EANS-Adhoc: Supervisory Board of Beta Systems Software AG has approved the planned hiving off of the ECM business

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03.11.2009

Berlin, November 3, 2009 - In accordance with the resolutions passed
today, the Management Board of Beta Systems Software AG, Berlin,
(BSS, ISIN DE0005224406) and the management of ECM Solutions GmbH,
Berlin, intend to hive off Beta Systems Software AG´s Enterprise
Content Management (ECM) business and to transfer it to ECM Solutions
GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beta Systems Software AG. The
Supervisory Board of Beta Systems Software AG has today approved the
resolution of the Management Board.

The shareholders of Beta Systems Software AG will be asked for their
approval of the spin-off before the end of this year. The respective
extraordinary meeting of shareholders is likely to be convened at
short notice in November and to take place in December 2009.

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====================================== 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 automated processing of large volumes of data and
documents. These products and solutions serve to enhance process
optimization, improve security and make IT more agile. They guarantee
compliance with business requirements in respect of governance, risk
management and compliance (GRC) and raise the performance of a
company's IT in respect of availability, scalability and flexibility.

Beta Systems’ IT infrastructure software product segment
(Infrastructure & Operations Management) is geared towards optimizing
job and output management in data centers across all sectors. In
addition, Beta Systems offers products for automating IT user
administration to companies with high numbers of users. In its ECM
Solutions Division (ECM & Document Solutions) Beta Systems develops
customized solutions for large enterprises in the financial services
sector, industry and trading in the areas of payments, processing of
incoming post and general document management.

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. Throughout the world more than 1,400 customers use the
products and solutions of Beta Systems in more than 3,300 running
installations. At present, Beta Systems generates 50 percent of its
sales from international business. Around 200 of its customers are
based in the USA and Canada.

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

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Further inquiry note:

Press 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

Agency contact:

HBI PR&MarCom GmbH

Alexandra Osmani,

Alexandra Janetzko

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

Fax: +49 (0)89 930 24 45

e-mail: alexandra_osmani@hbi.de

e-mail: alexandra_janetzko@hbi.de

Branche: Software
ISIN: DE0005224406
WKN: 522440
Index: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technologie All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade