Ad-hoc | 19 April 2002 14:18

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Beta Systems wins large order from IT Provider of German Sparkassen Group Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Beta Systems wins large order from IT Provider of German Sparkassen Group – Sparkassen Informatik licenses Beta Systems’ products for Data Center, Document/Output and Storage Management for group-wide usage – Accountable revenue volume of approximately Euro 1.8 million in first quarter 2002 – Extensive maintenance and service agreement until 2006 Berlin, April 19, 2002 – Beta Systems Software AG (Neuer Markt: BSS), a leading provider of high performance intelligent data management solutions, today announced the win of a big order from Sparkassen Informatik GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt. Beta Systems was chosen as the strategic vendor of software solutions for systems management at all production sites of Sparkassen Informatik. The license agreement covers the usage of core products of the data center, document/output and storage management product lines. The revenues accruing from the deal total approximately Euro 1.8 million in the first quarter of 2002. In addition, a service agreement for the next 4 years has been closed. end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 19.04.2002 Issuer’s information/explanatory remarks concerning this ad-hoc-announcement: Karl-Joachim Veigel, CEO of Beta Systems Software AG, commented: “By receiving another large order from one of the largest IT providers in the German and European financial sector we have impressively underlined our leading market position in the systems management software marketplace. We have reached another milestone in our turnaround efforts, which will positively effect our first quarter 2002 results and which is an obvious proof of the unique performance and quality of our software solutions and services.” Sparkassen Informatik GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt, Germany Sparkassen Informatik GmbH & Co. KG is an IT provider to 270 Sparkassen (German savings banks) in the associated Sparkassen-areas of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hesse, Rhineland, Rhineland-Palatinate and Westphalia-Lippe and a total balance sum of over 490 billion Euro. This equates to a market share of more than a half of all Sparkassen in Germany. Sparkassen Informatik processes more than 4 billion accounting transactions per year and provides the services for over 72 million bank accounts, 3.2 million of which are already kept online. 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 334 employees worldwide (as of December 2001). For more information, please visit the corporate homepage at http://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 191418 Apr 02