New Issue-Reed Elsevier sells $250 mln in notes

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Reed Elsevier Capital Inc

on

Tuesday sold $250 million of senior notes in the 144a private placement market, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service.

The notes are guaranteed by Reed Elsevier PLC

and Reed Elsevier NV .

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley were the joint bookrunning managers for the sale.

BORROWER: REED ELSEVIER

AMT $250 MLN COUPON 3.125 PCT MATURITY 10/15/2022 TYPE SR NTS ISS PRICE 99.312 FIRST PAY 04/15/2013 MOODY'S Baa1 YIELD 3.206 PCT SETTLEMENT 10/16/2012 S&P BBB-PLUS SPREAD 150 BPS PAY FREQ SEMI-ANNUAL FITCH A-MINUS MORE THAN TREAS MAKE-WHOLE CALL 25 BPS

(Editing by Diane Craft)

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Keywords: REEDELSEVIER NOTES