientific database, agencies, New Mexico officers reduce the providing access to more than 2,500 average time it takes an officer to write a peer-reviewed journals and 30,000 report from 60 minutes down to only 19 e-books. The platform offers search minutes. Roads are cleared more quickly, and retrieval functionalities that enable reducing the potential for accidents. researchers to work effectively in the knowledge discovery process. With ScienceDirect, Elsevier has revolutionized the traditional format of the academic paper – interactive elements, enhanced online-readability, BY INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC MORE alerting services, and linking to external EFFICIENTLY, WE ARE ABLE TO FREE UP datasets – helping to improve the MANPOWER AND ASSIGN OFFICERS TO researcher’s workflow. The database POSITIONS THAT ARE BETTER FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY. has nearly 12m active users on a monthly basis, downloading nearly Pete Kassetas 750m articles each year.

Chief of Police, New Mexico State Police 9 Introduction

2,500 peer-reviewed Strategy

JOURNALS ARE INCLUDED IN SCIENCEDIRECT

750m articles Innovation

ARE DOWNLOADED BY SCIENCEDIRECT USERS PER YE AR

150,000 US visitors

TO NEW YORK COMIC CON Exhibitions Over 150,000 people visited Reed

Exhibition’s New York Comic Con (NYCC) Customers in 2014. The sold-out event has grown in size and importance, becoming the largest pop culture event on the East Coast. 2015 marks the 10th Edition of the New York Comic Con. Fans attending NYCC get to experience the latest and greatest in pop IT’S ABOUT BUILDING culture – including comics, video games,

SOMETHING THAT FANS LOVE Value to Society toys, movies and television. NYCC offers AND GIVING THEM WHAT THEY several perks to its fans, with screening REALLY CRAVE – FOUR DAYS OF rooms showing sneak peeks of films and POP CULTURE INSANITY. television shows, costume contests, Lance Fensterman competitive video gaming and more. NYCC is the only convention that takes place in Senior Global Vice President, ReedPOP – the comic book, publishing, media and a quirky offshoot of licensing capital of the world – Gotham City. Reed Exhibitions 10 Value to Society @ RELX Group

As a global company with leading positions in the markets we serve, we can make a positive impact by improving conditions across the globe for the most vulnerable members of society.

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa was Research4Life – improving health the largest and most complex to date. through access to scientific research The outbreak of a disease with no known Since 2001, Research4Life has given treatment or vaccination was difficult researchers and practitioners at more to contain given the already fragile and than 6,000 institutions in over 100 under resourced health systems in the countries and territories in the developing affected areas. To assist health workers world, free or low-cost access to over and researchers, Elsevier created The 35,000 peer-reviewed scientific journals, Lancet Ebola Resource Centre, bringing books and databases. As one example, together existing Ebola content from Tiny Tim & Friends, a Zambian The Lancet, Cell and Virology journals and organization specializing in pediatric featuring the latest Ebola research as HIV/AIDS clinical care, is improving the it is published. It continues to be a free lives of HIV-infected children through the comprehensive resource for clinicians, use of Elsevier’s leading-edge research. public health professionals and others. As a founding partner, Elsevier provides access to its complete collection of journals, articles, and books. The ensuing research informs the development of THE DEVELOPING WORLD BENEFITS policies and medical procedures that ENORMOUSLY FROM THE ONLINE COLLECTIONS provide the best possible treatment. It MADE AVAILABLE BY OUR PUBLISHER PARTNERS. NEW CONTENT HAS MORE THAN also allows the charity to obtain essential DOUBLED RESEARCH4LIFE’S INFORMATION information about groups performing RESOURCES PREVIOUSLY INACCESSIBLE TO related research in similar settings. RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS IN LOW Research4Life is a primary example of AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES. RELX Group’s goal to provide universal, Kimberly Parker sustainable access to information.

