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Bastei Lübbe AG / Key word(s): IPO 03.10.2013 08:11 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cologne, 3 October 2013 - Bastei Lübbe AG, a leading German publishing and media group with renowned authors such as Dan Brown and Ken Follett completed its initial public offering (IPO) despite a challenging market environment, placing shares at an offering price of EUR 7.50 per share. 4,000,000 no par value ordinary bearer shares (shares) with a proportionate amount of the share capital of EUR 1.00 per share were placed. Of these, up to 3,300,000 million shares from a capital increase in Bastei Lübbe AG, which would raise the share capital of EUR10,000,000.00 to up to EUR13,300,000.00. Gross proceeds amounted to EUR30 million. Trading in Bastei Lübbe AG shares in the Prime Standard, the quality segment of the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange characterized by the highest transparency requirements is planned for 8 October 2013. Bastei Lübbe AG plans to use the proceeds from the IPO in their business with focus on intensifying the development of own content as well as the content and rights acquisition of top-selling books and authors. Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG, based in Frankfurt am Main, acted as Sole Global Coordinator and Sole Bookrunner, and Conpair AG, based in Essen, acted as Financial Advisor on the IPO. About Bastei Lübbe AG Bastei Lübbe AG is a German publishing and media group long renowned for bringing popular fiction as well as non-fiction to the mass market. Its business activities include not only paperback and hardback books in print form but also audiobooks, e-books, and other digital publications. Its catalogue includes a wide range of fiction, non-fiction and entertainment products intended for a wide readership, including not only the various highly successful paperback fiction series for which Bastei Lübbe has long been famed but also puzzle books and magazines. The group's business activities additionally include the licensing of book rights and the creation, production and marketing of gift, decorative and merchandising articles. Bastei Lübbe also owns the following non-consolidated shareholdings in companies: 90% of Moravská Bastei MOBA, s.r.o. (Brno, Czech Republic), 100% of Bastei Media GmbH (Erfurt, Germany), 50% of PR�SENTA PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL GmbH (Solingen, Germany), and 100% of Bastei Lübbe Verwaltungs GmbH (Cologne, Germany). The company also has smaller shareholdings in various book and periodical distribution companies, none of which exceeds 5% of the respective company's registered capital. The business activities of Bastei Lübbe are broadly divided into segments: Books, Non-Books, and Popular Fiction and Puzzle Publications, which in turn include various product areas. The group publishes under 13 different labels, which span its full range of market segments and product areas. For the fiscal year 2012/2013, 80% of the group's revenues were derived from the Books segment, while 11% came from Non-Books and the remaining 9% from Popular Fiction and Puzzle Publications. At the end of its fiscal year 2012/2013, the number of staff employed by Bastei Lübbe was 265, compared to 210 at the close of the prior fiscal year. These figures do not include the 15 staff employed by its non-consolidated subsidiary Moravská Bastei MOBA, s.r.o. (Brno, Czech Republic), or at its other non-consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates (Bastei Media GmbH and PR�SENTA PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL GmbH). As of the date of the offering prospectus, the number of staff was 305, a further increase since the end of fiscal year 2012/2013. Barbara Fischer Bastei Lübbe AG Tel. +49 221 82002850 Fax +49 221 82001850 E-Mail: barbara.fischer@luebbe.de 03.10.2013 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Bastei Lübbe AG Schanzenstra�e 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: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard) Notierung vorgesehen / intended to be listed End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------