DGAP-Ad-hoc: Bastei Lübbe AG / Key word(s): Mergers & Acquisitions 
Bastei Lübbe AG acquires publisher smarticular with sustainability platforms 
 
22-Dec-2020 / 18:05 CET/CEST 
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*Bastei Lübbe AG acquires publisher smarticular with sustainability 
platforms* 
 
Cologne, 22.12.2020. Bastei Lübbe AG (ISIN DE000A1X3YY0) has signed an 
agreement to fully acquire Business Hub Berlin UG: The company operates the 
imprint and publisher smarticular as well as the sustainability platforms 
www.smarticular.net and www.kostbarenatur.net as part of an innovative 
publishing model. The transaction is to be completed in January 2021 with 
economic effect as of 01.01.2021. With the acquisition, Bastei Lübbe AG 
expands and complements its content on the topic of sustainability. It 
further complements the business model of a classic publisher with socially 
relevant, customer-centric content of high integrity by building on the 
feedback and resonance of an organically grown community. Due to the joint 
expansion of the guidebook program, the two companies expect significant 
synergy effects. A significant portion of the purchase price is dependent on 
the future earnings of the acquired business over the next four years. The 
Executive Board expects the acquisition to have a positive impact on the 
Group's earnings already in the 2021 / 2022 financial year. Based on the 
current figures, earnings per share (EPS) would increase by around 20% as a 
result of the acquisition and possible synergy effects. A similar effect is 
expected for subsequent years. 
 
*Contact Bastei Lübbe AG:* 
Barbara Fischer 
Head of Press and Public Relations 
Tel.: +49 (0)221 8200 2850 
E-Mail: 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 
WKN:         A1X3YY 
Listed:      Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated 
             Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, 
             Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange 
EQS News ID: 1157002 
 
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