SAP Announces Preliminary 2006 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results

WALLDORF, Germany, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAP AG today announced its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006.

HIGHLIGHTS - Fourth Quarter 2006 Revenues -- Product revenues for the 2006 fourth quarter were euro 2.2 billion (2005: euro 2.0 billion), which is an increase of 8% (12% at constant currencies)(1) compared to the same period in 2005. -- Software revenues for the fourth quarter of 2006 were euro 1.3 billion (2005: euro 1.2 billion), representing an increase of 7% (12% at constant currencies)(1) compared to the fourth quarter of 2005. -- Total revenues were euro 3.0 billion for the fourth quarter of 2006 (2005: euro 2.8 billion), which represented an increase of 7% (12% at constant currencies)(1) compared to the fourth quarter of 2005. Income -- Operating income for the fourth quarter of 2006 was euro 1.1 billion (2005: euro 980 million), which was an increase of 10% compared to the fourth quarter of 2005. Adjusted operating income(1) was euro 1.1 billion (2005: euro 1.0 billion) for the 2006 fourth quarter, representing an increase of 10% compared to the same period last year. -- The operating margin for the fourth quarter of 2006 was 36.6%, which was an increase of 1.0 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2005. The adjusted operating margin(1) for the 2006 fourth quarter was 37.7%, which was an increase of 0.9 percentage points compared to the 2005 fourth quarter. -- Net income for the 2006 fourth quarter was euro 799 million (2005: euro 619 million), or euro 0.66 per share (2005: euro 0.50 per share), representing an increase of 29% compared to the fourth quarter of 2005. Fourth quarter 2006 adjusted net income(1) was euro 822 million (2005: euro 642 million), or adjusted euro 0.67 earnings per share(1)(2005: euro 0.52 per share), representing an increase of 28% compared to the fourth quarter of 2005. Fourth quarter 2006 net income, earnings per share, adjusted net income(1) and adjusted earnings per share(1) were positively impacted by approximately euro 55 million, or euro 0.045 per share, from a reduced fourth quarter effective tax rate primarily due to various settlements with fiscal authorities in different countries on different items. HIGHLIGHTS - Full-Year 2006

Software revenues and certain other full year 2006 financial data in this press release differ from the software revenues and certain other financial data originally provided in SAP's January 11, 2007 press release titled "SAP Announces 2006 Preliminary Results." The changes are due to the reduction of software revenue by euro 30 million in the third quarter of 2006 resulting from the modification of contracts from prior years to accommodate one individual customer. The modification occurred in the third quarter of 2006. (for more information, see footnote 2).

Revenues -- Product revenues increased to euro 6.6 billion (2005: euro 6.0 billion) for the year-ended December 31, 2006, representing an increase of 11% (12% at constant currencies)(1) compared to the full-year 2005. -- Software revenues increased 10% (12% at constant currencies)(1) to euro 3.1 billion (2005: euro 2.8 billion) for the full-year 2006 compared to the same period last year. -- Total revenues were euro 9.4 billion (2005: euro 8.5 billion) for the 2006 full-year, which was an increase of 10% (11% at constant currencies)(1) compared to the same period last year. Core Enterprise Applications Vendor Share(3)

2006 represented another year of strong share gains for SAP. Based on software revenues on a rolling four quarter basis, SAP's worldwide share of Core Enterprise Applications vendors(3), which account for approximately $16.4 billion in software revenues as defined by the Company based on industry analyst research, increased to 24.0% for the year ended December 31, 2006. This represented a gain of 2.8 percentage points for the full-year, and SAP continued to maintain more than twice the share of the next largest vendor.

