adesso AG November 5, 2012

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1 WGZ adesso BANK AG RESEARCH November 5, 2012 p. 1 Update November 5, 2012 Recommendation: Buy Company data before: Hold as of 08/16/12 Sector IT Target price (EUR) 8.90 Market segment General Standard Share price (Xetra) (EUR) 6.74 ISIN DE000A0Z23Q5 11/02/12 5:30 PM Reuters ADNGk.DE Share price potential 32% Bloomberg ADN1 Higher licence revenues and successful restructuring At the end of last week, adesso posted preliminary Q3 figures. After the weak Q2 figures, the Q3 figures were a positive surprise. Quarterly sales increased to EUR30m (26.1; Q2 2012: 28.9) thus beating our forecast of EUR28.9m due to higher licence revenues of FirstSpirit (in-house developed content management system). According to preliminary figures, EBITDA increased to EUR2.5m (1.8; Q2 2012: 0.1) and thus were clearly higher than our forecast of EUR1.9m. We have raised our full-year forecast after the preliminary Q3 figures were posted: sales 2012E: EUR115.5m (before: 114.4); EBITDA 2012E: EUR5.4m (before: 4.5). When figures were posted the company pointed out that especially the EBITDA company forecast will very likely be beaten. When the Q2 figures were posted, adesso had revised its own sales forecast to EUR m (before: ) and EBITDA forecast to EUR m (before: ). As part of a revaluation of the adesso share, we raise our price target to EUR8.90 (before: 7.30; DCF/peer group valuation). We newly recommend to Buy (before: Hold). Share data Shares (m) Freefloat 35.4% Market cap. (EURm) 38.7 Trading volume (shares) 1,860 52W High 03/23/12 EUR W Low 08/19/11 EUR5.60 Termine Final Q2 figures 08/28/12 Q3 figures 11/13/12 Performance absolute relative to DAX 1M 14.2% 14.8% 3M -0.9% -7.6% 6M -6.4% -16.6% 12M -0.7% -19.6% Index weighting CDAX 0.002% Sales Sales growth - 6.8% 20.1% 23.7% 9.0% 8.1% EBITDA EBITDA margin 12.1% 8.1% 6.5% 8.1% 4.7% 7.3% Net income Net margin 6.3% 4.9% 2.8% 3.9% -0.2% 3.4% EPS DPS Net financial debt/ebitda Net Gearing Free cash flow (EUR) FCF per share (EUR) EV / sales EV / EBITDA EV / EBIT EV / FCF 3.9 neg neg. 9.4 P/E neg. 9.2 P/B Dividend yield 0.0% 2.9% 2.6% 2.8% 2.7% 3.0% Figures in EURm except EPS, DPS and FCF per share (EUR), Source: ; own estimates /07 11/08 11/09 11/10 11/11 11/12 Source: Bloomberg Contact Research Department Head: Dr. Frank Wohlgemuth, CIIA/CEFA Equity Sales Team +49 (0) Thomas Aldenrath / thomas.aldenrath@wgzbank.de Jörg Eberhardt / joerg.eberhardt@wgzbank.de Oliver Garbe / oliver.garbe@wgzbank.de Ansgar Krekeler / ansgar.krekeler@wgzbank.de Alexander Lachmann / alexander.lachmann@wgzbank.de Thomas Reher / thomas.reher@wgzbank.de Peter Richards / peter.richards@wgzbank.de Udo Zartner / udo.zartner@wgzbank.de Author: Matthias Engelmayer (analyst) Please notice the indications concerning the preparation of this document, the indications concerning potential conflicts of interest, the compulsory information required by paragraph 34b WpHG 1)2)3)4)6) (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz Please notice - Securities the advice Trade regarding Act) and the possible liability declaration conflicts at the of end interests of this document. as well This as financial the disclaimer analysis in the at meaning the end of paragraph of this document 34b WpHG shall only be distributed to professional clients or eligible counterparties according to 31a WpHG.

