DGAP-News: Bastei Lübbe AG: Successful first six months of the financial year
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Bastei Lübbe AG: Successful first six months of the financial year
11.11.2013 / 11:38
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Cologne 11/11/2013. Media company Bastei Lübbe has reported pleasing
growth for the first half of the current financial year. Following its IPO
in October 2013, Bastei Lübbe has now published its figures for the first
interim report to 30 September 2013. The results are thoroughly positive.
Sales have increased by 37.8% to EUR 56.0 million (PY: EUR 40.6 million).
Sales growth has also been influenced by the publication of Dan Brown's
latest bestseller, 'Inferno'. All three segments of Bastei Lübbe (books,
non-books and popular paperback fiction and puzzle books) reported
increased sales for the first six months.
Digital sales climbed in a year-on-year comparison from EUR 2.8 million to
EUR 6.5 million (+232%) and account for just under 16% of Print sales.
Operative earnings rose by 326 % to EUR 7.5 million (PY: EUR 2.3 million)
in the first six months. Half-year earnings were equally as strong. These
increased to EUR 5.2 million from EUR 822,000 in the previous year.
These figures are significantly higher than the previous year and
considerably better than forecast. Bastei Lübbe can therefore assume that
its planned targets for the entire year will be achieved.
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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(at)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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