Income -- Operating income for 2006 was euro 2.6 billion(4)(2005: euro 2.3 billion), which was an increase of 10% compared to the same period last year. Adjusted operating income(1) for 2006 was euro 2.7 billion (2005: euro 2.4 billion), representing an increase of 12% compared to 2005. -- The operating margin for 2006 was 27.3%, which was down 0.1 percentage points compared to 2005. The adjusted operating margin(1) was 28.8% for 2006, which was an increase of 0.5 percentage points compared to 2005. -- Net income for 2006 was euro 1.9 billion (2005: euro 1.5 billion), or euro 1.52 per share (2005: euro 1.21 per share), representing an increase of 25% compared to 2005. Adjusted net income(1) for 2006 was euro 2.0 billion (2005: euro 1.6 billion), or adjusted euro 1.60 per share(1) (2005: euro 1.25 per share), representing an increase of 27% compared to 2005. Full-Year 2006 net income, earnings per share, adjusted net income(1) and adjusted earnings per share(1) were positively impacted by approximately euro 85 million, or euro 0.07 per share, from reduced second and fourth quarter effective tax rates primarily due to various settlements with fiscal authorities in different countries on different items.

"While we did not achieve all of our targets in 2006, we ended with solid growth at constant currencies for both product revenues and software revenues -- the fourth quarter alone marked our 12th consecutive quarter of double digit growth in software revenues at constant currencies -- and at the same time we improved our profitability," said Henning Kagermann, CEO of SAP. "Regional performance for the year was also strong -- we reported double digit software revenue growth at constant currencies in each region, the first time we have accomplished such a strong, well-balanced, regional performance since the year 2000. On top of this, we continued to gain significant worldwide share among Core Enterprise Applications vendors. Our share increased by 2.8 percentage points to 24.0% for 2006."

Cash Flow -- Operating cash flow for 2006 was euro 1.8 billion (2005: euro 1.6 billion). Free cash flow(1) for 2006 was euro 1.5 billion (2005: euro 1.3 billion), which was 16% of total revenues for the year (2005: 16%). At December 31, 2006, the Company had euro 3.3 billion in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments (December 31, 2005: euro 3.8 billion). The year-over-year decrease is primarily the result of an increase in share buybacks in 2006, expenditures on acquisitions and increased dividend payments. Share Buy-Back Program -- For 2006, the Company bought back 27.9 million shares at an average price of euro 40.97 (total amount: euro 1.1 billion). This compares to 12.9 million shares bought back in 2005. At December 31, 2006, treasury stock stood at 49.25 million shares at an average price of euro 35.37. SAP's current share buy-back program allows the Company to purchase up to 120 million shares. All share related numbers above have been adjusted to account for the capital share increase that took effect in December 2006 that effectively increased the number of shares outstanding four-fold. Given the Company's strong free cash flow(1) generation, SAP plans to further evaluate opportunities to buy back shares in the future.

"2006 was a cornerstone year for SAP, a year of significant innovation that led to the launch of many new products during the year, including CRM on-Demand, Duet, Analytics, and the first services enabled ERP solution in the industry," said Mr. Kagermann. "We have already seen rapid adoption of mySAP ERP, with over 4,000 productive customers at year-end 2006. Initial customer feedback has been very positive on our new products."

Mr. Kagermann continued, "2007 will be the year in which we successfully complete our roadmap by delivering services-enabled versions of the mySAP Business Suite and our established mid-market solution SAP All-in-One. Also in 2007, we will begin delivering on what we believe is the most innovative solution in the industry designed specifically for new segments in the midmarket -- a consumption ready solution that provides our customers with fast time-to-value, quick and easy user adoption, high flexibility, low TCO, and is built by design on a fully-enabled enterprise services oriented architecture."

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

Beginning in the first quarter of 2007, and also provided for the full-year 2006 for comparative purposes, the Company will realign its income statement to provide additional transparency for reporting potential new product revenue streams. Although currently not material, the Company added a new revenue line item called "subscription and other software related services revenue" as the basis of the realignment, in addition to changing the name of the line item "product revenues" to "software and software related services revenue." Therefore, "software and software related services revenue" equals the total of "software revenue" plus "support revenue" (formerly called "maintenance revenue") plus "subscription and other software related services revenue." Total software and software related services revenue in 2006 were euro 6,605 million. SAP's 2007 outlook is based on this realignment. In addition, the operating margin outlook for 2007 is based on U.S. GAAP numbers. In previous years, SAP provided its outlook for operating margin on an adjusted basis.

