EANS-News: USU receives LACP Platinum Award

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Möglingen (euro adhoc) - The League of American Communications
Professionals (LACP) has honoured USU AG with a Vison Award in
Platinum in recognition of the company´s 2009 annual report. USU´s
report was ranked 14rd among about 4,000 companies from 25 countries,
signifying an improvement of 10 places versus last year´s
positioning. LACP honors USU´s 2009 annual report with a Platinum
award in the category "Software" - ahead of Nemetschek, and other
bigger players in that field. What is more, the company received two
gold awards in a separate category focusing on the best creativity.

The jury, which comprised of international communications experts,
awarded USU´s publication with 99 out of a possible 100 points. USU
obtained the maximum score of 10 points in each category not only for
the assessment criterion Report Narrative but also for the Report
Cover, Creativity, Message Clarity, Report Financials, and
Information Accessibility.

Under the title "Die Krise. Eine Gegendarstellung", USU´s 2009 annual
report outlines, that the company is successful especially in these
times of economic crisis. "This excellent result is extremely
gratifying and shows that, besides our technologies, our publications
too satisfy the highest quality standards," says Bernhard
Oberschmidt, CEO of USU Software

USU. The Knowledge Business Company

The USU group is the leading European vendor of IT and Knowledge
Management software. USU solutions enable customers worldwide and in
all sectors of the economy to apply the added value of IT, to become
more flexible, to save costs and to minimize business risks. The USU
Group consists of German and foreign subsidiaries, including USU AG,
Omega Software GmbH, LeuTek GmbH and Aspera GmbH. USU Software AG
(DE000A0BVU28) is listed in the Prime Standard segment of the German
Stock Exchange in Frankfurt as well as in the Gate-M trading
initiative of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange.

With Valuemation®, USU offers a powerful and feature-rich integrated
suite of tools for Knowledge-based Service Management all from one
source, This modular suite, which is recognized by leading
international analysts, comprehensively supports all ITIL®
disciplines. Customers use the USU KnowledgeCenter technology either
in the form of an integrated research and navigation system or as a
portal solution to activate all of an organization´s knowledge..

USU was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Germany. Further
information is available at www.usu-ag.com

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Gerick Thomas

Branche: Software
ISIN: DE000A0BVU28
WKN: A0BVU2
Index: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
Hannover / free trade
München / free trade
Stuttgart / regulated dealing