SQS Software Quality Systems AG : Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

SQS Software Quality Systems AG

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		YES
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Octopus Investments Nominees Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):	n/a
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	10/01/2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	12/01/2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%, 7%

8. Notified details:n/a
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
DE0005493514	1556999	1556999	2176999	2176999		7.8

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2176999	7.8

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

n/a

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	n/a
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	n/a
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	n/a

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Luke Kennedy
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7710 6462

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Enquiries:

SQS Software Quality Systems AG		[phone]
Rudolf van Megen, Chief Executive Officer
Rene Gawron, Chief Financial Officer
Arbuthnot Securities		[phone]
Antonio Bossi Paul Gillam
Walbrook PR Limited		[phone]
Bob Huxford Helen Westaway		[e-mail] [e-mail]

About SQS

SQS is the world's largest pure play supplier of independent software testing and quality management services. SQS consultants design and oversee quality management processes during the software and IT systems life cycle and test the resulting products for errors and omissions.

Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, SQS has approximately 2,000 employees across Europe, Asia, North America and Africa. The Group has a presence in Germany (Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Goerlitz and Hamburg), the UK (London, Woking, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast), Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, India, Egypt, the United States and South Africa. SQS also has a minor stake in an operation in Portugal and a partnership operation in Spain.

With more than 5,000 completed projects, SQS has a strong customer base including 20 FTSE-100 companies, more than half of the DAX 30 and a third of the STOXX-50. It supports clients in a wide range of industries, including major corporations such as Allianz, Beazley, BP, Centrica, Commerzbank, Daimler, Deutsche Post, Generali, JP Morgan, Meteor, Reuters and Volkswagen.

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