The Company provided the following outlook for the full-year 2007. -- The Company expects full-year 2007 software and software related services revenue to increase in a range of 12%-14% at constant currencies(1) compared to 2006 growth of 12% at constant currencies(1). -- In order to address additional growth opportunities in new, untapped segments in the midmarket, the Company will invest an additional euro 300 million - euro 400 million over eight quarters to build up a new business. Depending on the exact timing of these accelerated investments, this is equivalent to the Company reinvesting approximately one to two percentage points of margin in 2007 into additional future growth opportunities. Therefore, the Company expects the full-year 2007 operating margin to be in the range of 26.0% to 27.0% compared to the 2006 operating margin of 27.3%. -- The Company is projecting an effective tax rate of 32.5% - 33.0% for 2007. Regional Performance Fourth Quarter 2006 Software Revenue by Region (in euro millions, unaudited) SAP Group Software Software Revenue Revenue Q4 2006 Q4 2005 Change % Change Total 1,262 1,183 +79 +7% - at constant currency rates +12% EMEA 705 626 +79 +13% - at constant currency rates +14% Asia-Pacific 134 132 +2 +2% - at constant currency rates +9% Americas 423 425 -2 0% - at constant currency rates +10% Fourth Quarter 2006 Total Revenue by Region (in euro millions, unaudited) SAP Group Revenue Revenue Q4 2006 Q4 2005 Change % Change Total 2,952 2,754 +198 +7% - at constant currency rates +12% EMEA 1,631 1,483 +148 +10% - at constant currency rates +11% Asia-Pacific 329 301 +28 +9% - at constant currency rates +16% Americas 992 970 +22 +2% - at constant currency rates +12% Full-Year 2006 Software Revenue by Region (in euro millions, unaudited) SAP Group Software Software Revenue Revenue FY 2006 FY 2005 Change % Change Total 3,071 2,783 +288 +10% - at constant currency rates +12% EMEA 1,531 1,393 +138 +10% - at constant currency rates +10% Asia-Pacific 391 363 +28 +8% - at constant currency rates +12% Americas 1,149 1,027 +122 +12% - at constant currency rates +15% Full-Year 2006 Total Revenue by Region (in euro millions, unaudited) SAP Group Revenue Revenue FY 2006 FY 2005 Change % Change Total 9,402 8,513 +889 +10% - at constant currency rates +11% EMEA 4,895 4,513 +382 +8% - at constant currency rates +9% Asia-Pacific 1,114 1,000 +114 +11% - at constant currency rates +15% Americas 3,393 3,000 +393 +13% - at constant currency rates +14% KEY EVENTS - Fourth Quarter 2006 -- In the fourth quarter of 2006, SAP demonstrated strong momentum, announcing or closing major contracts with numerous companies in all key regions. In the EMEA region: Vodafone Group Plc, ESPRIT, Bundesamt fur Informationsmanagement, Krones AG, Moscow Heat Supply Company (MOEC); in the Americas region: Ace Hardware Company, Anheuser-Busch Companies, FirstEnergy, Cementos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V., Neoenergia S/A; in the Asia Pacific region: E&E Linen(Hangzhou) Co., Ltd., Kawai Musical Instruments, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, United Group Limited. -- A major milestone in Q4 was the signature of a Global Enterprise Agreement with Unilever. Unilever is the first Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Company to sign such an agreement with SAP. With this agreement SAP strengthens its position as the strategic platform at the heart of Unilever's destination architecture acting as a key IT partner to aide and accelerate Unilever's business transformation. -- On December 15, 2006, SAP announced it had entered in the commercial register the resolution of the May 9, 2006 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to increase the company's subscribed capital from corporate funds. For each share held, shareholders received three additional shares after the close of stock exchange business on Wednesday, December 20, 2006. -- On December 4, 2006, SAP launched the Industry Value Network (IVN) for mill products, a sector forum for the forest and paper industries. During 2006, IVNs were launched for the chemicals, consumer products, high tech, public sector and retail industries. -- On December 4, 2006, SAP announced the availability of the first SAP enhancement package for mySAP(TM) ERP. The delivery of SAP enhancement packages for mySAP ERP meets customer requirements for innovation without disruption by making it simpler and faster to adopt new product functionality, industry-specific features and enterprise services while shielding them from the complexity of multiple upgrades. -- On November 15, 2006, Microsoft and SAP announced they had sold more than 200,000 Duet licenses in just three months. The companies also announced they would provide Duet support for Office 2007 and that plans are in place for the release of Duet 1.5 in the summer of 2007. -- Marking the third investment for SAP's global $125 million SAP NetWeaver(R) Fund to fuel the development of innovative solutions built on the SAP NetWeaver(R) platform, SAP announced on November 8, 2006 a minority investment in Visiprise, a leading provider of business solutions for integrated manufacturing operations. The second investment was a minority investment in ArisGlobal, thereby strengthening SAP's Life Sciences software development partnership. -- On November 6, 2006, SAP announced the general availability of more than 100 analytic composites in the SAP(R) xApp(TM) Analytics composite application. In a report titled "Worldwide Business Analytics Software 2006," IDC found that SAP was the leader in the worldwide analytic applications market, a segment of the overall business analytics market, by revenue. -- SAP announced plans to unify its various partner programs under SAP Partner Edge, making SAP the ideal partner for ISVs, system integrators and resellers demonstrating its focus on building, nurturing and supporting a broad ecosystem of partners around its solutions for small, midsize and large customers. -- SAP cemented its market leadership position by announcing the accumulation of more than 10,000 HCM customers in 110 countries worldwide. This milestone follows a Gartner Dataquest study from June 2006 that named SAP as the number one software vendor in the HCM market. Webcast/Supplementary Financial Information

