EANS-Adhoc: USU Software AG exceeds targets for fiscal year 2012 according to provisional calculations. Group sales over EUR 50 million for the first time and adjusted EBIT moves past EUR 7 million

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Earnings Forecast/annual report
06.03.2013

March 6, 2013 - According to provisional calculations, USU Software
AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU28) improved Group sales in line with IFRS by over
12% to EUR 51.2 million in fiscal year 2012 (2011: EUR 45.6 million).
As a result, the company moved past the EUR 50 million threshold for
the first time in its history. This figure does not include the
majority stake in BIG Social Media GmbH, Berlin, acquired on 20
December 2012. This is because the BIG stake was only transferred
officially to USU Software AG with the payment of the first
instalment of the purchase price on 15 January 2013.

Particularly successful in the reporting period was progress made in
international business. This surged by 70% against the previous year
to reach EUR 9.2 million (2011: EUR 5.4 million). The share of
consolidated sales generated outside Germany therefore rose from
12.0% in 2011 to 18% during the year under review, already moving
past the medium-term target for international sales as a share of
total sales of 15%.

Owing to the extraordinary effect of the final Aspera acquisition in
the 2012 fiscal year and the associated non-recurring expense for the
purchase price adjustment of EUR 1.9 million, EBIT totalled EUR 3.5
million (2011: EUR 4.6 million).At the same time, USU generated
cumulative tax income of EUR 1.4 million, mainly the result of
recognising deferred tax assets, after tax expenditure of EUR 1.0
million in the previous year. Overall, the unadjusted net result in
the USU Group improved by 36% from EUR 3.5 million in the previous
year to EUR 4.8 million. This translates into earnings per share of
EUR 0.46 (2011: EUR 0.34).

After adjustment for acquisition-related extraordinary effects, in
2012 the USU Group improved adjusted EBIT by 8% to EUR 7.1 million
(2011: EUR 6.5 million) Adjusted consolidated earnings rose by 36% as
against the previous year to EUR 7.2 million (2011: EUR 5.3 million).
This corresponds to adjusted earnings per share of EUR 0.69 (2011:
EUR 0.50).

With sales growth of 12% to more than EUR 51 million and adjusted
EBIT to over EUR 7 million, the USU Group considerably outperformed
the relevant IT markets, at the same time exceeding its targets. ?
For fiscal 2013, the USU Software AG Management Board expects the
growth trend to continue, with sales moving up to at least EUR 58
million and EBIT to over EUR 8 million. For subsequent years, the
Management Board also expects sales above the average market level,
while continuing to improve the earnings margin. In the medium-term
planning of the Management Board, it is planned to cross the EUR 100
million sales mark in the next five years.

The Management Board will publish the final audited figures for 2012
and the proposal for the appropriation of net profits on March 26,
2013.

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====================================== USU Software AG The USU Group
is Europe's largest provider of IT Management and Knowledge
Management software. Market leaders from every sector of the
international economy create transparency with USU applications,
while also increasing flexibility, decreasing risks and cutting
costs. In addition to USU AG (founded in 1977), the subsidiaries
Aspera GmbH, LeuTek GmbH, OMEGA Software GmbH, USU Consulting GmbH
and BIG Social Media GmbH belong to USU Software AG (ISIN DE
000A0BVU28), which is listed in the Prime Segment of the German Stock
Exchange (DAX) in Frankfurt and on the German Entrepreneurial Index
(GEX).

Further inquiry note:
USU Software AG
Investor Relations
Falk Sorge
Spitalhof
D-71696 Möglingen
Tel.: +49 (0) 71 41 - 48 67 351
Fax: +49 (0) 71 41 - 48 67 108
E-Mail: f.sorge@usu-software.de

USU Software AG
Corporate Communications
Dr. Thomas Gerick
Tel.: +49 (0) 71 41 - 48 67 440
Fax: +49 (0) 71 41 - 48 67 909
E-Mail: t.gerick@usu-software.de

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issuer: USU Software AG
Spitalhof
D-71696 Möglingen
phone: +49 (0)7141 4867 0
FAX: +49 (0)7141 4867 20
mail: investor@usu-software.de
WWW: http://www.usu-software.de
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