04/26/2013

ALLGEIER SE / Key word(s): Forecast/Strategic Company Decision26.04.2013 14:26Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmittedby DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.—————————————————————————Munich, April 26, 2013 – The Management Board of Allgeier SE (ISINDE0005086300, WKN 508630) has lent specific form to the reorientation ofthe Allgeier Group in its Agenda 2015, which sets targets for the years2013 to 2015. This reorientation was launched intensively in 2012.Agenda 2015 reflects two guiding ideas:1. The creation of a Group structure which is viable for the future, andwhich comprises divisions as major corporate units2. A clear focus of the business model on high-growth areas offeringabove-average development potentialIn applying these ideas, the Allgeier Group will be split into thefollowing operating segments and divisions in the future:Experts Segment and at the same time the Allgeier Experts Division: The core business is the provision of modern flexible personnel services asa response to the growing shortages of IT specialists on the market. Actingas a connection between customers with their flexible requirements andemployees and freelance IT experts with their specific know-how, AllgeierExperts utilizes existing contract models to offer an important functionand to create value in a modern economy. Generating significantly more thanEUR 200 million of revenue, Allgeier Experts ranks as one of themarket-leaders in Germany. Growth expectations are positive for thissegment, lying in the low double-digit percentage range per annum, andaccompanied by realistic profit margins of around 7 percent.Solutions/Business Software Segment: This segment is split into the Allgeier Business Software and ternadivisions. The Business Software Division is a provider of proprietarysolutions in the ERP and DMS area, as well as Security Software. Theproduct range in the ERP area also comprises the partnership with Microsoftwith its own software solutions for MS Dynamics NAV customers. The ternaDivision is a Microsoft partner in the MS Dynamics AX area fielding its ownsoftware solutions and highly-specialized know-how for corporate processes.Generating approximately EUR 100 million of revenue, the Management Boardbelieves that this segment offers the potential to achieve a double-digitpercentage annual growth rate and a double-digit profit margin givencorresponding investments.Software Development Segment: This segment is split into the Nagarro and mgm technology partnersdivisions. The Nagarro Division develops individual international softwaresolutions to support and optimize its customers’ corporate processes. Underthe motto of ‘The Brightest Minds’, this division combines the performancecapability of international top-qualified personnel resources andoutstanding process and project know-how with the highest quality levels incompetitive price models. The mgm technology partners Division is aspecialist for portal solutions, especially for internet commerce, banks,insurance companies and public-sector institutions with highly specializedknow-how for the respective corporate processes and highly-complextechnical requirements. Currently generating almost EUR 100 million ofrevenue, the Management Board believes that this segment possessesconsiderable growth potential, which can make a positive contribution toGroup growth with both significantly double-digit percentage revenue growthrates and marked double-digit profit margins.The Management Board expects that this approach will generate significantlydouble-digit percentage growth rates in terms of revenue and marked marginand earnings improvements for the entire Group, which should feed throughto a total operating margin before holding company costs that movesmarkedly towards the double-digit percentage range.With the aforementioned measures to focus the Group, the Management Boardis responding not only to current market trends entailing considerabledifferences in the potential offered by the various IT business areas, butalso to the Group’s internal further development to the next level ofmeaningful integration. The aim is to create a high-performance IT companywith modern structures and an agile service portfolio which undergoesconstant testing that allows it to be further developed and adjusted. Inthis context, the business model also continues to include value-creatingacquisitions to develop the divisions on a targeted basis, and toaccelerate their growth.Contact:Allgeier SEDr. Christopher GrosseWehrlestrasse 1281679 MunichTel.: +49 (0)89/998421-0Fax: +49 (0)89/998421-11E-mail: ir@allgeier.comWeb: www.allgeier.comAllgeier SE ranks as one of the leading IT companies for BusinessPerformance today: Allgeier combines the advantages of an internationalprovider with the merits of medium-sized companies with a growth strategyoriented consistently to innovations and future trends, and an integrativebusiness model. Six operating divisions, each with their individualspecialist or sector-related focal points, work together in the threesegments of Solutions/Business Software, Experts and Software Developmentfor more than 2,000 customers from almost all sectors. With more than 4,200salaried employees and over 1,500 freelance IT experts, Allgeier, as aone-stop shop, offers customers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions andservices. Allgeier’s customers include globally operating groups as well asinnovative medium-sized operations that wish to secure strategic advantagesthrough intelligent IT. This high-growth company operates at more than 90sites in the German-speaking region, and at further locations in the restof Europe, as well as in India, Mexico and the USA. Allgeier generated EUR423 million of revenue in 2012. The company is listed on the RegulatedMarket of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the General Standard segment (WKN508630 / ISIN DE0005086300). Further information is available on thecompany’s website at: www.allgeier.com.26.04.2013 DGAP’s Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de————————————————————————— Language: EnglishCompany: ALLGEIER SE Wehrlestraße 12 81679 München GermanyPhone: +49 (0) 89 – 99 84 21 0Fax: +49 (0) 89 – 99 84 21 11E-mail: info@allgeier.comInternet: http://www.allgeier.comISIN: DE0005086300WKN: 508630Indices: CDAXListed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————