SAP senior management will host a press conference in Frankfurt today at 10:00 AM (CET) / 9:00 AM (GMT) / 4:00 AM (Eastern) / 1:00 AM (Pacific), followed by an investor conference at 1:30 PM (CET) / 12:30 PM (GMT) / 7:30 AM (Eastern) / 4:30 AM (Pacific). Both conferences will be web cast live on the Company's website at http://www.sap.com/investor and will be available for replay purposes as well. Supplementary financial information pertaining to the quarterly results and the realigned income statement can be found at http://www.sap.com/investor.

About SAP

SAP is the world's leading provider of business software*. More than 38000 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP(R) applications -- from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small and midsize enterprises to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver(R) platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." (Additional information at http://www.sap.com/ )

(*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications such as supply chain management, customer relationship management, product life-cycle management and supplier relationship management.

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For more information, press only: Herbert Heitmann, +49 (6227) 7-61137, herbert.heitmann@sap.com, CET Frank Hartmann, +49 (6227) 7-42548, f.hartmann@sap.com, CET Steve Bauer +1 610 661-3951, steve.bauer@sap.com, EST For more information, financial community only: Stefan Gruber, +49 (6227) 7-44872, investor@sap.com, CET Martin Cohen, +1 (212) 653-9619, investor@sap.com, EST Consolidated Income Statements SAP-Group 4th quarter PRELIMINARY and UNAUDITED (euro millions) 2006 2005 Change Software revenue 1,262 1,183 7 % Maintenance revenue 934 855 9 % Product revenue 2,196 2,038 8 % Consulting revenue 633 605 5 % Training revenue 105 96 9 % Service revenue 738 701 5 % Other revenue 18 15 20 % Total revenue 2,952 2,754 7 % Cost of product -297 -295 1 % Cost of service -560 -539 4 % Research and development -377 -307 23 % Sales and marketing -554 -507 9 % General and administration -133 -127 5 % Other income/expense, net 50 1 N/A Total operating expenses -1,871 -1,774 5 % Operating income 1,081 980 10 % Other non-operating income/expense, net 6 -25 N/A Financial income, net 31 7 N/A Income before income taxes 1,118 962 16 % Income taxes -319 -342 -7 % Minority interest 0 -1 -100 % Net income 799 619 29 % Basic earnings per share (in euro) 0.66 0.50 29 % Consolidated Income Statements SAP-Group 4th quarter PRELIMINARY and UNAUDITED Additional information (euro millions) 2006 2005 Change Adjusted operating income reconciliation: Operating income 1,081 980 10 % LTI/STAR/SOP 22 22 0 % Settlement of stock-based compensation programs 0 0 0 % Total stock-based compensation 22 22 0 % Acquisition-related charges 9 11 -18 % Adjusted operating income excluding stock-based compensation and acquisition-related charges (1) 1,112 1,013 10 % Operating margin 36.6 % 35.6 % Adjusted operating margin 37.7 % 36.8 % Consolidated Income Statements SAP-Group 4th quarter PRELIMINARY and UNAUDITED Additional information (euro millions) 2006 2005 Change Financial income, net 31 7 343 % - thereof impairment-related