2 November 5, 2012 p. 2 In addition to the positive topline development in the software (FirstSpirit) and IT consulting business (higher level of utilisation in the consulting business due to positive market environment and higher number of work days) successful restructuring caused an income improvement in the energy and water management segment. After the end of the development of the software project dynamic.suite (in-house software solution for the (municipal) energy and water management) and the lack of further operating losses the break-even point was reached in Q at subsidiary evu.it (SAP business for energy utilities) after loss-making preceding quarters. We estimate that these two effects caused an income increase by over EUR1m. Further positive income effects came from the successively declining burdens from the unprofitable fixed-price contract and business figures above plan at ARITHNEA (e-business specialist; expansion of content management system activities). The preliminary Q3 figures show that the expanding - and compared to IT consulting more profitable - software business and the licence revenues generated make it more difficult to forecast the business development. In addition to the low valuation level (P/B ratio 2012E: 1.1; P/E ratio 2013E: 9.2) the attractive dividend yield of 2.7% favours the adesso share. With regard to the high capital position and liquid funds (net cash of EUR4.4m as of June 30, 2012) a stable dividend of EUR0.18 per share is to be expected for despite the decreased income compared to Successful restructuring of the energy and water management business Business development above plan at ARITHNEA (Volatile) software revenues make forecast difficult Attractive dividend yield

3 November 5, 2012 p. 3 Valuation Conclusion of the valuation Our valuation of the adesso share is based on a DCF model and a peer group analysis. The DCF model calculates a fair value of EUR8.96 (before: 7.77) per share (raised 2012 and 2013 estimates; EBIT 2013E: EUR6.9m (before: 5.8) and the peer group analysis of EUR8.92 (before: 7.01) per share. Weighting the DCF model and peer group analysis at 50% each, we have calculated a fair value of EUR8.94 (before: 7.39) per share. The (average) fair value corresponds to a P/E ratio 2013E of Fair value of EUR8.94 (before: 7.39) per adesso share DCF model EURm 2012E 2013E 2014E 2015E 2016E 2017E 2018E 2019E 2020E 2021E Sales Growth y/y - 8.1% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% EBIT margin 2.5% 5.5% 6.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% EBIT Income taxes Amortisation and depreciation /- Change in long-term provisions /- Others (e.g. minority interests) Gross operating cash flow /+ Change in net working capital Investments in fixed assets Free cash flow Present values Total present values (2012E-2021E) 12.2 Terminal value 23.3 in % of total value: 71% Value of operating business 35.4 Model parameters + Cash and cash equivalents Financial debt/pension provisions -6.5 Target capital structure Equity 80% Financial debt 20% Fair market value of equity 51.5 Risk-free rate: 4.0% Beta: 1.3 Risk prem. debt: 2.0% Risk prem.: 5.0% Tax shield: 30.0% Number of shares outstanding (m) 5.7 Cost of equity: 10.7% Cost of debt: 4.2% Fair value per share (EUR) 8.96 Source: own estimates Growth FCF (TV): 2.0% WACC: 9.4% Date: 11/05/2012 Sensitivity analysis (EUR) Discount rate (WACC) 8.9% 9.4% 9.9% 10.4% 2.0% % % % Source: own estimates Growth FCF (TV)

4 November 5, 2012 p. 4 Peer group analysis P/E EV/EBIT EV/EBITDA 2012E 2013E 2012E 2013E 2012E 2013E Allgeier Holding GFT Technologies SQS Software Quality Systems COR&FJA neg neg Seven Principles neg. 8.7 neg Mean Median neg Figures in EURm, only EPS in EUR EPS EBIT EBITDA 2012E 2013E 2012E 2013E 2012E 2013E Enterprise value (EV) Liquid assets Financial liabilities Fair market capitalisation Number of shares (units m) Fair value n/a Average value Weighting Fair value per share (EUR) 8.92 Source: own estimates; Bloomberg Closing prices as of 11/02/2012

