Bluestem Group Inc. Announces Reporting Dates for First-half 2020 Earnings Results

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bluestem Group Inc. (“BGI” or the “Company”) (OTCMKTS: BGRP) today announced that it plans to report the Company’s unaudited financial results for the 26-weeks ended July 31, 2020 and August 2, 2019, in early September. The Company’s unaudited financial results will include its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bluestem Brands, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “BBI”) for the period through June 2, 2020, the date on which BGI provided notice to BBI that it had deconsolidated from and abandoned the stock of BBI, in order to protect and maintain control of the Company’s tax attributes (the “Deconsolidation”). As a result of the Deconsolidation, the Company’s results for all periods subsequent to June 2, 2020 will exclude financial results for BBI. On March 8, 2020 BBI filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

About Bluestem Group Inc.

Bluestem Group Inc. is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Prior to June 2, 2020, the Company, through its subsidiary Bluestem Brands, Inc., operated multiple direct to consumer retail brands. On June 2, 2020, the Company deconsolidated from and abandoned the stock of Bluestem Brands, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Bluestem Group Inc. currently has limited operations other than as the owner and lessor of certain commercial real estate properties.

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