euro adhoc: Beta Systems Software AG / Financial Figures/Balance Sheet / Beta Systems delivers another set of convincing results: brisk business at year-end 2008 and the second record year in a row

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03.03.2009

- Substantial increases and improvement in margins in respect of
earnings before tax (EBT)

Berlin, March 3, 2009 - Pending the outcome of the annual financial
statements audit, Beta Systems Software AG (BSS, ISIN DE0005224406)
generated significantly higher earnings before tax (EBT) which came
to EUR 6.0 million in the fiscal year 2008 (2007: EUR 4.9 million).
According to preliminary calculations, the Berlin-based software
supplier has therefore raised EBT by 22% as compared with the
year-earlier figure.

Total revenues advanced by EUR 1.8 million to EUR 90.4 million (2007:
EUR 88.6 million). This growth was achieved in the wake of strong
business, especially in the fourth quarter of 2008, on the back of a
stronger market position with financial services providers and large
enterprises and also, among other measures, through the acquisition
successfully completed in 2008. Earnings before interest and tax
(EBIT) grew considerably to EUR 6.5 million (2007: EUR 5.8 million).
Similarly, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA) rose to EUR 10.4 million (2007: EUR 9.4
million). The operating cash flow of EUR 2.3 million was clearly
positive as in the preceding quarters of 2008 (2007: EUR -1.3
million).

Preliminary Key Financial Data for the Fiscal Year 2008 - Total
revenues climb by 2% to EUR 90.4 million (2007: EUR 88.6 million) -
EBIT rises to EUR 6.5 million (2007: EUR 5.8 million) / EBIT margin
advances to 7.2% (2007: 6.6%) - EBITDA improves to EUR 10.4 million
(2007: EUR 9.4 million) / EBITDA margin increases to 11.5% (2007:
10.6%)

Preliminary Key Financial Data for Q4/2008 - Strong year-end
business: total revenues climb by 3% to EUR 28.3 million (2007: EUR
27.4 million) - EBIT rises to EUR 5,7 million (2007: EUR 5.1 million)
- EBITDA improves to EUR 6,7 million (2007: EUR 6.0 million)

End of the unscheduled announcement

Information and explanations by the issuer on this unscheduled
announcement:

Outlook for the Fiscal Year 2009 Guidance for revenues and profit can
only be provided with the requisite reserve and caution given the
general economic conditions and the specific risks in the financial
sector. Based on the Company's stable market position, strengthened
in the wake of additions to the holdings portfolio, such as the
effective takeover of the DETEC Group, Management anticipates that
raising revenues and profit should be possible in the current fiscal
year as well. In this process the aim is to outperform the overall
market.

Statement by the Management Board "In 2008, following on from our
turnaround in 2007, we have again delivered impressive proof of the
sustainability of our success by setting new records for revenues and
profitability. Contrary to the general trend in the market, all our
business segments recorded orders placed by the largest German and
European banks, IT and transaction service providers in the
double-digit million euro range which will cover the fiscal years
ahead", explained Kamyar Niroumand, Chief Executive Officer of Beta
Systems Software AG, and added: "This is evidence of the fact that
our customers, especially those in the financial sector, feel the
strong need to take decisive action in the wake of the economic
slowdown in respect of their cost efficiency, risk monitoring and
security requirements, which will lead to sustained and strong demand
for our products, solutions and services."

Gernot Sagl, Chief Financial Officer, commented as follows:
"Optimizing our cost structures within the Group in recent years has
resulted in us making enormous progress in cutting our operational
expenses while raising the operational cash flow and improving the
liquidity and equity position. This has served to strengthen our
financial flexibility enormously and has made us more independent in
the financing of future profitable growth."

The audited annual results of 2008 will be released in their full
version on March 30, 2009.

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 operates through
Centers of Competence in Augsburg, Cologne and Calgary, as well as 19
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.com.

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Contacts:

Company contact:

Beta Systems Software AG

Stefanie Frey

Investor Relations

Tel.: +49 (0)30 726 118-171

Fax: +49 (0)30 726 118-800

e-mail: stefanie.frey@betasystems.com

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Alexandra Osmani,

Alexandra Janetzko

Tel.: +49 (0)89 99 38 87-37/-32

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e-mail: alexandra_osmani@hbi.de

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