DGAP-Adhoc: Bastei Lübbe AG sells majority holding in BEAM AG to UK investor


Bastei Lübbe AG  / Key word(s): Disposal

31.03.2015 16:33

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Bastei Lübbe AG sells majority holding in BEAM AG to UK investor

Cologne, 31 March 2015. The UK Investor Blue Sky Tech Ventures Limited has
acquired 55% of the shares in BEAM AG - which has now become a public
limited company - from Bastei Lübbe AG by effect as per 31 March 2015.
Bastei Lübbe AG retains a 45% holding in BEAM AG. BEAM AG is to be expanded
to form a worldwide platform for digital serial content for reading and
listening via which Bastei Lübbe AG can sell is content. It has been agreed
with Blue Sky Tech Ventures Limited that further renowned investors are to
take up holdings in BEAM AG. It is however to be ensured that these further
investors enter the participation in such a way that Bastei Lübbe AG's
holding in BEAM AG does not fall below 45%.


Contact at Bastei Lübbe AG:
Barbara Fischer
Head of Press and
Event Marketing
Tel.: +49 (0) 221 / 82 00 28 50
E-Mail: barbara.fischer@luebbe.de


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Language:     English
Company:      Bastei Lübbe AG
              Schanzenstraße 6 - 20
              51063 Köln
              Germany
Phone:        02 21 / 82 00 - 0
Fax:          02 21 / 82 00 - 1900
E-mail:       investorrelations@luebbe.de
Internet:     www.luebbe.de
ISIN:         DE000A1X3YY0, DE000A1K0169
WKN:          A1X3YY, A1K016
Listed:       Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
              Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
              Stuttgart
 
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