Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation: version 1

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# Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation
disambiguation: Luxembourg holding company of the BC Partners funds, called SSBMG in Springer Nature's filings
summary: Luxembourg holding company through which funds advised by BC Partners hold their majority stake in Springer Nature.
legal_name: Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l.
registered_address: 18 rue Erasme, L-1468 Luxembourg
country: LU
register_ids: LU-RCS:B256711, LEI:213800YU1KMP386YHF59
founded: 2021-07
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target              | market | from | until | ended | status  | source  | note                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ---------- | ------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| parent_org | company/bc-partners |        |      |       |       | sourced | ^sncg25 | Springer Nature's corporate governance statement calls SSBMG an indirect subsidiary of funds advised by BC Partners LLP whose general partner BC Partners Holdings Limited controls. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                                           | type   | locale | from | until |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| SSBMG                                                          | search |        |      |       |
| Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l. | legal  |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref        | url                                                                                              | title                                                                                                 | accessed   | publisher       | kind         | published  | record_id            | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| gleifssbmg | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/213800YU1KMP386YHF59                                    | GLEIF LEI record 213800YU1KMP386YHF59: Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l. | 2026-09-21 | GLEIF           | registry     |            | 213800YU1KMP386YHF59 |         |         |             |          |
| 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 |                      |         |         |             |          |
| sncg25     | https://annualreport.springernature.com/2025/files/sn-ar-25-corporate-governance.pdf             | Springer Nature Annual Report 2025: corporate governance                                              | 2026-09-21 | Springer Nature | manufacturer | 2026-03-31 |                      |         |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l., SSBMG in Springer Nature's filings, is a holding company at 18 rue Erasme in Luxembourg, entered in the Luxembourg trade and companies register under B256711 in July 2021.[^gleifssbmg] It is one of the two majority shareholders of Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA: it holds its shares under a voting rights pooling agreement with GvH Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft XXXIII mbH of Stuttgart, nominates two members of Springer Nature's supervisory board and its deputy chair, and holds part of the shares in the general partner, Springer Nature Management Aktiengesellschaft.[^snar25][^sncg25]

Springer Nature's corporate governance statement describes SSBMG as a majority-owned and controlled indirect subsidiary of funds advised by BC Partners LLP, the general partner of which is owned and controlled by BC Partners Holdings Limited.[^sncg25] The voting rights notifications summarised in the 2025 group management report name Springer Science+Business Media GP S.à r.l. and Springer Science+Business Media GP Acquisition SCA, both of Luxembourg, and the Guernsey partnerships BC Partners Galileo (1) L.P. and BC Partners Galileo Holding L.P. among the indirect holders above it.[^snar25]
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