| bmp media investors AG (ISIN DE0003304200) discloses that, based on an Executive Board resolution dated 27 April 2015, it has acquired new shares in sleepz GmbH today as part of a share purchase and capital increase. After entry of the corporate action into the commercial register, bmp media investors AG will, with 52.73%, become the majority stakeholder in the company, which is expected to be consolidated into bmp media investors AG from 1 May 2015. sleepz GmbH, which was founded in December 2012 and is domiciled in Ludwigsfelde near Berlin, has in a short time acquired a strong market position as an online merchant in the sleep products segment in Germany, with online shops such as www.perfekt-schlafen.de and www.matratzendiscount.de. For the current financial year, revenue of over € 8 million is anticipated; next year, revenue is expected to grow organically to over € 15 million. With this first majority stake, bmp is moving consistently along the path to becoming an operational holding company. In this connection, it is expected that a resolution changing the company's name to 'bmp Holding AG' will be adopted at the upcoming General Stockholders’ Meeting of bmp media investors AG. Legal Basis: Article 56 section 6 of the Act on Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and on Public Companies, as amended. | |
