EANS-News: USU Software AG / Final Business Figures of 2012 Confirm Successful Trend - Dividend Increase to EUR 0.25 per Share Announced

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Subtitle: • Clear growth in sales and profits
• Strong increase in international business
• 25% dividend increase on previous year announced
• Consistently solid financing with high Group liquidity
• Plan for sales to surpass EUR 100-million mark within five years

Financial Figures/Balance Sheet

Möglingen (euro adhoc) - Möglingen, March 26, 2013 - USU Software AG
(ISIN DE000A0BVU28) increased Group sales in line with IFRS in fiscal
2012 by 12.4% to EUR 51,229 thousand (2011: EUR 45,597 thousand).
International business proved particularly successful, contributing a
total of EUR 9,192 thousand (2011: EUR 5,412 thousand) to Group
sales. This represents year-on-year growth of 69.8%. The share of
consolidated sales generated outside Germany therefore rose from
11.9% in 2011 to 17.9% during the year under review. In fiscal 2012,
USU thus exceeded its medium-term target of achieving 15% of total
sales abroad.

Broken down by type of sales, license business posted the highest
rise thanks to international expansion, as anticipated. USU thus
increased income from software licenses by 35.1% on the previous year
to EUR 7,997 thousand in 2012 (2011: EUR 5,919 thousand). As a result
of the expansion in software license business, maintenance income
also climbed by 9.9% to EUR 11,679 thousand (2011: EUR 10,624
thousand). In terms of sales of consulting services in the Product
Business and Service Business segments, USU achieved an increase over
the previous year of 11.4% to EUR 29,215 thousand (2011: EUR 26,232
thousand).

Owing to the non-recurring effects of the final Aspera acquisition in
the year under review and the associated non-recurring expense for
the purchase price adjustment of EUR 1,855 thousand, EBITDA for
fiscal 2012 amounted to EUR 5,265 thousand (2011: EUR 6,700
thousand), while EBIT amounted to EUR 3,528 thousand (2011: EUR 4,644
thousand). Mainly as a result of the recognition of deferred tax
assets in connection with the conclusion of the profit transfer
agreement in the period under review between USU Software AG and
Aspera GmbH, USU generated cumulative tax income of EUR 1,380
thousand in fiscal 2012, compared with tax expenditure of EUR 962
thousand in the previous year. Overall, the USU Group generated
unadjusted consolidated earnings in the reporting period of EUR 4,815
thousand (2011: EUR 3,545 thousand), up 35.8%, corresponding to
earnings per share of EUR 0.46 (2011: EUR 0.34).

After adjustment for acquisition-related non-recurring effects, the
USU Group increased its adjusted EBIT by 8.3% to EUR 7,065 thousand
in 2012 (2011: EUR 6,522 thousand). Adjusted consolidated earnings
rose by 35.7% to EUR 7,219 thousand (2011: EUR 5,319 thousand). This
corresponds to adjusted earnings per share of EUR 0.69 (2011: EUR
0.50).

In view of the successful performance of the USU Group and its
positive future prospects, the Management and Supervisory Boards will
propose a 25% increase in the dividend compared with the previous
year to EUR 0.25 (2011: EUR 0.20) per share at the Annual General
Meeting on June 6, 2013.

As a result of the positive development of income, the equity of USU
Software AG increased in 2012 to EUR 52,295 thousand (December 31,
2011: EUR 49,908 thousand) compared with the previous year. With
total assets of EUR 66,721 thousand (December 31, 2011: EUR 70,050
thousand), the equity ratio rose accordingly to 78.4% as of December
31, 2012 (December 31, 2011: 71.2%). As a result of the settlement of
the purchase price for the remaining 49% of shares in Aspera
including the pro rata profit distribution totaling EUR 8,978
thousand and the payment of the dividend to USU shareholders of EUR
2,105 thousand, cash and cash equivalents including securities
declined to a total of EUR 11,408 thousand as of December 31, 2012 in
line with planning (December 31, 2011: EUR 17,630 thousand).

The Group-wide order book for the USU Group increased by 1.9% on the
previous year to EUR 21,914 thousand (2011: EUR 21,501 thousand). The
Group expanded its workforce by 14.6% to 362 (2011: 316) employees.

Following the successful performance in 2012, the Management Board
expects USU Software AG to achieve further growth in sales and
earnings in the coming years. Above all, Product Business is expected
to continue growing. Following the expiry of several major projects
at the end of the year under review and a correspondingly weak start
to the current fiscal year, however, Service Business is not likely
to see business expand until later this year. In fiscal 2013,
positive effects in sales and income are expected to result primarily
from the internationalization of the USU Group. From the second
quarter of 2013, CA Technologies - one of the biggest global software
groups in the USA - will be responsible for global sales growth of
the USU Group's license management solution. In addition to organic
growth, another key element of the Company's strategy is the
expansion of Group activities through the acquisition of companies
and interests in companies. To this end, USU Software AG acquired at
the end of December 2012 a majority stake in BIG Social Media GmbH,
an international provider of SaaS solutions in the area of social
media management that will from 2013 be fully consolidated in the
Group's financial statements.

After sales topped the EUR 50 million mark in 2012, the Management
Board anticipates an increase in consolidated sales to at least EUR
58 million in fiscal 2013. Adjusted EBIT is expected to rise to over
EUR 8 million (2012: EUR 7.1 million) in the same period. At the same
time, shareholders in USU Software AG can expect once again to
participate significantly in the Company's business success through a
continuation of the shareholder-friendly dividend policy established
over recent years.

For subsequent years, the Management Board also expects sales above
the average market level, while continuing to improve the earnings
margin. As part of the Management Board's medium-term plan, sales
growth to over EUR 100 million has been forecast within the next five
years.

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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company: 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
sector: Software
ISIN: DE000A0BVU28
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