CIE Management IX: version 1
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# CIE Management IX <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: CIE Management IX
disambiguation: Guernsey company in the BC Partners chain above Springer Nature, between BC Partners Group Holdings and the Galileo partnerships
summary: Guernsey company in the BC Partners chain above Springer Nature, named with BC Partners as a manager and adviser of the funds behind the stake.
legal_name: CIE Management IX Limited
registered_address: Frances House, PO Box 273, Sir William Place, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3RD
country: GG
register_ids: GG-GR:52062, LEI:5493004T622W7Q1A9338
founded: 2010-06-25
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/bc-partners-group-holdings | | | | | sourced | ^eqspvr24 | Directly above it in the chain of controlled undertakings in Springer Nature's October 2024 voting-rights notification. |
| parent_org | company/bc-partners-holdings | | | | | sourced | ^eqspvr24 | The company at the head of that chain. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| CIE Management IX Limited | legal | | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| gleifcie | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/5493004T622W7Q1A9338 | GLEIF LEI record 5493004T622W7Q1A9338: CIE Management IX Limited | 2026-09-21 | GLEIF | registry | | 5493004T622W7Q1A9338 | | | | |
| eqspvr24 | https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2024-10/63477905-eqs-pvr-springer-nature-ag-co-kgaa-release-according-to-article-40-section-1-of-the-wphg-the-german-securities-trading-act-with-the-objective-023.htm | EQS Voting Rights Announcement, Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA: notification by BC Partners Holdings Limited | 2026-09-21 | EQS Group | publication | 2024-10-09 | | | | | |
| snar25 | https://annualreport.springernature.com/2025/files/sn-ar-25-combined-group-management-report.pdf | Springer Nature Annual Report 2025: combined group management report | 2026-09-21 | Springer Nature | manufacturer | 2026-03-31 | | | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
CIE Management IX Limited is a Guernsey company at Frances House, Sir William Place, St Peter Port, registered on the island as number 52062 on 25 June 2010 and carrying the LEI 5493004T622W7Q1A9338.[^gleifcie] It sits in the chain of controlled undertakings that Springer Nature published for BC Partners Holdings Limited on 9 October 2024, directly below BC Partners Group Holdings Limited and directly above BC Partners Galileo Holding L.P., the partnership that holds the Luxembourg companies through which the BC Partners funds own their stake in Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA.[^eqspvr24]
Springer Nature's 2025 group management report lists the company, at St Peter Port, among the indirect holders of more than 10 per cent of the voting rights in Springer Nature, and its change-of-control clause treats funds, investors and accounts advised or managed by BC Partners, its affiliates or CIE Management IX Limited as permitted entities.[^snar25]
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