Springer Verlag and

Kluwer Academic Publishers as

One Company

CALIS, Dalian May 21, 2004

Maurice Kwong, Springer Hong Kong

Agenda Today

• Background of Springer Verlag

• Background of Kluwer Academic Publishers

• Some Facts and Figures of the “new” Springer

• Future Development

Background of Springer Verlag

Founded in Berlin By Julius Springer

International Expansion

New York (1964), London (1983), Tokyo (1983)

Paris and Hong Kong (1986)

Acquisition of Birkhäuser Verlag

Purchase of Springer Group by Bertelsmann

Foundation of BertelsmannSpringer Science + Business Media

Purchase of Investment Bankers, Cinven and Candover

Renamed Springer Science + Business Media

New Board of Directors

1842

Since 1960’s

1986

1999

10/2003

2/2004

Imprints and Distribution Arrangements

Background of Kluwer Academic Publishers

A.E. Kluwer founded the Dutch publishing house

Acquisition of Baltzer journals

Purchase of investment bankers, Cinven and Candover

New Board of Directors

Merge with Springer Verlag to form

Springer Science + Business Media

1889

1970

1998

1/2003

2/2004

Acquisition of Martinus Nijhoff

Acquisition of D. Riedel Publishing

Foundation of Kluwer Academic Publishers

Acquisition of Plenum Publishers

Acquisition of Chapman & Hall Publishers

2000

Imprints and Distribution Arrangements

+

Springer & Kluwer Academic As One Company

SV-London

SV-New York

SV-Heidelberg

SV-Vienna

SV-Tokyo

Total: 52Total: 52

Springer-Verlag and Kluwer Academic Publishing Companies almost everywhere

KAP-New York

KAP-London

KAP-Dordrecht

KAP-Moscow

SV Hong Kong

Springer Today

1,500 Employees

2,500 new books annually

Over 20,000 books in print

Over 500 journals in print + electronic forms

Kluwer Today

600 Employees

1,500 new books annually

Over 15,000 books in print

Over 680 journals in print + electronic forms

Global Editorial Network and international presence with focus in America, Europe and Asia

49

72

79

93

102

112

136

140

227

237Life Science

Mathematics

Engineering

Computer Science

Chemical Science

Physics + Astronomy

Environmental Sci

Geo Science

Psychology

Medicine

New Springer –

Number of STM Journal titles

43

16

16

18

25

26

114

New Springer –

Number of Social Science

Journal titles

Economics

Social Science

Philosophy

Education

Law

Linguistics

Humanities

Average Price vs Annual Increase in Price(Dollar Zone)

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

14.0%

16.0%

18.0%

20.0%

$0 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500

Springer + Kluwer

Market Average

9.1%, $1,000+

Worldwide Library Consortia Arrangements

12

35

68

170

5

25

45

66

100

167

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Springer Link

Kluwer Online

Current Contracts and Agreements

All Current Springer Link and Kluwer Online consortia

contracts will be honoured to expiry date

Contracts up for renewal will be rolled into new Springer arrangements

No extra price increase will occur as a result of the merger

Electronic Journal Publishing Platform

Goal of December 31, 2004

One Publishing Platform

Integrated Sites

User Input Usage Report Upgrade

Science

ProfessionalGraduate Text

TradeUndergraduate Text

The STM book triangle

Our focus

The New Springer STM Book Programme

STM Publishers Programme Size/Price Grid

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$50.00

$100.00

$150.00

$200.00

$250.00

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Number of Titles

Avera

ge P

rice

Springer

Kluwer

Academic

Market average US$ 86

Some Important Dates to Note :

1/7/2004 : New organization in effect

Return of imprint name KAP

1/10/2004 :Combined Customer Service and Fulfillment of books in effect

1/4/2005 : Combined Journals Invoicing and Fulfillment of journals in effect

We Will Work Harder Than Anybody Else Because :

We are only number 2 in the market.

Thank you very much !

Your Contact :

Springer Hong Kong

1702 Tower 1

Enterprise Square

Kowloon Bay, Kowloon

Hong Kong SAR

People’s Republic of China