GK Software SE — Regulatory Filings 2009

Oct 13, 2009

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Ad-hoc | 13 October 2009 11:18

GK Software AG: GK SOFTWARE AG receives Major Order as Part of the EDEKA Lunar Project

GK Software AG / Contract

13.10.2009

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* Major order for GK SOFTWARE AG
* First joint project for the strategic partnership between
SAP and GK SOFTWARE AG

GK SOFTWARE AG will deliver important modules covering retail store
management and connectivity for 6.000 EDEKA stores as a partner of SAP.

GK SOFTWARE AG has won its first major order as a result of its strategic
partnership with SAP. With solutions for store device control and offline
enabled mobile store processes the Schöneck-based company will implement
two important retail store applications for the large EDEKA project Lunar.
SAP has recently begun marketing these two software solutions on the basis
of a reselling partnership.

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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

Company profile GK SOFTWARE AG:
GK SOFTWARE AG is one of the leading technology developers and providers of
standard software for the retail sector in Europe and has an extensive
range of products for stores and enterprise headquarters. As a result of
its open software solutions in the GK/Retail Suite, which can be used with
any platform and is fully programmed in Java, the company has es-tablished
itself on the market as a leading provider of technology and innovations.
The software provides ideal business organization for retail companies with
many stores and therefore offers significant potential for cost savings and
customer loyalty programs so that companies can increase their
competitiveness.
The company employs 294 members of staff (figures for 30 June 2009) at
company head-quarters in Schöneck and four other business locations in
Berlin, St. Ingbert, Plzen (CZ) and Basel/Riehen (CH). GK SOFTWARE AG can
list well-known German and foreign retail com-panies among its customers,
including Galeria Kaufhof, Parfümerie Douglas, Coop (Switzer-land), EDEKA
Hannover-Minden, Hornbach, JYSK Nordic, Lidl, Netto Marken-Discount and
Tchibo. The software is currently being used in 25 countries at 57,000 POS
units in approx. 13,500 stores in Germany and abroad.
The company has grown rapidly during the past few years and its sales
revenues totaled EUR 15.0 million in 2008. GK SOFTWARE AG achieved EBIT of
EUR 2.8 million (EBIT margin of 18.5% on total operating revenue). The two
founders and Management Board members, Rainer Gläß (CEO) und Stephan
Kronmüller (CTO), in conjunction with the Management Board members Ronald
Scholz (COO) and André Hergert (CFO), have made GK SOFTWARE AG a profitable
company with strong growth since 1990.
Further information about the company: www.gk-software.de.

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Language: English
Company: GK Software AG
Waldstraße 7
08261 Schöneck
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)3 74 64 84 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)3 74 64 84 - 15
E-mail: info@gk-software.com
Internet: www.gk-software.com
ISIN: DE0007571424
WKN: 757142
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Stuttgart

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