Press Release
CORPORATE NEWS RELEASE
AD HOC ANNOUNCEMENT PURS. TO SEC. 15 WpHG
- Annual General Meeting of shareholders on May 23, 2007 to decide on proposal for capital increase
Berlin, April 5, 2007 – The Management Board of Beta Systems Software AG (BSS, ISIN DE0005224406) has today decided to make the proposal at the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held on May 23, 2007 for an increase in the ordinary share capital of the Company by means of a cash contribution. By means of issue of up to 4,429,638 shares in the name of the holder the ordinary share capital of the Company is to be increased by up to Euro 5,758,529.40 from Euro 11,517,058.80 up to Euro 17,275,588.20. The new shares are to be issued at the lowest amount advanced of Euro 1.30 per ordinary share, and are to partake in the profit distribution from the beginning of that fiscal year for which, at the time of issue, no resolution concerning the appropriation has yet been passed by the Annual General Meeting. The new shares are to be offered to the shareholders in the way of indirect options on new shares in a ratio of 2 : 1 at an exercise price of between Euro 2.00 and Euro 2.50 per ordinary share.
End of ad hoc announcement
About Beta Systems Software AG, Berlin, Germany
Beta Systems Software AG (Prime Standard: BSS, ISIN DE0005224406) develops
high-quality software products and solutions for the secure and efficient processing of large
quantities of data, and is one of the leading medium-sized, inde-pendent, European software
solution providers in its market segment. Its software products and solutions sup-port customers in
the automation, safeguarding and traceability of their business processes within the three core
areas of document management (Enterprise Content Management business area), user management
(Identity Management business area) and information management in data processing centres (Data
Centre Infrastructure business area).
The company has been listed on the stock exchange since 1997, and currently employs around
645 staff, mainly in the competence centres of Berlin (company headquarters), Cologne, Augsburg and
Calgary. In addi-tion to this, Beta Systems is internationally active with 17 wholly-owned
subsidiaries and numerous partner companies. Among its worldwide total in excess of 1,300 customers
with over 3,000 running installations are major businesses in the fields of financial services,
industry, commerce, logistics and IT services, in Germany, Europe and the USA. For more
information, please see
www.betasystems.com.
Press Contacts
Corporate:
Beta Systems Software AG
Arne Bassler
Tel.: +49 (0)30 726 118-170
Fax: +49 (0)30 726 118-881
E-Mail:
arne.bassler@betasystems.com
Local UK Media Contact:
JGC PR
Jack Gocher
Phone: 0044-(0)1494 724113
Mobile: 0044-(0)7815 780931
Email:
jack@jgc-pr.co.uk
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