In the first quarter of 2013, USU Software AG and its subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as "USU" or "the USU Group") generated Group-wide sales of EUR 12,343 thousand in accordance with IFRS (Q1 2012: EUR 12,582 thousand).

The reported 1.9% decline in consolidated sales as against Q1 2012 reflects the major project deals concluded by the USU Group in the same quarter of the previous year, which are not anticipated until the second half of 2013. As well as the sales generated from the partnership with the US software group CA Technologies ("CA"), which will take effect from the second quarter of 2013, another contributing factor here is the new product innovations that led to corresponding development expenses in the period under review and are to be launched in June 2013. The reporting quarter was also dominated by the majority acquisition of the social media company BIG Social Media GmbH ("BIG") and the targeted additional expansion of the Group's headcount for implementation of the intended business growth in subsequent quarters.

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Moeglingen, Germany, April 18, 2013. In the latest Gartner report "MarketScope for the IT Asset Management Repository", USU AG, an international provider of IT solutions in the area of business service management, was rated as "promising" for the fourth time in a row. This report covered a total of 14 vendors, including two providers from Europe.

In the "ITAM MarketScope" study, the US analysts evaluated software manufacturers with respect to their products and services for medium-sized and large companies. USU's Valuemation suite was thoroughly examined by Gartner's market analysts

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Group sales over EUR 50 million for the first time and adjusted EBIT moves past EUR 7 million

According to provisional calculations,USU Software AG(ISIN DE000A0BVU28) improved Group sales in line with IFRS by over 12% to EUR 51.2 million in fiscal year 2012 (2011: EUR 45.6 million). As a result, the company moved past the EUR 50 million threshold for the first time in its history. This figure does not include the majority stake in BIG Social Media GmbH, Berlin, acquired on 20 December 2012. This is because the BIG stake was only transferred officially to USU Software AG with the payment of the first instalment of the purchase price on 15 January 2013.

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