Award granted by the Alternative Investment Market in London
SQS Software Quality Systems is
International Company of the Year 2008
Cologne, 22th October 2008 – SQS Software Quality Systems AG has been crowned this year’s International Company of the Year by the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). According to the AIM, SQS was given the award because of the company’s “consistent top performance”.
The award has been presented on an annual basis since 1996, and honours companies listed on the AIM which have their head office outside the United Kingdom. In collaboration with the main London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the management consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers, the AIM chose SQS from a list of over 600 candidates. The jury was made up of 19 fund managers and financial market analysts.
SQS CEO Rudolf van Megen was presented with the award at the celebratory AIM Awards Dinner in London on 16 October 2008. “As the first German company with a first listing on the AIM we are particularly pleased to be given this award”, commented van Megen. “Since we were admitted in 2005 we have been able to double our market capitalisation. We are looking forward to further successful cooperation with the AIM.”
Enquiries:
| SQS Software Quality Systems AG | Tel. +49 (2203) 91 54 0 |
| Rudolf van Megen, Chief Executive Officer | |
| Rene Gawron, Chief Financial Officer | |
| Altium | Tel. +44 (0)20 7484 4040 |
| Nick Tulloch | |
| ICIS Limited | Tel. +44 (0)20 7651 8688 |
| Tom Moriarty | |
| Bob Huxford |
About SQS
SQS is the global leader in independent software testing and quality management services. SQS consultants design and oversee quality management processes during software and IT systems development and test the resulting products for errors and omissions.
Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, SQS now has more than 1,400 employees across Europe, Asia, North America and in Africa. The Group has a strong presence in Germany (Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Goerlitz and Hamburg) and in the UK (London, Woking, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast), Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Finland, 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 4,800 completed projects under its belt, SQS has a strong customer base including 36 FTSE-100 companies, half of the DAX 30 and nearly a third of the STOXX-50. It supports clients in a wide range of industries, including major corporations such as Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, Barclays, BP, Boots, Credit Suisse, Volkswagen, and Daimler.