21 April 2016

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RELX N.V. announces that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM), held in Amsterdam on 20 April 2016, approved the 2015 Annual Financial Statements and determined the total dividend for 2015 at € 0.403 per share of € 0.07 nominal value. After taking account of the interim dividend of € 0.115 per share paid in August 2015, the final dividend amounts to € 0.288 per share.

All other resolutions were approved by the AGM. These include: the appointment of Mrs Carol Mills and Mr Robert McLeod as non-executive directors for the first time, the re-appointment of Erik Engstrom and Nick Luff as executive directors and the re-appointment of all non-executive directors with the exception of Lisa Hook and Robert Polet, who both did not offer themselves for re-appointment and who will retire with effect from the conclusion of the AGMs.

The results of the voting on each resolution are set out below:

Resolution For % Against % Total votes cast (excluding votes withheld) Votes withheld
4. Adoption of the 2015 Annual Financial Statements 692,036,867 99.44 3,877,399 0.56 695,914,266 4,238,452
5a. Release from liability of executive directors 681,527,791 99.02 6,765,017 0.98 688,292,808 11,859,910
5b. Release from liability of non-executive directors 681,529,505 99.02 6,763,170 0.98 688,292,675 11,860,043
6. Determination and distribution of dividend 698,297,910 99.93 477,649 0.07 698,775,559 1,377,159
7. Appointment of external auditors 698,341,925 99.75 1,781,508 0.25 700,123,433 29,285
8a. Appointment Carol Mills 699,531,198 99.92 594,475 0.08 700,125,673 27,045
8b. Appointment Robert McLeod 685,428,270 97.90 14,694,512 2.10 700,122,782 29,936
8c. Re-appointment Anthony Habgood 696,673,864 99.51 3,456,962 0.49 700,130,826 21,892
8d. Re-appointment Wolfhart Hauser 694,157,758 99.15 5,969,423 0.85 700,127,181 25,537
8e. Re-appointment Adrian Hennah 687,215,586 98.91 7,597,122 1.09 694,812,708 5,340,010
8f. Re-appointment Marike van Lier Lels 698,333,325 99.74 1,791,784 0.26 700,125,109 27,609
8g. Re-appointment Linda Sanford 698,785,155 99.81 1,340,172 0.19 700,125,327 27,391
8h. Re-appointment Ben van der Veer 699,225,761 99.87 899,360 0.13 700,125,121 27,597
9a. Re-appointment Erik Engstrom 699,203,753 99.89 803,227 0.11 700,006,980 145,738
9b. Re-appointment Nick Luff 698,022,301 99.70 2,102,651 0.30 700,124,952 27,766
10a. Delegation to the Board of the authority to acquire shares in the Company 690,477,479 98.62 9,644,510 1.38 700,121,989 30,729
10b. Proposal to reduce the capital of the Company by cancellation of up to 30 million ordinary shares held in treasury 698,740,645 99.80 1,380,935 0.20 700,121,580 31,138
11a. Designation of the Board as authorised body to issue shares and to grant rights to acquire shares in the capital of the Company 590,189,023 84.30 109,934,338 15.70 700,123,361 29,357
11b. Extension of the designation of the Board as authorised body to limit or exclude pre-emptive rights to the issuance of shares 601,049,124 86.26 95,754,934 13.74 696,804,058 3,348,660

The shares represented were good for 700,152,718 million, which is 71.14% of our issued share capital.

Note: Votes 'withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

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