euro adhoc: Beta Systems Software AG / Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers / Beta Systems strengthens its mainframe business through the acquisition of SI Software Innovation GmbH

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Company Information

27.11.2007

- Management Board plans takeover with effect from January 1, 2008

Berlin, November 27, 2007 - Beta Systems (BSS, ISIN DE0005224406) is
today releasing information on its takeover of all the shares of
Neustadt-based SI Software Innovation GmbH (SI GmbH) as per January
1, 2008. The Management Board and the Supervisory Board, as well as
the shareholders and the Management Board of SI GmbH, have already
agreed the key features of the projected acquisition. With 20 years
of experience in the market, SI GmbH has long-standing customer
relationships with a large number of major enterprises. One of the
company´s core businesses is in the financial services sector. The
company´s customers also include GAD eG and FIDUCIA IT AG, the two
central IT providers for the Volksbanken- und Raiffeisen Verbund
(association of German cooperative banks) with more than 900 banks
linked up in their network. The Large Documents Management System
(LDMS) product of SI GmbH is a central archiving system for
document-based business processes and digital files on IBM´s
state-of-the-art zServer (mainframe) technology. As early as the
financial year 2008, the Management Board is expecting a positive
contribution to the revenues and profit of the Data Center
Infrastructure (DCI) business line, the portfolio which is to
incorporate LDMS suite as a stand-alone product. Confidentiality as
to the details has been agreed in the purchase agreement. The
purchase price is to be funded fully from the company's capital.

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Information and explanations by the issuer on this ad-hoc release:
Kamyar Niroumand, CEO of Beta Systems Software AG, made the following
declaration: "Our intention is to strengthen our highly profitable
mainframe business in particular through this acquisition and to
concertedly build up our market share in data centers in the
financial services sector in our German home market. Moreover, we
anticipate that the combination with our own activities in output
management and archiving will be an effective supplementation to our
portfolio in this business line, both in terms of sales and
technology."

SI Software Innovation GmbH, Neustadt SI Software Innovation GmbH was
founded in 1996 by the staff of the IT providers ICR and EDS. Since
this time, know-how gained in the area of document management
since1986 has been intensified and the LDMS (Large Documents
Management System) product developed into a modern solution for
companies of all sizes operating in all sectors. The company, which
has its head offices in the Weinstraße in Neustadt, currently has 30
employees who are mainly engaged in the area of research and
development, services and sales.

SI GmbH offers fully fledged solutions:
- Output management and list distribution management
- Document management and archive migration
- Scanner services and processing of incoming post

Beta Systems Software AG - Agility Integrated Beta Systems Software
AG Berlin (Prime Standard: BSS, ISIN DE0005224406) develops
high-profile software products and solutions for the secure and
efficient processing of large data volumes. The core businesses of
Beta Systems are document processing as well as IT user management
data processing in data centers and compliance solutions. In
addition, the Beta 4Agility suite offers large companies new
integration products to enhance their agility in IT and business
processes. These products serve to simplify the automation of data
and document processing and enhance the security and performance of
IT.

Beta Systems was founded in 1983, has been a listed company since
1997, and has a workforce of more than 600 employees. The company´s
principal place of business is Berlin. Beta Systems has Centers of
Competence in Augsburg, Cologne and Calgary, as well as 17
subsidiaries worldwide and cooperations with numerous partner
companies. With more than 3,000 running installations, it has a
customer base of more than 1,300 major companies from the sectors of
financial services and IT service providers and industry at large in
Germany, Europe and the USA.

More information on the company and its products can be found under
www.betasystems.

Disclaimer This information does not constitute an offer of
securities for sale or solicitation of an offer to buy securities in
the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the
United States without the registration or an exemption from
registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. Beta Systems Software AG does not intend to register the
securities described herein under the Securities Act, and will not
publicly offer or sell such securities in the United States.

end of announcement euro adhoc 27.11.2007 13:44:03
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Contact information

Company contact:
Beta Systems Software AG
Arne Bassler
Tel.: +49 (0)30 726 118-170
Fax: +49 (0)30 726 118-881
e-mail: arne.bassler@betasystems.com

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Alexandra Osmani, Alexandra Janetzko
Tel.: +49 (0)89 99 38 87-0
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e-mail: alexandra_osmani@hbi.de; Alexandra_Janetzko@hbi.de

Branche: Software
ISIN: DE0005224406
WKN: 522440
Index: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technologie All Share
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