01.12.2016
Bastei Lübbe AG DE000A1X3YY0
DGAP-News: Bastei Lübbe AG's Annual General Meeting elects new Supervisory Board
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Bastei Lübbe AG's Annual General Meeting elects new Supervisory Board
01.12.2016 / 10:09
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Bastei Lübbe AG's Annual General Meeting elects new Supervisory Board
- Shareholders approve management's proposals
- Annual General Meeting resolves dividend of EUR 0.10 per share
- Robert Stein, Prof Friedrich L. Ekey and Dr Mirko Alexander Caspar
elected as new Supervisory Board members
Cologne, December 1, 2016. On 30 November 2016, Bastei Lübbe AG (ISIN
DE000A1X3YY0), which is listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange, held its Annual General Meeting on the past 2015/2016 financial
year in Cologne. At the end of the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders
approved all of management's proposals on the agenda.
The Annual General Meeting started with the Management Board's review of
the past financial year. In his presentation, CEO Thomas Schierack reported
on operating performance in the 2015/2016 financial year in addition to the
company's strategic position and development. However, he also addressed
the balance sheet issue related to the further sale of shares in oolipo AG
and Daedalic Entertainment GmbH at the same time. "This was not an easy
year for us, but we are now in a good position and have the right strategy
and good products. We will also see this in the results in the years to
come," said Schierack.
The general debate focused on the election of the new members of the
Supervisory Board. The incumbent members of the Supervisory Board resigned
from office from the end of the Annual General Meeting. In accordance with
the proposal on the agenda, Mr Robert Stein (Senior Investment Advisor at
Rianta Capital Zurich AG and Managing Director of CAPNET), Prof Friedrich
L. Ekey (Attorney-at-Law and Professor of Business Law at Rheinische
Fachhochschule Cologne) and Dr Mirko Alexander Caspar (Managing Director of
Mister Spex) were voted in until the end of the Annual General Meeting that
adopts the resolution on the official approval of the Supervisory Board for
the financial year ending on 31 March 2018. The election of Mr Robert Stein
as the Chairman of the new Supervisory Board is planned as part of a
subsequent constituent meeting.
"Bastei Lübbe is an exciting company with sustainable growth potential. I
am delighted to be able to accompany this as the designated Chairman of the
Supervisory Board, "said Robert Stein at the Annual General Meeting.
In addition to the company's Supervisory Board election, the resolution on
the dividend was also on the agenda. The Annual General Meeting approved a
dividend of EUR 0.10 per share by a large majority. Of the net profit of
EUR 2,510,695.77 reported in the annual financial statements, the company
is paying a total of EUR 1,320,010.00 as a dividend to shareholders. The
remainder of the net profit of EUR 1,190,685.77 is to be carried forward to
new account.
At the time of voting, around 68.2% of the statutory share capital of
Bastei Lübbe AG was represented at its Annual General Meeting.
The Management Board's presentation and the voting results have been
published at www.luebbe.com under Investor Relations.
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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