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elected officials and to encourage the passage of the model law in states across the country. Protecting Human Rights Strategy In June 2015, LexisNexis partnered with the International Bar Association in launching the eyeWitness to Atrocities app – a new tool for documenting and reporting human rights atrocities in a Ban Ki-moon Mike Walsh United Nations CEO, LexisNexis secure and verifiable way so that the Secretary-General Legal & Professional information can be used as evidence in a court of law. The eyeWitness to Innovation Rule of Law & Anti-Human Atrocities app automatically collects Trafficking Efforts and embeds metadata into the video LexisNexis is working with the United file including information such as GPS Nations to develop a truly global approach coordinates, date and time, devices for how the business community can sensor data and surrounding Bluetooth support the Rule of Law. Following a and Wi-Fi networks.The user has the dialogue hosted by LexisNexis and the option of adding any additional identifying US Atlantic Council, the UN Secretary- information about the image. This General established a UN Global Compact metadata will provide information to develop Business for the Rule of Law integral to verifying and contextualizing Principles. LexisNexis served on the the footage, providing information only Steering Committee of this group. In June accessible to legal experts at eyeWitness 2015, the UN Global Compact released its who will analyze the footage and identify Business for the Rule of Law Principles,

the appropriate authorities to pursue Customers which provide businesses with guidance relevant cases. on steps they can take to enhance the Rule of Law around the world. In connection with its efforts to promote the Rule of Law, LexisNexis has taken on a leadership role in helping to combat WITHOUT THE RULE OF LAW, human trafficking. LexisNexis partnered Society to Value THERE IS NO SECURITY OR with the American Bar Association and ACCOUNTABILITY. HUMAN RIGHTS the Uniform Law Commission in ABUSES ARE COMMITTED WITH developing a new uniform act to prevent IMPUNITY. INJUSTICE BREEDS DISCONTENT AND, WORSE, human trafficking and provide support VIOLENCE AND CONFLICT. for survivors in the US. RELX Group and LexisNexis have worked to explain the Ban Ki-moon importance of the uniform act to state United Nations Secretary-General 1 1 1 world’s number 1 world’s number 1 US number 1

WORLD’S NUMBER ONE WORLD’S NUMBER ONE LARGEST US PUBLIC SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, EXHIBITIONS COMPANY RECORDS DATABASE AND MEDICAL PUBLISHER

21 64 82 downloads percent percent

21 DOWNLOADS PER 64% OF ALL WASTE 82% OF REVENUES ARE SECOND FROM ELSEVIER’S RECYCLED ELECTRONIC OR FACE SCIENCEDIRECT TO FACE FORMATS

6,000 13,000 1.2m institutions employees submissions

RESEARCHERS AT MORE OVER 13,000 EMPLOYEES 1,200,000 SUBMISSIONS THAN 6,000 INSTITUTIONS IN THE US A YEAR TO ELSEVIER’S IN MORE THAN 100 JOURNALS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES BENEFIT FROM RESEARCH4LIFE

7m 1.3bn 9.4bn visitors dollars dollars

7,000,000 VISITORS SPENT ON TECHNOLOGY 9.4BN DOLLARS OF ANNUALLY TO REED EACH YEAR REVENUES GLOBALLY EXHIBITIONS’ 500 EVENTS IN 2014 1 1 1 world’s number 1 world’s number 1 US number 1

WORLD’S NUMBER ONE WORLD’S NUMBER ONE LARGEST US PUBLIC SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, EXHIBITIONS COMPANY RECORDS DATABASE AND MEDICAL PUBLISHER

21 64 82 downloads percent percent

21 DOWNLOADS PER 64% OF ALL WASTE 82% OF REVENUES ARE SECOND FROM ELSEVIER’S RECYCLED ELECTRONIC OR FACE SCIENCEDIRECT TO FACE FORMATS

6,000 13,000 1.2m institutions employees submissions

7m 1.3bn 9.4bn visitors dollars dollars

7,000,000 VISITORS SPENT ON TECHNOLOGY 9.4BN DOLLARS OF ANNUALLY TO REED EACH YEAR REVENUES GLOBALLY EXHIBITIONS’ 500 EVENTS IN 2014 1150 18th Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 www.relx.com Tel: 202-857-9112 2015 [email protected]

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