Press Release

Request for an item to be added to the Agenda of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Beta Systems Software Aktiengesellschaft

INFORMATION BY THE COMPANY
AD-HOC PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 OF THE GERMAN SECURITIES TRADING ACT (WPHG)

• New Agenda Item 7: Resolution on raising the capital stock

Berlin, January 27, 2012 – The Management Board of Beta Systems Software Aktiengesellschaft (BSS, ISIN DE0005224406) hereby gives notice that, pursuant to Section 122 para. 2 of the German Securities Trading Act, a request been received for the addition of a new item to the Agenda of the Annual General Meeting of Share-holders of Beta Systems Software Aktiengesellschaft.

Upon the request of the shareholder Deutsche Balaton Aktiengesellschaft, Heidelberg, the following item has been added to Agenda of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders as Item 7 for resolution, along with Agen-da Items 1 to 6, in accordance with Sections 122 para. 2, and 124 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act.

Deutsche Balaton Aktiengesellschaft, Heidelberg, has submitted the following proposal for resolution:

“a) To raise the capital stock of the company, currently amounting to € 17,275,588.20, divided into 13,288,914 bearer shares, from € 17,275,588.20 by up to € 8,637,794.10 to up to € 25,913,382.30 through the issuance of up to 6,644,457 new bearer shares against cash contribution, each share with a pro rata amount of € 1.30 in the cap-ital stock. The new shares are dividend bearing as from the start of the current fiscal year when the capital in-crease is entered into the Commercial Register.

b) The new shares are to be offered to the shareholders for subscription at an issuance price of € 1.30 per share against cash contribution in a ratio of 2 to 1. The time limit for accepting the subscription offer will end two weeks at the earliest after the subscription offer is announced.”

The full wording of the request for this additional agenda item and the statement by the Management Board will be relayed in the form of an announcement to the electronic German Federal Gazette and to suitable media for publication, the assumption being that these parties will disseminate the information throughout the whole of the European Union. Furthermore, the announcement will be posted on the company’s website for downloading at http://www.betasystems.com under the Investor Relations/Annual General Meeting of Shareholders heading.

End of the ad-hoc release

 
 

Beta Systems Software AG
Beta Systems Software AG (General Standard: BSS, ISIN DE0005224406) provides high-quality software products and solutions in the IT security and transparency area, as well as for the automated processing of ultra-large data and document volumes. In its “Data Center Automation & Audit”, “Identity & Access Governance” and “Document Processing & Audit” business areas, the company supports customers from the financial services, industrial, retail/wholesale, logistics and IT services areas in the optimization of IT security and the automation of business process, and with an extensive range of products, solutions and consulting in the “GRC – Governance, Risk & Compliance” area for legal and business compliance requirements.

Beta Systems was founded in 1983, has been listed on the stock market since 1997. The Berlin headquartered company employs 290 members of staff. Beta Systems operates both nationally and internationally with 13 Group companies and numerous partner companies. Globally, more than 1,300 customers in over 30 countries are optimizing their processes and improving their security in more than 3,200 operational installations using Beta Systems products and solutions. The com-pany is one of Europe’s leading medium-sized, independent software solution providers, and generates around 50% of its revenue abroad.

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

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