RTL Group Markenverwaltungs GmbH

RTL Group Deutschland Markenverwaltungs GmbH holds and exploits industrial property rights, in particular trademarks in the media sector, and is an entity of RTL Group S.A. in Luxembourg. The company grants trademark licenses to affiliated companies such as RTL Television, RTL Radio Deutschland, Super RTL, RTL II, n-tv and SPREERADIO and generated sales of EUR 46.9 million from this activity in fiscal year 2008. The largest licensee by far in 2008 was RTL Television with license revenues of 41,815 TEUR, making the company highly dependent on that broadcaster's advertising success. The company has no employees, reports trademark assets with a book value of EUR 838,861,432 and equity of 1,100,025 TEUR.