27.10.2016
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DGAP-News: Bastei Lübbe AG: Repayment of the 2011/16 corporate bond concluded on schedule
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Bastei Lübbe AG: Repayment of the 2011/16 corporate bond concluded on
schedule
27.10.2016 / 16:00
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Bastei Lübbe AG: Repayment of the 2011/16 corporate bond
concluded on schedule
Cologne, 27 October 2016. Bastei Lübbe AG (ISIN DE000A1X3YY0), which is
listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, repaid the
2011/2016 corporate bond (ISIN DE000A1K0169) on schedule on 26 October
2016. The bond issued in October 2011 had an interest coupon of 6.75 % per
year and a total nominal value of EUR 30 million. This total nominal value
plus a final interest payment of EUR 2.025 million was transferred to the
creditors on the due date.
To repay the bond, Bastei Lübbe AG had already concluded a syndicated loan
agreement with a total volume of EUR 33 million with a renowned banking
syndicate in October 2015, which has since been topped up to EUR 53 million
as a result of the acquisition of BuchPartner GmbH and the publishing label
LYX and in order to pre-finance book titles from renowned authors.
Despite the higher level of financing, from the 2017/2018 financial year
the new financing structure will result in considerable annual interest
savings for Bastei Lübbe AG. On a comparative basis of the former bond,
there is an interest saving of over EUR 1 million.
About Bastei Lübbe AG:
Bastei Lübbe AG is an international media group based in Cologne. Its
business operations focus on developing and licensing content distributed
worldwide physically and digitally. The company's core business includes
the traditional publishing business and the periodical puzzle magazines and
novel booklets in the "Book" segment. With its twelve publishers and
imprints, the group of companies currently offers approximately 3,600
titles in fiction, non-fiction and books for children and young adults. In
the growing segment of hardcover fiction, the company has been the market
leader in Germany for many years. At the same time, Bastei Lübbe is driving
innovation in the field of digital media. As well as the production of
thousands of audio and e-books, the "Digital" segment also includes
holdings in the self-publishing platform "BookRix" and the renowned games
publisher "Daedalic Entertainment". Bastei Lübbe AG's value chain is
completed by the investment in the online shop "beam-ebooks.de" and the new
and internationally unique streaming platform "oolipo".
With currently 413 employees and an annual turnover of roughly EUR 104.9
million (financial year 2015/2016), Bastei Lübbe AG is the largest medium-
sized family company in the German publishing industry. Since 2013, the
company's shares have been listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange (WKN A1X3YY, ISIN DE000A1X3YY0). Further information is
available at www.luebbe.de.
Contact Bastei Lübbe AG:
Barbara Fischer
Director / Vice President
Public Relations
Tel.: +49 (0) 221 / 82 00 28 50
E-mail: [email protected]
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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: [email protected]
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, Tradegate Exchange
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