5 November 5, 2012 p. 5 Appendix Profit and loss statement EURm Sales Other internally generated assets Other operating income Gross profit Costs of material Personnel costs Other operating expenses EBITDA Depreciatin on property, plant and equipment Depreciation on goodwill EBIT Income from investments Other financial result Interest income and similar income Interest expenses and similar expenses EBT Income taxes Net income Share of minority interests Net income after minorities Number of shares (unit) EPS (undiluted, EUR) EPS (diluted, EUR) Source: ; own estimates Profit and loss statement (as % of sales) Sales 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Other internally generated assets 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% 0.5% 0.0% Other operating income 3.5% 3.0% 1.6% 1.6% 2.2% 1.2% Gross profit 103.5% 103.0% 101.6% 102.5% 102.7% 101.2% Costs of material -9.6% -11.2% -11.0% -12.5% -12.3% -12.1% Personnel costs -60.1% -63.6% -63.7% -61.8% -65.7% -61.8% Other operating expenses -21.6% -20.1% -20.3% -20.0% -20.0% -20.0% EBITDA 12.1% 8.1% 6.5% 8.1% 4.7% 7.3% Depreciatin on property, plant and equipment -5.4% -3.9% -3.4% -1.9% -2.2% -1.8% Depreciation on goodwill 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -1.3% 0.0% 0.0% EBIT 6.7% 4.2% 3.1% 4.9% 2.5% 5.5% Income from investments 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -2.1% 0.0% Other financial result 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Interest income and similar income 0.8% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% Interest expenses and similar expenses -0.6% -0.5% -0.5% -0.3% -0.4% -0.4% EBT 6.9% 4.6% 2.9% 4.7% 0.3% 5.2% Income taxes -0.5% 0.4% 0.0% -1.0% -0.1% -1.2% Net income 6.4% 5.0% 2.9% 3.7% 0.2% 4.0% Share of minority interests -0.1% -0.1% -0.1% 0.2% -0.4% -0.7% Net income after minorities 6.3% 4.9% 2.8% 3.9% -0.2% 3.4% Source: ; own estimates

6 November 5, 2012 p. 6 Balance sheet EURm Intangible assets Goodwill Property, plant and equipment Financial assets Other assets Receivables from income taxes Deffered taxes Non-current assets Trade accounts receivable Receivables PoC Receivables from income taxes Financial assets Other assets Fiduciary held cash on hand and at bank Cash on hand and at bank Current assets Assets Subscribed capital Capital reserve Other retained earnings Reserve for currency conversion Consolidated earnings Minority share Equity Financial liabilities Pernsion and similar liabilities Provisions Other non-current liabilities Deferred taxes liabilities Non-current liabilities Financial liabilities Trade accounts payable Liabilities PoC Liabilities from income taxes Provisions Other current liabilities Current liabilities Liabilities Source: ; own estimates

