Ad-hoc | 19 February 2002 17:27

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BETA SYSTEMS SOFTWARE AG INFORMED OF TAKE OVER OFFER BY DEUTSCHE BALATON AG Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Berlin, February 19, 2002 – Beta Systems Software AG (Neuer Markt: BSS) today announced that Deutsche Balaton AG (Frankfurt, BBH) has informed the company of its intention to make an offer for the outstanding shares of Beta Systems Software AG. Deutsche Balaton AG indicated that the offer is expected to be priced at approximately Euro 3.10 per share, but not all of the terms and conditions of the potential offer are known at this time. The share price at the previous trading day was Euro 2.96. Deutsche Balaton indicated that they expect to publish the exact details of the offer in the beginning of March 2002. The Board will continue to review the terms and conditions of the offer as further details present themselves and will provide shareholders with recommendations as and when appropriate. end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 19.02.2002 Issuer’s information/explanatory remarks concerning this ad-hoc-announcement: Beta Systems Software AG, Berlin, Germany Beta Systems Software AG, (Neuer Markt: BSS), is a leading provider of high performance intelligent data management solutions. The Company supplies software that allows companies to streamline and manage their Data Center, Storage and Document Management processes. Beta Systems specializes in the automation and optimization of its customer”s voluminous data processes, focusing on the handling, storage and distribution of data and documents in the most cost effective and intelligent way. Beta Systems’ clients are typically large organizations in the industry, finance, telecommunications, energy, service and public sectors whose traditional methods of data management involved cumbersome time, money and other resources consuming procedures. Many of the solutions developed by Beta Systems are open architecture in nature and create an information infrastructure that reduces the past complexities of information management. Beta Systems’ products are distributed worldwide by its own and partner organizations. The Company has been publicly traded since 1997 and has 322 employees worldwide (as of September 2001). For more information, please visit the corporate homepage at www.betasystems.com. Contact: Investor Relations Arne Bassler Beta Systems Software AG Tel.: +49 (0)30 726 118 -170 Fax: +49 (0)30 726 118 -881 e-mail: arne.bassler@betasystems.com ——————————————————————————– WKN: 522 440; ISIN: DE0005224406; Index: Listed: Neuer Markt Frankfurt und im Freiverkehr in Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München und Stuttgart 191727 Feb 02