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RNS Number : 8987Q  RELX PLC  23 February 2023

 

News Release

 

Issued on behalf of RELX PLC

 

23 February 2023

Publication of 2022 Annual Report including Financial Statements and Corporate
Responsibility Report and Annual Report on Form 20-F

 

RELX PLC (the "Company") has today published the following documents on the
RELX website at www.relx.com:

 

-     Annual Report including Financial Statements and Corporate
Responsibility Report for the year ended 31 December 2022 (the "2022 Annual
Report");

 

-     2022 Annual Report with Netherlands specific audit opinion (the
"2022 NL Annual Report"); and

 

-     Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2022
("2022 Form 20-F")

 

The 2022 Annual Report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism
and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

The 2022 Form 20-F has been filed with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") today and will shortly be available on the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov (http://www.sec.gov) .

 

The 2022 NL Annual Report has been published in accordance with the European
Single Electronic Format requirements as in force in the European Union and
applicable to RELX by virtue of its listing on Euronext Amsterdam. The 2022 NL
Annual Report has been submitted to the Dutch Authority for the Financial
Markets.

 

The total number of voting rights in RELX PLC's issued share capital
(exclusive of shares held in treasury) is currently 1,909,201,278.

 

Directors' Responsibility Statement

Additional information required to be made available by the Company under Rule
6.3.5 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Financial Conduct
Authority, to the extent not already included in the RELX 2022 Results
Announcement issued on 16 February 2023, is set out below.

 

The following responsibility statement is extracted from page 150 of the 2022
Annual Report and is repeated here solely for the purposes of complying with
Disclosure and Transparency Rule 6.3.5.  Responsibility is for the full 2022
Annual Report, not the information presented in this announcement or the RELX
2022 Results Announcement.

 

Each of the Directors, whose names and roles can be found on pages 98 and 99
of the 2022 Annual Report, confirms that, to the best of their knowledge:

-     the consolidated financial statements, prepared in accordance with
UK adopted International Accounting Standards in conformity with
the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS), following the accounting policies shown in the
notes to the financial statements on pages 167 and 168, give a true and fair
view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of
the Group;

 

-      the individual company financial statements, prepared in
accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 101 "Reduced Disclosure
Framework" (FRS 101), gives a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities,
financial position and profit or loss of the Company; and

-       the management report includes a fair review of the development
and performance of the business and the position of the Group, together with a
description of the principal and emerging risks and uncertainties that it
faces.

Forward-looking statements

The 2022 Annual Report and the 2022 Form 20-F contain forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results or outcomes of RELX PLC (together with its subsidiaries,
"RELX", "we" or "our") to differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statement. We consider any statements that are not historical
facts to be "forward-looking statements". The terms "outlook", "estimate",
"forecast", "project", "plan", "intend", "expect", "should", "could", "will",
"believe", "trends" and similar expressions may indicate a forward-looking
statement. Important factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to
differ materially from estimates or forecasts contained in the forward-looking
statements include, among others: compromises of RELX cyber security systems
or other unauthorised access to our databases; regulatory and other changes
regarding the collection, transfer or use of third-party content and data;
changes in law and legal interpretations affecting RELX intellectual property
rights and internet communications; current and future geopolitical, economic
and market conditions; changes in economic cycles, communicable disease
epidemics or pandemics, severe weather events, natural disasters and
terrorism; changes in tax laws and uncertainty in their application; changes
in the payment model for RELX products; competitive factors in the industries
in which RELX operates and demand for RELX products and services; failure of
third parties to whom RELX has outsourced business activities; breaches of
generally accepted ethical business standards or applicable laws; significant
failure or interruption of RELX systems; inability to realise the future
anticipated benefits of acquisitions; inability to retain high-quality
employees and management; exchange rate fluctuations and other risks
referenced from time to time in the filings of RELX PLC with the US Securities
and Exchange Commission.  You should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of the 2022 Annual
Report and the 2022 Form 20-F. Except as may be required by law, we undertake
no obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of the 2022 Annual
Report and the 2022 Form 20-F, or to reflect events or circumstances after the
date of the 2022 Annual Report and the 2022 Form 20-F, or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

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Enquiries

Paul Abrahams (Media)

Tel: +44 20 7166 5724

paul.abrahams@relx.com

 

Colin Tennant (Investors)

Tel: +44 20 7166 5751

colin.tennant@relx.com

 

Notes for Editors

About RELX

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools
for professional and business customers. RELX serves customers in more than
180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs more than
35,000 people, of whom over 40% are in North America. The shares of RELX PLC,
the parent company, are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock
Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New
York: RELX. The market capitalisation is approximately £48bn, €55bn, $58bn.

 

*Note: Current market capitalisation can be found at
http://www.relx.com/investorcentre (http://www.relx.com/investorcentre)

 

 

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