DGAP-PVR: Bastei Lübbe AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

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Bastei Lübbe AG 

15.10.2013 16:53

Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Bastei Lübbe AG - Announcement under sect. 26 (1) of the German securities
trading act (Wertpaperhandelsgesetz -WpHG)

Bastei Lübbe AG, Cologne, Germany: Publication with the aim of Europe-wide
propagation:

On 10 October 2013 Bastei Lübbe AG, Schanzenstraße 6 - 20, 51063 Cologne,
Germany (ISIN DE000A1X3YY0, WKN A1X3YY) received the following voting
rights announcements under sect. 21 (1a) of the German securities trading
act (WpHG) (announcement on initial admission):

1.  Lübbe Beteiligungs-GmbH, Cologne, Germany informed us under sect. 21
(1a) of the German securities trading act (WpHG) that on 7 October 2013,
the date of initial admission of the shares of Bastei Lübbe AG to trading
on the regulated market on the securities exchange in Frankfurt am Main,
its share of the voting rights in our company stood at 22.56 % (3,000,000
voting rights).

2. Mr Stefan Lübbe, Germany informed us under sect. 21 (1a) of the German
securities trading act (WpHG) that on 7 October 2013, the date of initial
admission of the shares of Bastei Lübbe AG to trading on the regulated
market on the securities exchange in Frankfurt am Main, his share of the
voting rights in our company stood at 65.41 % (8,700,000 voting rights).

 22.56 % thereof (3,000,000 voting rights) was attributable to him under
sect. 22 (1) 1st sentence No. 1. of the German securities trading act
(WpHG) and was held by the following company under his control:

  - Lübbe Beteiligungs-GmbH.

Additionally a further 3.76% (500,000 voting rights) was attributable to
him under sect. 22 (2) of the German securities trading act (WpHG) from the
following shareholders whose share in the voting rights in Bastei Lübbe AG
stands at 3% or more:

  - Mrs Birgit Lübbe.

3. Mrs Birgit Lübbe, Germany informed us under sect. 21 (1a) of the German
securities trading act (WpHG) that on 7 October 2013, the date of initial
admission of the shares of Bastei Lübbe AG to trading on the regulated
market on the securities exchange in Frankfurt am Main, her share of the
voting rights in our company stood at 65.41 % (8,700,000 voting rights).

61.65 % thereof (8,200,000 voting rights) was attributable to her under
sect. 22 (2) of the German securities trading act (WpHG) from the following
shareholders whose share in the voting rights in Bastei Lübbe AG stands at
3% or more:

  - Mr Stefan Lübbe;

  - Lübbe Beteiligungs-GmbH. 

Cologne, October 2013

The Management Board


Contact:
Barbara Fischer
Head of Public Relations
Phone: +49(0) 221 8200 2850
Mail: barbara.fischer@luebbe.de



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Language:     English
Company:      Bastei Lübbe AG
              Schanzenstraße 6 - 20  
              51063 Köln
              Germany
Internet:     www.luebbe.de
 
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