7 November 5, 2012 p. 7 Balance sheet (as % of sales) Intangible assets 7.4% 6.6% 4.9% 4.2% 2.4% 1.5% Goodwill 11.8% 21.0% 20.2% 16.5% 24.1% 23.1% Property, plant and equipment 1.7% 1.7% 1.9% 2.0% 1.7% 1.4% Financial assets 0.8% 0.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% Other assets 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 2.6% 2.5% Receivables from income taxes 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% Deffered taxes 9.2% 9.7% 9.5% 9.7% 9.3% 9.5% Non-current assets 31.4% 40.1% 37.6% 33.2% 40.3% 38.3% Trade accounts receivable 17.1% 24.2% 27.5% 27.3% 31.2% 31.3% Receivables PoC 8.5% 3.7% 5.0% 5.2% 5.3% 5.2% Receivables from income taxes 1.4% 1.2% 1.2% 0.7% 0.0% 0.8% Financial assets 0.1% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Other assets 0.7% 0.9% 0.9% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% Fiduciary held cash on hand and at bank 7.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Cash on hand and at bank 33.5% 29.4% 27.3% 32.2% 21.7% 22.9% Current assets 68.6% 59.9% 62.4% 66.8% 59.7% 61.7% Assets 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Subscribed capital 71.7% 9.7% 9.2% 8.2% 7.8% 7.5% Capital reserve -41.8% 18.7% 17.8% 16.3% 15.6% 14.9% Other retained earnings 7.6% 14.2% 17.7% 17.9% 22.1% 21.2% Reserve for currency conversion 0.2% 0.2% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% Consolidated earnings 7.7% 6.1% 4.0% 5.6% 0.3% 6.6% Minority share 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.4% 1.5% 1.4% Equity 45.4% 49.0% 49.6% 49.2% 48.1% 52.4% Financial liabilities 3.8% 9.5% 8.8% 5.2% 10.8% 8.3% Pernsion and similar liabilities 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% Provisions 0.3% 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% Other non-current liabilities 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% Deferred taxes liabilities 3.1% 2.5% 1.9% 2.0% 0.1% 2.3% Non-current liabilities 8.0% 13.4% 12.0% 8.9% 12.7% 12.5% Financial liabilities 9.5% 5.1% 3.5% 3.2% 2.7% 2.6% Trade accounts payable 7.9% 6.5% 5.7% 8.9% 9.5% 9.8% Liabilities PoC 5.2% 3.6% 3.6% 2.9% 2.7% 2.6% Liabilities from income taxes 1.7% 1.2% 0.6% 1.9% 0.1% 2.2% Provisions 3.4% 2.7% 2.4% 2.1% 2.2% 2.3% Other current liabilities 18.9% 18.6% 22.6% 23.0% 21.8% 15.6% Current liabilities 46.6% 37.6% 38.4% 41.9% 39.1% 35.1% Liabilities 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Source: ; own estimates

8 November 5, 2012 p. 8 Cash flow statement EURm EBT Income from financing and investment activities Depreciation and amortization on PP&E and intangible assets Expenses from the disposal of PP&E Other non-cash income Change in pension provisions Change in other provisions Tax payments Cash earnings Change to net operating assets Cash flow from operating activities Disinvestments of PP&E Payments-in for investments in intangible assets Change of cash and cash equivalents from the disposal / deconsolidation of consolidated companies Change in cash and cash equivalents from initial consolidation Payments for investments in PP&E Payments for investments in intangible assets Cash flow from investment activities Dividend payments Capital increase Acquisition of minority interests Repayment of liabilities from finance leases New liabilities to banks Repayment of financial liabilities Payment from other financial loans received Interest paid Interest received Cash flow from financing activities Change in cash and cash equivalents Currency differences Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period Source: ; own estimates

