Bastei Lübbe AG raised earnings guidance for the full year of 2021/2022. For the year, the company expected EBIT in a range between EUR 14.5 million and EUR 15.5 million (previously: EUR 12 million to EUR 13 million). increase results on the one hand from the short-term repayment of a loan in the amount of EUR 1.4 million, which had already been written off and which Bastei Lübbe AG had granted to its subsidiary Daedalic Entertainment GmbH.

On the other hand, the positive operating development continued both in the important Christmas season and in the course of the fourth quarter to date. With regard to consolidated sales in the 2021/2022 financial year, the Executive Board now assumes that the upper end of the forecast of EUR 90 to EUR 95 million will be achieved.