EANS-WpUEG: Software AG / Publication of the decision to make a public takeover offer pursuant to Section 10 Paras. 1 and 3 in conjunction with Sections 29, 34 of the German Securities Acquisition and

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Publication of the offer document under: http://www.softwareag.com/Corporate/inv_rel/default.asp

offeror:
Company: SAG Beteiligungs GmbH (currently still registered under the corporate name Kronen tausend445 GmbH)

Address: Uhlandstraße 12, 64297 Darmstadt, Germany

registered with the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) Düsseldorf under registration no. HRB 61302

ISIN: DE 0003304002

offeree:
Company: IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft

Address: Altenkesseler Straße 17, 66115 Saarbrücken, Germany

registered with the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) Saarbrücken under registration no. HRB 11548

Ordinary shares: ISIN DE0006257009 (WKN: 625700)

Voluntary public takeover offer

The shares of the target company are admitted to trading on the
Regulated Market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and
are traded on the unofficial regulated market of all other German
stock exchanges as well as on the electronic trading system XETRA.

The offer document and further information relating to the offer will
be published on the internet at
http://www.softwareag.com/corporate/inv_rel/default.asp.

On 13 July 2009, SAG Beteiligungs GmbH (currently still registered
under the corporate name Kronen tausend445 GmbH) has decided to make
an offer to the shareholders of IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft,
Saarbrücken, to acquire their non-par value bearer shares in IDS
Scheer Aktiengesellschaft, each share constituting a notional
proportionate amount of EUR 1.00 in the registered share capital, by
means of a voluntary public takeover offer against payment of a cash
consideration of EUR 15.00 per non-par value share.

Apart from this, the offer will be made on and subject to the terms
and conditions yet to be communicated in the offer document. In
particular, it is likely to be made subject to clearance by the
competent merger control authorities.

Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer, the founder and
chairman of the supervisory board of IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft,
and Professor Dr. Alexander Pocsay, the co-founder and deputy
chairman of the supervisory board of IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft,
have undertaken to accept the offer for all shares in IDS Scheer
Aktiengesellschaft held by them, i.e. for a total of 15,332,622
shares (approximately 47.68% of the share capital and the voting
rights).

SAG Beteiligungs GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Software
Aktiengesellschaft, Darmstadt.

Important information: This announcement is neither an offer to
purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell, shares. The final
conditions and further provisions regarding the offer will be
communicated in the offer document after the publication has been
approved by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
(BaFin). SAG Beteiligungs GmbH reserves the right to change terms and
conditions of the offer to the extent permissible under applicable
law. Shareholders of IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft are strongly
advised to read the offer document as well as all other documents in
connection with the offer as soon as these are published, since these
will contain important information.

Darmstadt, 13 July 2009

SAG Beteiligungs GmbH
The Management

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Further inquiry note:

Otmar F. Winzig,

Vice President, Head of Investor Relations & Compliance

Phone: +49-6151-92-1669

Email: otmar.winzig@softwareag.com

Branche: Software
ISIN: DE0003304002
WKN: 330400
Index: TecDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share, Technologie All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
Hannover / free trade