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Orell Füssli acquires hep Verlag and becomes the largest private Swiss publisher of learning media

Orell Füssli AG / Key word(s): Takeover Orell Füssli AG: Orell Füssli acquires hep Verlag and becomes the largest private Swiss publisher of learning media 06-Jul-2022 / 07:00 CET/CEST Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Ad-hoc press release

Orell Füssli acquires hep Verlag and becomes the largest private Swiss publisher of learning media

Zurich, 6 July 2022 - Orell Füssli is acquiring a majority stake in hep Verlag, a leading supplier of Swiss learning media. With this move, Orell Füssli Publishing and hep Verlag are joining forces in the field of learning media for various school and training levels and in the development of a convergent learning media system in the field of e-learning and hybrid offerings. Through this acquisition Orell Füssli is significantly expanding its existing publishing portfolio, strengthening its position in the attractive market for learning media and taking a significant step in the implementation of its growth strategy in the education sector. hep Verlag will continue to be run as an independent publishing house in Berne with the existing management team.

The government’s competence-oriented educational mandate and new, digital application possibilities in the field of education are leading to a strong increase in demand for innovative, hybrid or purely digital learning media at all school levels and in vocational education and training. Orell Füssli Publishing and hep Verlag intend to jointly address the attractive market potential and will in future develop and offer a broad, coordinated portfolio of digital learning media geared to action competences in addition to traditional printed learning materials. The complementary portfolios of Orell Füssli and hep offer ideal conditions for positioning themselves as leading suppliers in the education market for learning content and for playing a decisive role in shaping the digital transformation in the learning media sector in future. The merger will create one of the largest and most important educational media publishers in Switzerland.