EANS-News: Beta Systems presents its audited annual results 2009 and releases its outlook

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Berlin (euro adhoc) - Berlin, March 29, 2010 - Beta Systems Software
AG (BSS, ISIN DE0005224406) is releasing its results for the fiscal
year 2009 through its audited and certified annual financial
statements presented as part of the Annual Results Press Conference
which takes place today.

Presentation of the audited 2009 Annual Results Earnings before
interest and tax (EBIT) came to EUR 1.4 million in 2009 (2008: EUR
6.4 million) and EBITDA (EBIT before depreciation and amortization)
to EUR 4.9 million (2008: EUR 10.3 million). Earnings before tax
(EBT) stood at EUR 1.7 million (2008: EUR 6.0 million) and
consolidated net income (pursuant to IFRS) remained distinctly
positive at EUR 1.2 million (2008: EUR 4.8 million). Earnings per
ordinary share posted EUR 0.09 (2008: EUR 0.36). Similarly, the net
profit for the year of Beta Systems Software AG, which came to EUR
0.5 million in year 2009 (2008: EUR 1.3 million) calculated under
HGB, was also clearly positive.

Performance of the lines of business (LoBs) The impact of global
financial crisis on the Lines of Business varied: The infrastructure
business remained stable (Data Center Infrastructure (DCI) LoB) and
even achieved growth (Identity Management (IdM) LoB). By contrast,
however, the ECM solutions business (Enterprise Content Management
(ECM) LoB) was hard hit by the crisis as its main customers, which
are banks and insurance companies, held back on investment
activities, postponed projects and exerted more pressure on pricing.
The Identity Management business lifted segment revenues to EUR 12.7
million (2008: EUR 9.3 million) and the result significantly to EUR
2.9 million (2008: EUR 0.4 million). In the Data Center
Infrastructure (DCI) LoB, revenues, which posted EUR 39.5 million,
remained virtually steady at a high level (2008: EUR 40.5 million)
and the contribution to profit stood at EUR 17.4 million (2008: EUR
21.2 million). Revenues of the ECM LoB declined to EUR 28.8 million
(2008: EUR 40.7 million), and the segment profit came to EUR 1.3
million (2008: EUR 7.1 million). Consolidated revenues therefore fell
to EUR 81.1 million in the fiscal year 2009 (2008: EUR 90.4 million)

Other Key Financial Data

• Revenues from software licenses of EUR 25.4 million fell short of the
previous year's figure (2008: EUR 29.2 million)
• Maintenance revenues stood at EUR 40.6 million (2008: EUR 40.5 million)
• Revenues from scanner hardware dropped to EUR 3.1 million (2008: EUR 6.2
million)
• Services revenues declined to EUR 12.0 million (2008: EUR 14.5 million).

Outlook for the Fiscal Year 2010

In order to lift the level of revenues and to strengthen
profitability in the long term, Beta Systems intends to follow its
adopted strategy in the future as well and to build up its market
position in the infrastructure and the ECM solutions businesses.

The Company believes there are new growth prospects in the
infrastructure business from the successful sale of newly acquired
product suites and from its own innovations. Beta Systems also sees
upside potential in the ECM solutions business through the successful
signing of contracts postponed in 2009 and ongoing
internationalization, along with the entry envisaged into the
outsourcing services business with a document-based business
processes. Moreover, in the wake of the significant decline in
revenues and the result, a package of measures was approved the focus
of which is the realigning of the ECM solutions business, along with
short-term cost savings. In tandem with its commitment to raising the
level of revenues, Beta Systems plans to build more flexibility into
and adjust its cost base in order to secure positive results and
margins on a sustainable basis.

Overall, the Management Board expects revenues to recover in the year
2010 in the wake of an easing of the investment backlog. The
Management Board is currently working on a number of different
concepts for strategic realignment. On the back of the measures, due
to be conclusively defined in the first half of the year, in
conjunction with cost adjustments effective at short notice
(including the selective introduction of short-time work in the ECM
LoB), profit in 2010 will stabilize at the level of the reporting
year, with the aim being to raise revenues and growth significantly
in the years 2011 and 2012.

Online Annual Results Press Conference, Annual Report 2009 and date
for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in 2010 Further
details will be released today at 11.00 a.m. and explained by the
Management Board as part of an online Annual Results Press
Conference. The complete Annual Report 2009 has also been published
today and can be downloaded from the company website at
http://www.betasystems.com under the Investor Relations/Financial
Reports heading. As part of releasing the annual results, reference
is made to the new date set for the regular Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders which has been changed from May 18 to June 22, 2010. The
date has had to be postponed for organizational reasons. The
financial calendar as well as the respective announcements will be
changed accordingly.

Disclaimer All amounts cited in this information by the Company and
information derived therefrom (e.g. percentage figures) are figures
fully rounded up to thousands of euros as presented in the
Consolidated Financial Statements as at December 31, 2009.

End of the press release

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 20
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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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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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, Technology All Share
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