Press Release
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Promotion to sell historical share certificate to start on July 15, 2008
- Proceeds to be donated to the Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe (German association set up to support sportsmen and women)
Berlin, July 15, 2008 – Beta Systems Software AG today initiates the sale of its
historical, invalid share certificates and will donate the proceeds of this compaign to a good
cause. As a software company with international operations, Beta Systems, which has its
headquarters in Berlin, already supports a number of projects which promote vocational training,
the young and sports. Interested parties or collectors of share certificates can order a set of
historical Beta Systems shares on the company’s web site at
www.betasystems.com under the heading Investor
Relations/Historical Share Certificates, thereby supporting the Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe with a
donation of € 14.90.
“We are delighted to support the work of Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe through this campaign”,
commented Kamyar Niroumand, CEO of Beta Systems Software AG and member of the Board of Trustees of
the Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe. “Beta Systems has a strong connection with sport. This is
reflected by our corporate culture, which is characterized by motivation and team spirit, as well
as by our commitment to supporting young sportsmen and women. For us, supporting them means that we
make an active contribution as part of our corporate responsibility”.
A set of share certificates is made up of a historical, invalid shares of originally 5
deutschmarks (blue), 50 deutschmarks (brown), 500 deutschmarks (green) and 5,000 deutschmarks
(violet). For more information on the purchase of Beta Systems’ historical share certificates,
please see the Investor Relations/Historical Share Certificates heading on our web site at
www.betasystems.com.
End of the press release
Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe – facts and figures
Since its founding in 1967, Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe has to date supported more than
40,000 German sportsmen and women with around € 350 million. 90 percent of all medals won for the
German Federal Republic at Olympic games, world and European championships were won by athletes
promoted by the Stiftung. Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe currently supports 3,800 sportsmen and women
and 600 boarding school pupils in more than 50 sports disciplines. With an annual subsidies of
between ten and twelve million euros, the foundation makes an important contribution to the
diversity and performance capability of German sport.
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 secure and efficient processing of large data
volumes. The core businesses of Beta Systems are document processing as well as IT user management
data processing in data centers and compliance solutions. In addition, the Beta 4Agility suite
offers large companies new integration products to enhance their agility in IT and business
processes. These products serve to simplify the automation of data and document processing and
enhance the security and performance of IT.
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 18 subsidiaries
worldwide and cooperations with numerous partner companies. With more than 3,000 running
installations, it has a customer base of more than 1,300 major companies from the sectors of
financial services and IT service providers and industry at large in Germany, Europe and the USA.
More information on the company and its products can be found under
www.betasystems.
Contacts:
Company contact:
Beta Systems Software AG
Stefanie Frey
Tel.: +49 (0)30 726 118-171
Fax: +49 (0)30 726 118-800
e-mail:
stefanie.frey@betasystems.com
Agency contact:
HBI PR&MarCom GmbH
Alexandra Osmani, Alexandra Janetzko
Tel.: +49 (0)89 99 38 87-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 930 24 45
e-mail:
alexandra_osmani@hbi.de;
Alexandra_Janetzko@hbi.de
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