Bastei Lübbe AG

Regulatory Filings • Oct 6, 2014

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Ad-hoc | 6 October 2014 14:24

Bastei Lübbe AG has signed a long-term contract with Amazon

Bastei Lübbe AG / Key word(s): Contract

06.10.2014 14:24

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Ad hoc Press Release in accordance with §15 WpHG (German Securities Trading
Act):

Bastei Lübbe AG has signed a long-term contract with Amazon

Cologne, October 6th, 2014. Media company Bastei Lübbe AG, publisher of
authors like Dan Brown, Ken Follett and Rebecca Gablé and titles such as
"Look Who's Back" and "A Street Cat Named Bob", has signed a long-term
contract with Amazon for the distribution of digital books in Germany as
well as expanding distribution to more than 200 other countries.

About Bastei Lübbe AG:
Bastei Lübbe AG is a publically held media company organised around its
publishing venture. The Cologne-based company currently has around 335
employees. It publishes books, audio books, ebooks and digital products in
both the literary and popular science genres, as well as serialised novels
and puzzle magazines. Bastei Lübbe is also actively involved in brand
licensing and the development, production and distribution of gift,
decoration and merchandising articles. Bastei Lübbe has for many years
enjoyed an almost unbroken streak as the market leader in the growing
segment of hard-cover literature; in 2013 its literary ebooks division was
also ranked number one on the market. 2013 saw the company's 60th
anniversary celebration and its launch as a publicly traded company. Shares
of Bastei Lübbe AG are listed in the Prime Standard segment of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (WKN A1X3YY, ISIN DE000A1X3YY0).

Contact for Bastei Lübbe AG:
Barbara Fischer
Director of PR and Event Marketing
Tel.: +49 (0) 221 / 82 00 28 50
Email: 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: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Stuttgart

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