Bertelsmann AG, Gütersloh (
Ungenannte Str. ??, 33311 Gütersloh, Germany). The Annual General Meeting of May 18, 2005 has decided to amend the Articles of Association in Section 3 (Fiscal Year), Section 5 (Share capital, Profit Share), Section 5 a (Ceo capital), Section 6 (Board of Management), Section 14 (Decisions) and 2 (Object) and with it the amendment of the object of the company.
New object of enterprise: As a group holding company, the company manages a group of companies active in particular in the following business areas: book production and publishing, in particular the operation of book publishing and commercial companies and related companies; operation of printers and printing companies for the production and distribution of all kinds of publishing, printing and electronic products; manufacture and distribution of all types of sound, data and image carriers; the provision of services to printers, publishers and companies in other sectors; manufacture and distribution of products in the field of music and film, radio, television and other forms of electronic individual and mass communication, in particular the production and distribution of music contributions and programmes, cinemaandd and television films and radio and television contributions and programmes of all kinds; Distribution of radio and television programmes and other electronic communications and corresponding parts of the programme as radio and television broadcasters and a.s. providers of electronic communications services of all kinds: publishing and distribution of newspapers, periodicals and other printed products of all kinds.