EANS-Adhoc: USU Software AG to take majority investment in social media company B.I.G.

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Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers/Company Information
20.12.2012

Möglingen/Berlin, December 20, 2012. USU Software AG (Frankfurt,
Prime Standard, ISIN DE000A0BVU28), Möglingen, ("USU"), is acquiring
a majority investment in B.I.G. Social Media GmbH, Berlin,
("B.I.G."), an international provider of software-as-a-service
solutions for enterprise clients in the field of social media
management. Effective December 20, 2012, USU will initially assume
51% of shares in B.I.G. The Management Board of USU intends to
acquire B.I.G. outright within two years. For this reason, the
parties have agreed reciprocal options that can be exercised until
December 31, 2015. A total purchase price of between EUR 5 million
and EUR 10.7 million has been agreed as part of the transaction. The
exact price will be dependent on various factors, in particular
B.I.G.'s EBIT in the years 2012 to 2014. The profitable company is
forecasting sales growth for fiscal 2012 of over 50% to more than EUR
3 million. B.I.G. is also anticipating strong sales and earnings
growth in the coming years. B.I.G. was founded in 2002 and currently
employs around 40 people. Its well- known customers include global
firms such as Audi, Bosch, Microsoft, Deutsche Post/DHL, Lufthansa,
O2 and Viessmann. The aim of combining B.I.G. software with the
knowledge database USU KnowledgeCenter is to create a further global
USP in knowledge-based service management, to selectively expand the
software-as-a-service (SaaS) range throughout the Group and, at the
same time, to tap additional international growth potential for USU.
The Management Board of USU and B.I.G.'s shareholders today signed
the agreements on the sale of shares immediately after the Management
Board and the Supervisory Board of USU approved the transaction.
Further information on the acquisition and the projected figures will
be announced by the Management Board of USU Software AG when it
publishes the company's figures for 2012 in March 2013.

Further inquiry note:
USU Software AG
Investor Relations
Falk Sorge
Spitalhof
D-71696 Möglingen
Tel.: +49 (0) 71 41 - 48 67 351
Fax: +49 (0) 71 41 - 48 67 108
E-Mail: f.sorge@usu-software.de

USU Software AG
Corporate Communications
Dr. Thomas Gerick
Tel.: +49 (0) 71 41 - 48 67 440
Fax: +49 (0) 71 41 - 48 67 909
E-Mail: t.gerick@usu-software.de

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issuer: USU Software AG
Spitalhof
D-71696 Möglingen
phone: +49 (0)7141 4867 0
FAX: +49 (0)7141 4867 20
mail: investor@usu-software.de
WWW: http://www.usu-software.de
sector: Software
ISIN: DE000A0BVU28
indexes: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
regulated dealing: Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard:
Frankfurt
language: English