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Nemetschek Group gets off to strong start in financial year 2015 - Seite 2

Accordingly, the earnings per share increased from EUR 0.78 in the previous
year to EUR 0.87. Adjusted for depreciation and amortization from purchase
price allocation (PPA), net income for the year rose significantly by 22.0%
to EUR 10.2 million (previous year's period: EUR 8.4 million). This
corresponds to an adjusted earnings per share figure of EUR 1.06 (Q1 2014:
EUR 0.87 per share).

Internationalization further extended - US market in focus
The Nemetschek Group was able to further extend its growth and market
presence on international markets. In total, non-domestic revenue climbed
by 41.6% to EUR 43.4 million (Q1 2014: EUR 30.6 million). The US market was
the major growth driver, where revenue more than tripled as a result of the
Bluebeam acquisition. Domestic revenue also developed positively and rose
in the first quarter of 2015 by 13.8% to EUR 23.1 million (previous year's
period: EUR 20.3 million).

Increase in revenue from software licenses and software service contracts
With a clear plus of 41.4% in the starting quarter of 2015, revenue from
software licenses rose to EUR 34.4 million (previous year's period: EUR
24.3 million). Thus, licenses made up 51.7% of total revenue (Q1 2014:
47.7%). Revenue from software service contracts increased to EUR 28.7
million, a rise of 20.6% compared to the previous year's period (EUR 23.8
million). The proportion compared to total revenue reached 43.1% (Q1 2014:
46.6%). The two major segments secure sustainable corporate growth for the
Nemetschek Group: On the one hand, license business strengthens positioning
with new and existing customers; on the other hand, service contracts
ensure regular revenue and high levels of design reliability.

Healthy balance sheet and high liquid reserves
As of the end of the first quarter of 2015, the Nemetschek Group
demonstrated an extremely sound net asset structure and financial position.
As of March 31, 2015, the equity ratio rose to 48.9% (December 31, 2014:
46.8%). Moreover, the Group had cash and cash equivalents amounting to EUR
73.5 million and a net liquidity of EUR 16.5 million. Despite the purchase
of Bluebeam and a planned dividend distribution of EUR 15.4 million in
total, the Nemetschek Group thus possesses sufficient liquid reserves to
drive further planned growth forward organically and via acquisitions.

Development of the segments
The Design segment continued to develop very positively in the starting