EANS-Adhoc: Beta Systems sells its ECM solutions business to BancTec

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adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely
responsible for the content of this announcement.
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03.06.2010

• Sale of all the shares of Beta Systems ECM Solutions GmbH,
Augsburg, and other assets to BancTec GmbH, Langen • Extensive impact
on the financial performance, asset and financial position 2010 •
Start of repositioning Beta Systems as an infrastructure software
supplier

Berlin, June 3, 2010 - Beta Systems Software AG (BSS, ISIN
DE0005224406) has today sold its Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Line of Business (LoB) to the BancTec Group. In its extraordinary
meeting which took place yesterday, the Supervisory Board authorized
the Management Board to conclude the negotiations. The purchase
agreement pertaining to the takeover of 100% of the shares in Beta
Systems ECM Solutions GmbH, Augsburg, was signed today with BancTec
GmbH, Langen, and BancTec, Inc., Dallas, Texas/USA. At the same time,
the assets assigned to this LoB in the USA and Austria were to be
sold to the BancTec Group. The completion of the sale is to take
place swiftly. Confidentiality has been agreed by both parties in
respect of further details of the purchase agreement.

Extensive impact on the fiscal year 2010 The divestment of the ECM
business in accounting and organizational terms from the Beta Systems
Group will take economic effect on May 31, 2010. Both companies have
contractually agreed a comprehensive cooperation for a transition
period up until the end of 2010 in order to ensure a smooth transfer
to the new owner for the customers, suppliers and employees. The
deconsolidation of the ECM business necessitates that the positive
one-off effects on the financial performance, asset and financial
position of Beta Systems Software AG right through to an adjustment
of forecasts for continued operations be taken full account of in the
financial accounts in the second quarter of 2010. The requisite
details are scheduled to be released as part of the half-yearly
financial report 2010 published at the start of August and explained
to the shareholders at the regular Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders which will take place on August 17, 2010.

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Information and explanations on this ad-hoc release by the issuer:

Description of the ECM Solutions Line of Business

With revenues of around € 28.8 million, the ECM business generated an
operating result before Group transfers of approximately € 1.3
million in the fiscal year 2009. The ECM Solutions business has a
workforce of around 260 employees, the majority of whom work at the
Augsburg location and in the ECM subsidiary in Nigeria. The core
business of the ECM solutions segment consists in offering IT
solutions and services through to end-to-end systems (including
hardware such as scanners and sorters) for the FrontCollect product
line. Along with the processing of payment documentation, these
solutions address the automation of the general incoming mail and
documents of large banking institutions and insurance companies in
Central, Eastern Europe and Africa.

Background to the transaction As part of a package of measures
resolved in 2009, the Management Board of Beta Systems Software AG
decided to spin off the ECM solutions business at the start of 2010,
as well extensively reviewing alternatives for action (including
restructuring from the Company’s own resources, joint ventures and
participations) with the aim of realigning the business. The option
of selling to strategic investors was also reviewed. Having carefully
considered the alternatives, the Management Board decided in favor of
accepting the purchase offer presented by BancTec. A decisive role in
this decision was played by the high level of synergy potential
between Beta Systems’ ECM business and BancTec in terms of sales
regions, technology and strategy, with a view to ensuring the best
possible future prospects in the interest of customers, partners and
employees.

Sale strengthens the core business This strategically significant
step marks the start of a fundamental strategic realignment involving
the delivery of IT infrastructure software products for the secure
and efficient processing of data in large companies. At the heart of
the future strategy is the Buy & Build innovation and acquisition
strategy successfully pursued in the last two years which, alongside
the Company’s own innovations, concentrates on the purchase of
smaller IT companies in a narrower market environment in the
high-margin infrastructure business (DCI/IdM Line of Business).
Taking account of the necessary cost-related adjustments to the new
size of the Company, the financial resources released for the Company
will give it greater scope here. Beta Systems has used this step to
secure itself a very good position as one of the few independent
mid-sized software and technology suppliers in Europe in this
segment.

Comments “This step means that we will be able to concentrate on our
core competence as a pure independent infrastructure software
provider in the future. In many respects, it was expedient for both
companies, and we are happy to put our business relations to our ECM
customers in the hands of such an experienced partner as BancTec,”
commented Gernot Sagl, member of the Management Board of Beta Systems
Software AG, and added: “What made our decision even easier was the
power inherent in the sales and technological strength in the
international document management market and BankTec’s high standing
with banks and insurance companies in Western and Eastern Europe and
America. An absolute plus point was the already successfully
implemented market entry into the market segment with business
process outsourcing services which is where we were just at the
beginning of our efforts.”

Coley Clark, chairman and chief executive officer of BancTec,
commented on the acquisition: “Beta Systems ECM Solutions has a
decades-long history of providing some of the most advanced,
scalable, document and payment processing solutions and services to
the financial services market. In addition, they have a highly
skilled group of employees with tremendous, industry-focused
intellectual capital. We believe that these resources, in combination
with those already existing at BancTec, will enable us to provide an
even stronger portfolio of solutions and services to some of the
largest and most complex financial institutions in the world.”

End of information and explanations

BancTec BancTec helps clients around the world simplify the process
of managing their information. Founded in 1972, the company provides
a wide range of solutions for automating complex, high-volume and
data-intensive business processes for clients in the financial
services, healthcare, manufacturing, government, services and
utilities industries. BancTec’s offerings include business solutions,
business process outsourcing, and infrastructure services. With
headquarters in Dallas, BancTec serves clients in 50 countries. For
more information on how BancTec can help you optimize information
management, visit www.banctec.co.uk or call +44 (0)1753 778888.

Beta Systems Software AG Beta Systems Software AG (Prime Standard:
BSS, ISIN DE0005224406) offers large corporations high-end
infrastructure software which spans sectors. This software enhances
the performance of a company’s IT in terms of its availability,
scalability and flexibility. Data centers optimize their job and
output management. Moreover, especially companies with high numbers
of users are supported in the automation of their IT user
administration. Improved security also serves to fulfill the
requirements placed on business operations in respect of governance,
risk management and compliance (GRC).

Beta Systems was founded in 1983, has been a listed company since
1997, and has a workforce of more than 400 employees. The company’s
principal place of business is Berlin. Beta Systems operates through
Centers of Competence in Cologne and Calgary, as well as 18
subsidiaries worldwide and cooperation’s with numerous partner
companies. Throughout the world more than 1,300 customers use the
products and solutions of Beta Systems to improve their processes and
security in more than 3,200 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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Branche: Software
ISIN: DE0005224406
WKN: 522440
Index: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
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Berlin / free trade
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