9 November 5, 2012 p. 9 Key figures Growth analysis Sales growth - 6.8% 20.1% 23.7% 9.0% 8.1% EBITDA growth % -2.8% 53.8% -37.2% 67.6% EBIT growth % -11.2% 93.6% -43.6% 136.0% EBT growth % -25.3% 103.5% -93.4% 1,883.6% EPS growth (diluted) % -32.3% 74.4% n/a n/a Margin analysis EBITDA margin 12.1% 8.1% 6.5% 8.1% 4.7% 7.3% EBIT margin 6.7% 4.2% 3.1% 4.9% 2.5% 5.5% EBT margin 6.9% 4.6% 2.9% 4.7% 0.3% 5.2% Net margin 6.3% 4.9% 2.8% 3.9% -0.2% 3.4% Yield analysis ROI 7.6% 6.1% 3.9% 6.3% -0.3% 5.6% ROCE 17.0% 11.1% 7.5% 10.7% 5.3% 11.2% ROE 16.7% 13.0% 8.0% 12.8% -0.7% 11.5% ROIC 12.5% 9.1% 6.9% 10.0% 5.2% 11.1% Balance sheet analysis Equity ratio 45.4% 49.0% 49.6% 49.2% 48.1% 52.4% Equty / LT assets ratio 144.5% 122.1% 132.0% 148.4% 119.5% 137.1% Equity + LT debt / LT assets ratio 170.0% 124.2% 134.2% 150.9% 121.6% 139.3% Asset intensity 31.4% 40.1% 37.6% 33.2% 40.3% 38.3% Debtor turnover Debtor terms / -days Working capital / sales ratio 10.4% 12.2% 14.6% 13.7% 14.0% 14.5% Days of payables outstanding (days) Debt ratios Net financial debt Net financial debt / EBITDA Net gearing EBITDA interest coverage EBIT interest coverage Cash flow analysis Free cash flow (FCF) FCF / sales 11.6% -3.7% 4.2% 7.8% -5.4% 3.3% FCF / net income 182.6% -75.3% 152.6% 199.5% % 97.8% FCF per share (EUR) FCF yield 25.4% -9.1% 11.0% 22.1% -16.3% 10.7% Capex (EURm) Capex / Depreciation and amortization 19.2% 179.5% 19.8% 94.0% 322.0% 115.1% Capex / sales 1.0% 6.9% 0.7% 1.8% 7.0% 2.0% Valuation multiples EV / sales EV / EBITDA EV / EBIT EV / FCF 3.9 neg neg. 9.4 P/E ratio neg. 9.2 P/B ratio P/CF ratio neg. 5.5 P/S ratio neg. 0.3 Dividend yield 0.0% 2.9% 2.6% 2.8% 2.7% 3.0% Source: ; own estimates

10 November 5, 2012 p. 10 Sales development Sales by region (2011) % 20% 15% 20% % 5% 80% 0 0% Sales (EURm) Change y/y IT Services IT Solutions High double-digit growth rates since 2009; 2012 forecast includes sales impact from company's majority takeover of ARITHNEA CAGR E of 13% IT Services segment still dominating (80% (2010: 86%) of group sales) Above average sales growth in software business Earnings development (EURm) ROE % 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% -2% EBITDA EBIT Equity excl. minorities (EURm) ROE Volatile earnings development in the past years; CAGR EBIT E: 9% Expansion of software business leads to higher economies of scale ROE level of the past years in the low double-digit area; ROE 2013E: 11.5% Shareholders' equity 2012E of EUR34.2m equal to P/B ratio of 1.1 Operating cash flow (EURm) Net cash Operating cash flow Net working capital Net cash (EURm) - left axes Net cash / EBITDA - right axes Extraordinary high operating cash flow in 2011 (EUR10.2m) - positive impact due to working capital reduction Operating cash flow 2012E: EUR-2.4m Strength of operating cash flow traditionally leads to high net cash position; decrease in 2012 because of the majority stake in ARITHNEA Net cash position to continue the buy-and-build strategy Source: adesso; own estimates

11 November 5, 2012 p. 11 Peer group companies in EURm except EPS Share price Market cap EV Sales EBITDA EBIT EPS 2012E 2013E 2012E 2013E 2012E 2013E 2012E 2013E Allgeier Holding Growth (sales) or margin (EBITDA, EBIT) 19.9% 5.8% 6.4% 2.6% 3.6% - - GFT Technologies Growth (sales) or margin (EBITDA, EBIT) -0.3% 5.1% 5.8% 4.4% 5.1% - - SQS Software Quality Systems Growth (sales) or margin (EBITDA, EBIT) 8.0% 8.0% 8.8% 4.8% 5.8% - - COR&FJA Growth (sales) or margin (EBITDA, EBIT) 5.0% 2.9% 4.4% -0.2% 1.3% - - Seven Principles Growth (sales) or margin (EBITDA, EBIT) 6.7% 1.4% 5.0% -0.1% 3.4% - - Source: Bloomberg Closing prices as of 11/02/2012

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