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DJ EANS-WPUEG: Software AG / Publication of the decision to make a public takeover offer pursuant to Section 10 Paras. 1 and 3 in conjunction with Sections 29, 34 of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz)

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Publication of the offer document under: http://www.softwareag.com/Corporate/inv_rel/default.asp 

offeror:
Company: SAG Beteiligungs GmbH (currently still registered under the corporate name Kronen tausend445 GmbH)
Address: Uhlandstraße 12, 64297 Darmstadt, Germany
registered with the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) Düsseldorf under registration no. HRB 61302
ISIN: DE 0003304002 

offeree:
Company: IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft
Address: Altenkesseler Straße 17, 66115 Saarbrücken, Germany
registered with the commercial register of the local court (Amtsgericht) Saarbrücken under registration no. HRB 11548
Ordinary shares: ISIN DE0006257009 (WKN: 625700) 

The shares of the target company are admitted to trading on the Regulated Market
(Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and are traded on the
unofficial regulated market of all other German stock exchanges as well as on
the electronic trading system XETRA. 

The offer document and further information relating to the offer will be
published on the internet at
http://www.softwareag.com/corporate/inv_rel/default.asp. 

On 13 July 2009, SAG Beteiligungs GmbH (currently still registered under the
corporate name Kronen tausend445 GmbH) has decided to make an offer to the
shareholders of IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft, Saarbrücken, to acquire their
non-par value bearer shares in IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft, each share
constituting a notional proportionate amount of EUR 1.00 in the registered share
capital, by means of a voluntary public takeover offer against payment of a cash
consideration of EUR 15.00 per non-par value share. 

Apart from this, the offer will be made on and subject to the terms and
conditions yet to be communicated in the offer document. In particular, it is
likely to be made subject to clearance by the competent merger control
authorities. 

Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer, the founder and chairman of
the supervisory board of IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft, and Professor Dr.
Alexander Pocsay, the co-founder and deputy chairman of the supervisory board of
IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft, have undertaken to accept the offer for all
shares in IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft held by them, i.e. for a total of
15,332,622 shares (approximately 47.68% of the share capital and the voting
rights). 

SAG Beteiligungs GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Software
Aktiengesellschaft, Darmstadt. 

Important information: This announcement is neither an offer to purchase, nor a
solicitation of an offer to sell, shares. The final conditions and further
provisions regarding the offer will be communicated in the offer document after
the publication has been approved by the German Federal Financial Supervisory
Authority (BaFin). SAG Beteiligungs GmbH reserves the right to change terms and
conditions of the offer to the extent permissible under applicable law.
Shareholders of IDS Scheer Aktiengesellschaft are strongly advised to read the
offer document as well as all other documents in connection with the offer as
soon as these are published, since these will contain important information. 

Darmstadt, 13 July 2009 

SAG Beteiligungs GmbH
The Management 

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