Springer Science+Business Media GP: version 1
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# Springer Science+Business Media GP <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Springer Science+Business Media GP
disambiguation: Luxembourg company that is the general partner of Springer Science+Business Media GP Acquisition S.C.A., not that partnership itself
summary: Luxembourg company that is the general partner of Springer Science+Business Media GP Acquisition, a step in the BC Partners chain above Springer Nature.
legal_name: Springer Science+Business Media GP S.à r.l.
registered_address: 18 rue Erasme, L-1468 Luxembourg
country: LU
register_ids: LU-RCS:B176885, EUID:LURCSL.B176885
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/bc-partners-galileo-holdings | | | | | sourced | ^eqspvr24 | The Guernsey limited partnership 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 |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Springer Science+Business Media GP S.à r.l. | legal | | | |
| Springer Science+Business Media GP Sarl | search | | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| ndgpsarl | https://www.northdata.com/Springer+Science+Business+Media+GP+S%C3%A0rl,+Luxembourg | North Data: Springer Science+Business Media GP Sàrl, Luxembourg, RCS B176885, register filings | 2026-09-21 | North Data | registry | | B176885 | | | | |
| 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-->
Springer Science+Business Media GP S.à r.l. is a Luxembourg private limited company (société à responsabilité limitée) at 18 rue Erasme in Luxembourg, registered under RCS B176885, whose filings run from September 2013 to the accounts for 2024.[^ndgpsarl] The register records it as the general partner of Springer Science+Business Media GP Acquisition S.C.A. from the filing of 22 January 2020, and as the shareholder of Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation S.à r.l. at that company's registration on 1 July 2021 until the filing of 2 August 2021, when GP Acquisition took its place.[^ndgpsarl]
Springer Nature's voting-rights notification of 9 October 2024, filed for BC Partners Holdings Limited when the shares were first admitted to trading, places this company between BC Partners Galileo Holding L.P. of St Peter Port, Guernsey, above it, and GP Acquisition below it, in the chain of controlled undertakings that ends at Springer Science+Business Media Galileo Participation, the direct holder of the BC Partners stake in Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA.[^eqspvr24] The 2025 group management report names it, as Springer Science+Business Media GP S.à r.l. of Luxembourg, among the indirect holders of more than 10 per cent of the voting rights in Springer Nature.[^snar25] Its managing directors on the register file are Giuliano Bidoli, Christelle Rétif and Pierre Stemper, with Ernst & Young as auditor.[^ndgpsarl]
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