EANS-Adhoc: The General Meeting of the Shareholders of Beta Systems elects a new Supervisory Board

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17.08.2010

Berlin, August 17, 2010 - The General Meeting of Shareholders of Beta Systems
Software AG (BSS, ISIN DE0005224406), which took place today in Berlin, elected
Dr. Günter Lewald, Mr. Stephan Helmstädter, Mr. Herbert Werle and Dr. Carsten
Bräutigam as new members to the company´s Supervisory Board with a large
majority and by way of votes cast on an individual basis. In the subsequent
constituent meeting of the new Supervisory Board, Dr. Günter Lewald was elected
to the office of Chairman of the Supervisory Board. The new Deputy Chairman of
the Supervisory Board is Mr. Stephan Helmstädter. Moreover, Mr. Stefan
Hillenbach and Mr. Peter Becker are also members of the Supervisory Board,
elected for a new term of office by the employees as their representatives prior
to the General Meeting of Shareholders.

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Information and explanations on this ad-hoc release by the issuer:
The term of office of all former members of the Supervisory Board expired at the
end of the General Meeting of Shareholders 2010.

Statements by the Management Board
Gernot Sagl, Chief Financial Officer of Beta Systems Software AG, expressed his
thanks: “On behalf of Beta Systems and all its employees, I would like to thank
Mr. Sebastian Leser, who was Chairman of the Supervisory Board for many years,
as well Dr. Arun Nagwaney, Mr. Jürgen Dickemann, Mr. Volker Wöhrle and Mr.
Wilhelm Terhaag as our other former Supervisory Board members for their
outstanding commitment and personal dedication in past years."

Jürgen Herbott, Chief Executive Officer of Beta Systems Software AG added: “We
at Beta Systems are now entering a new era. I am looking forward to cooperating
with our Supervisory Board members with their wealth of experience in the IT
sector. A wide range of challenging issues lies ahead of us and will be the
subject of discussions through to the end of the year. This includes, for
instance, the product and innovation strategy to be adopted as part of our "Buy
& Build” approach and the reviewing and streamlining of our structures and
processes in the wake of the sale of the ECM business."

Other decisions approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders
The General Meeting of Shareholders also approved the discharge of Board member
Mr. Gernot Sagl. The discharge of Mr. Kamyar Niroumand, former Chief Executive
Officer relieved of his duties in July last year, was postponed. The Supervisory
Board was discharged for the fiscal year 2009. In addition, the General Meeting
of Shareholders selected KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin, as the
independent auditor for the separate and consolidated accounts in the fiscal
year 2010, and decided in favor of raising the remuneration of the Supervisory
Board, along with the corresponding amendments to the Articles of Association.
Moreover, the shareholders of the company approved the Control and Profit
Transfer Agreement between Beta Systems Software AG and DETEC Software GmbH.

Presence at the General Meeting of Shareholders (presence, second amendment):
Share capital:          €  17,275,588.20
Capital represented:    €  13,023,639.20
% of share capital:     75.39 %
Votes represented:      10,018,184 votes

Details of the results of the voting process have been posted on the website at
www.betasystems.com under the Investor Relations/General Meeting of Shareholders
heading.

End of information and explanations
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,
scaleability 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 around 350 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 cooperations 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.

Further inquiry note:
Press contacts
Company contact:
Beta Systems Software AG
Stefanie Frey
Senior Investor Relations Manager
Tel.: +49 (0)30 726 118-171
Fax: +49 (0)30 726 118-800
e-mail: [email protected]

Agency contact:
HBI PR&MarCom GmbH
Alexandra Osmani,
Alexandra Janetzko
Tel.: +49 (0)89 99 38 87-37/-32
Fax: +49 (0)89 930 24 45
e-mail: [email protected]
e-mail: [email protected]
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issuer:   Beta Systems Software AG
          Alt Moabit 90d
          D-10559 Berlin
phone:    +49(0)30 726118 0
FAX:      +49(0)30 726118 800
mail:     [email protected]
WWW:      http://www.betasystems.com
sector:   Software
ISIN:     DE0005224406
indexes:  CDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share

stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf
language: English

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