Sword Group — Board/Management Information 2013

Jan 2, 2013

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Sword Group

New Administrative and Financial Organisation

Luxembourg, January 2nd, 2013

Sword Group is pleased to announce the arrival, as of 1 February 2013 of Erwin Bette, the new Group CFO and Christine Pollie, the new Deputy Group CFO in charge of the "Services" divisions and Consolidation, both based in Luxembourg.

In addition, Apak's CFO, Rob Johnson, becomes Deputy Group CFO in charge of the "Software" division.

This new organisation follows the scheduled departure of Françoise Fillot, current Group CFO for Sword who has for several months wished to cease her professional activity.

Let us note that Françoise Fillot has participated in the creation of two Information Technology groups (Decan and Sword), in the acquisition of more than 30 companies and has in particular infused honesty and rigour as a guiding principle within the Group.

Françoise Fillot will continue as a Director of Sword Group SE.

We thank her for the distance travelled.

Erwin Bette is a seasoned global executive with extensive finance, operations and business development experience and most recently served as CFO and Vice President of Performance Fibers Europe, one of the world's leading producers of industrial polyester fibers and fabrics. He also held financial and operational executive positions at CWS-BOCO International, a division of Haniel, the Minit Group and BOC Industrial Gases.

Christine Pollie is a seasoned executive with extensive finance experience. Christine most recently served as Senior Finance Director Group of Galapagos, a clinical stage biotech company focused on developing novel medicines. She has also held senior financial positions at GIMV and at CFE.

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The press release will be published on the web sites here after: Thomson Reuters, Boursorama and Sword Group. It was also sent to the "Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)" and saved on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's web site.