Corporate | 5 October 2005 07:59

SHS Informationssysteme: VOLKSWAGEN FINANCE Chooses SHS GUARDEAN Solution

Corporate-news transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— SHS Informationssysteme Gains New Major Customer: VOLKSWAGEN FINANCE Chooses SHS GUARDEAN Solution Munich and Madrid, October 5, 2005. – Volkswagen Finance has chosen SHS Informationssysteme AG Guardean software solution to optimize the company debt collection processes in Spain. With the implementation of GUARDEAN, that automates and optimizes the credit risk decision, the financial entity pretends to increase the productivity and efficiency of the debt collection process. Another key selecting GUARDEAN for Volkswagen Finance was the solution’s integration capabilities with the leading Alcatel contact center platform GENESYS, which will give more effectiveness to the debt collection phone campaigns. The GUARDEAN decision engine, as well as its specific phone-collection interface, enables the agents to obtain the maximum result in their calls. The system will permit an easy modification of the rules to take advantage of the acquired experience making possible to implement best practices in debt collection, along with non specialized agents. With its new GUARDEAN debt collection solution, SHS Informationssysteme AG expands its offering to the financial entities market, involved in the process to adapt their processes, according with the Basel II regulation and, moreover, adding business value with proven ROI to their debt collection business processes. Volkswagen Finance Financial entity subsidiary of Volkswagen Group (SEAT, VOLKSWAGEN, AUDI and SKODA) specialized in car financing. Integrated in Spain by three companies, Volkswagen Finance, Volkswagen Bank, and Servilease, the Group finances the car acquisition of these brands to individuals and companies, with several products of loans, leasing and renting. SHS Informationssysteme AG Munich-based SHS Informationssysteme AG is listed on the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and operates a subsidiary in Spain. The IT services provider focuses on offering customer management and credit risk management solutions to companies with a broad customer base. In 2004, the company recorded revenues of EUR 32 million. The customers of SHS AG include Ingram Micro, Crédit Agricole, Credibom, T-Mobile, T-Online, Südleasing, Telefónica, amena, Barclaycard and other international companies in the information and financial sectors. For more information, see http://www.shs.de Further information: SHS Informationssysteme AG Jens Dauner Tel: +49 – 89 – 747257- 0 e-mail: jens.dauner@shs.de HOSCHKE & CONSORTEN Christof Kaplanek Tel: +49 – 40 – 369050-38 e-mail: c.kaplanek@hoschke.de End of announcement (c)DGAP 05.10.2005 —————————————————————————— WKN: 507240; ISIN: DE0005072409; Index: Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 050759 Okt 05