DGAP-Adhoc: Bertelsmann AG: Release concerning the interpretation of the assessment bases for profit and loss participation in the Terms and Conditions for the Issuance of Profit Participation Certificates of 2001

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Bertelsmann AG / Miscellaneous

28.08.2009 

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Gütersloh, August 28, 2009 - Bertelsmann AG has resolved for clarification
purposes that, in accordance with the treatment in the Terms and Conditions
for the Issuance of Profit Participation Certificates of 1992 (ISIN DE
0005229900), in determining the share of earnings (share of profits as
defined in Section 4, paragraphs 1 and 2) and share of losses as defined in
Section 5 of the Terms and Conditions for the Issuance of Profit
Participation Certificates of 2001 that are allocated to the profit
participation certificates of 2001 (ISIN DE 0005229942), the consolidated
annual net income shall be adjusted for impairments of goodwill that
negatively affect earnings. This may raise the assessment basis for
determining the profit share in favor of the holders of profit
participation certificates 2001 and may positively affect the assessment
basis for determining the share of loss in favor of the holders of profit
participation certificates 2001.

The adjustment for impairments of goodwill applies to the consolidated
annual net income but not to the profit distribution provision in Section
4, paragraph 3 of the Terms and Conditions for the Issuance of Profit
Participation Certificates of 2001, which pertains solely to the annual net
income of Bertelsmann AG.

Further details will be published in the announcement concerning the
interpretation of the assessment bases in the Terms and Conditions for the
Issuance of Profit Participation Certificates of 2001, scheduled to appear
on September 1, 2009, in the electronic version of the Federal Gazette
(Bundesanzeiger) and in the Financial Times Deutschland.




Press inquiries:
Bertelsmann AG  
Andreas Grafemeyer 
Corporate Communications  
Phone: +49 (0) 52 41 - 80 24 66 
andreas.grafemeyer@bertelsmann.de 

Investor inquiries:
Bertelsmann AG
Roger Schweitzer
Corporate Treasury and Finance
Phone: +49 (0) 52 41 - 80 22 49
roger.schweitzer@bertelsmann.de



Bertelsmann AG, Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 270, 33311 Gütersloh.
ISIN DE0005229942, Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt und Düsseldorf.
DGAP 28.08.2009 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Bertelsmann AG
              Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße 270
              33311 Gütersloh
              Deutschland
Phone:        05241/80-0
Fax:          05241/80-966 2
E-mail:       info@bertelsmann.de
Internet:     www.bertelsmann.de
ISIN:         DE0005229942, DE0005229900
WKN:          522994, 522990
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard),
              Düsseldorf; Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Stuttgart,
              Hamburg
 
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