EANS-Adhoc: Supervisory Board of Beta Systems Software AG has approved the planned hiving off of the ECM business

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03.11.2009

Berlin, November 3, 2009 - In accordance with the resolutions passed today, the
Management Board of Beta Systems Software AG, Berlin, (BSS, ISIN DE0005224406)
and the management of ECM Solutions GmbH, Berlin, intend to hive off Beta
Systems Software AG´s Enterprise Content Management (ECM) business and to
transfer it to ECM Solutions GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beta Systems
Software AG. The Supervisory Board of Beta Systems Software AG has today
approved the resolution of the Management Board.

The shareholders of Beta Systems Software AG will be asked for their approval of
the spin-off before the end of this year. The respective extraordinary meeting
of shareholders is likely to be convened at short notice in November and to take
place in December 2009.

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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 automated
processing of large volumes of data and documents. These products and solutions
serve to enhance process optimization, improve security and make IT more agile.
They guarantee compliance with business requirements in respect of governance,
risk management and compliance (GRC) and raise the performance of a company's IT
in respect of availability, scalability and flexibility.

Beta Systems’ IT infrastructure software product segment (Infrastructure &
Operations Management) is geared towards optimizing job and output management in
data centers across all sectors. In addition, Beta Systems offers products for
automating IT user administration to companies with high numbers of users. In
its ECM Solutions Division (ECM & Document Solutions) Beta Systems develops
customized solutions for large enterprises in the financial services sector,
industry and trading in the areas of payments, processing of incoming post and
general document management.

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 19 subsidiaries worldwide and
cooperations with numerous partner companies. Throughout the world more than
1,400 customers use the products and solutions of Beta Systems in more than
3,300 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
Investor Relations
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 87-37/-32
Fax: +49 (0)89 930 24 45
e-mail: alexandra_osmani@hbi.de
e-mail: alexandra_janetzko@hbi.de
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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:     info@betasystems.com
WWW:      http://www.betasystems.com
sector:   Software
ISIN:     DE0005224406
indexes:  CDAX, Prime All Share, Technologie All Share

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

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