EANS-PVR: Software AG / Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution

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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

Person/company obliged to make the notification: =---------------------------------- Name: Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC Place: Wilmington, Delaware State: USA

On November 21, 2012, Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, has informed us according to Section 21, Para. 1 WpHG that its voting rights in Software AG, Uhlandstraße 12, 64297 Darmstadt, Germany, have exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on November 20, 2012, and on that day amount to 3.003% (this corresponds to 2,607,273 voting rights).

According to Section 22, Para. 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 WpHG all of these 3.003% (this corresponds to 2,607,273 voting rights) are to be attributed to Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC.

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