Ad-hoc | 18 November 1999 07:51

Ad hoc-Service: Nemetschek AG engl.

Ad-hoc Mitteilung übermittelt durch die DGAP. Für den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist allein der Emittent verantwortlich. —————————————————————————— Nemetschek Developing Customer Relationship Management Market Potential Acquires 30 % Interest in S3 AG MUNICH – The Munich Nemetschek AG has acquired a 30 percent share in S3 AG, and will be engaged in the strong Customer Relationship Management (CRM) growth market in the future. S3, with headquarters in Hamburg, is one of the market leaders in Germany and has forecast sales of more than 15 million Marks for 1999. Leading market research institutes, such as the Gartner Group, predict annual growth of over 50 percent for the CRM software market. This means that by the year 2002, worldwide market volume will climb to 4 billion dollars, of which 1.9 billion Marks will be in Germany alone. “Customer relationship management is one of the predominant growth markets of the coming years. Because of our interest in S3, we will be profiting from the enormous sales potential within one of the growth markets of the future. Using the know-how of these CRM specialists, we will also be able to develop new market segments within the construction industry. Even today well-known companies like BRAAS Roofing Systems and Sto AG are S3 customers,” said Prof. Georg Nemetschek, Chief Executive Officer of Nemetschek AG. Together with S3, the Nemetschek Corporation will further grow the CRM market and will rapidly and successfully drive the field of computer aided selling (CAS). In addition to the construction materials supply industry, S3 will be focusing on companies marketing brand-name products, as well as the pharmaceutical and service industries. The goal of S3 is to build up its leadership position in Germany and expand into Europe using a generation of products based on new Internet technologies. Opportunities have also been opened up for Nemetschek to assume product concepts from S3, customize them to the fields of design, construction and utility, and then successfully market them. Additionally, Nemetschek is providing infrastructure support for the expansion into European markets. In Germany, Nemetschek is the number 1 in CAD/CAE (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Engineering) software within the construction industry based on sales and earnings. The corporation has set a sales target of 241 million Marks for 1999. Worldwide more than 70,000 customers work in the field of structure design, construction and utility using Nemetschek Group IT systems. Munich, 18 November 1999 Additional Information Nemetschek AG Riedenburger Straße 2 81677 München Investor Relations Gerhard Weiß Finance Director Tel. 089 – 9 27 93 335 E-mail: gweiss@nemetschek.de Press Reimer Grundmann Tel. 089 – 9 27 93 305 Fax 089 – 9 27 93 308 E-Mail: rgrundmann@nemetschek.de Ende der Mitteilung