Declaration of Compliance
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Update: February 7, 2013
Declaration of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of Software AG (Darmstadt, Germany) pursuant to Section 161 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)
The Executive Board and Supervisory Board hereby declare that in fiscal 2012 (January 1 to December 31, 2012) Software AG has complied with the recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code as follows: from January 1, 2012 to June 14, 2012 without exception (version amended on May 26, 2010) and from June 15, 2012 to December 31, 2012 with the one exception detailed in the following.
Number 5.4.1. section 2, first sentence , third clause: In its meeting on February 7, 2013, the Supervisory Board determined that the objective for the number of members of the Supervisory Board, who shall be independent according to Number 5.4.2., shall be that at least six members of the Supervisory Board shall be independent members in the meaning of Number 5.4.2. of the German Corporate Governance Code. At any time during fiscal 2012, the Supervisory Board had at least six independent members in the meaning of Number 5.4.2. of the German Corporate Governance Code.
The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board will in the future continue to comply with the Code as amended on May 15, 2012.
Darmstadt, Germany, February 7, 2013
Executive Board
| Supervisory Board
of Software AG |
Software AG’s Corporate Compliance Officer
Otmar F. Winzig,
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Compliance
Software AG
Uhlandstr. 12
D-64297 Darmstadt
Phone: +49-6151-92-1669
Fax: +49-6151-92-1933
E-Mail: otmar.winzig@softwareag.com