charges 0 -1 -100 % Income before income taxes 1,118 962 16 % Income taxes 319 342 -7 % Effective tax rate 29 % 36 % Adjusted net income reconciliation: Net income 799 619 29 % Stock-based compensation, net of tax 17 15 13 % Acquisition-related charges, net of tax 6 7 -14 % Impairment-related charges, net of tax 0 1 -100 % Adjusted net income excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, and impairment-related charges (1) 822 642 28 % Adjusted EPS reconciliation: Earnings per share (in euro) 0.66 0.50 29 % Stock-based compensation 0.01 0.01 13 % Acquisition-related charges 0.00 0.01 -14 % Impairment-related charges 0.00 0.00 -100 % Adjusted EPS excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges and impairment-related charges (in euro) (1) 0.67 0.52 28 % Weighted average number of shares (in thousands) treasury stock excluded 1,219,176 1,239,118 Consolidated Income Statements SAP-Group Twelve months ended December 31, PRELIMINARY and UNAUDITED (euro millions) 2006 2005 Change Software revenue 3,071 2,783 10 % Maintenance revenue 3,534 3,175 11 % Product revenue 6,605 5,958 11 % Consulting revenue 2,340 2,139 9 % Training revenue 383 343 12 % Service revenue 2,723 2,482 10 % Other revenue 74 73 1 % Total revenue 9,402 8,513 10 % Cost of product -1,100 -993 11 % Cost of service -2,080 -1,925 8 % Research and development -1,336 -1,089 23 % Sales and marketing -1,915 -1,746 10 % General and administration -464 -435 7 % Other income/expense, net 56 6 N/A Total operating expenses -6,839 -6,182 11 % Operating income 2,563 2,331 10 % Other non-operating income/expense, net -13 -25 -48 % Financial income, net 122 10 N/A Income before income taxes 2,672 2,316 15 % Income taxes -804 -817 -2 % Minority interest -2 -3 -33 % Net income 1,866 1,496 25 % Basic earnings per share (in euro) 1.52 1.21 25 % Consolidated Income Statements SAP-Group Twelve months ended December 31, PRELIMINARY and UNAUDITED Additional information (euro millions) 2006 2005 Change Adjusted operating income reconciliation: Operating income 2,563 2,331 10 % LTI/STAR/SOP 99 45 N/A Settlement of stock-based compensation programs 0 0 N/A Total stock-based compensation 99 45 N/A Acquisition-related charges 43 34 26 % Adjusted operating income excluding stock-based compensation and acquisition-related charges(1) 2,705 2,410 12 % Operating margin 27.3 % 27.4 % Adjusted operating margin 28.8 % 28.3 % Consolidated Income Statements SAP-Group Twelve months ended December 31, PRELIMINARY and UNAUDITED Additional information (euro millions) 2006 2005 Change Financial income, net 122 10 N/A - thereof impairment-related charges -1 -4 -75 % Income before income taxes 2,672 2,316 15 % Income taxes 804 817 -2 % Effective tax rate 30 % 35 % Adjusted net income reconciliation: Net income 1,866 1,496 25 % Stock-based compensation, net of tax 71 31 N/A Acquisition-related charges, net of tax 27 21 29 % Impairment-related charges, net of tax 1 4 -75 % Adjusted net income excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, and impairment-related charges (1) 1,965 1,552 27 % Adjusted EPS reconciliation: Earnings per share (in euro) 1.52 1.21 25 % Stock-based compensation 0.06 0.02 N/A Acquisition-related charges 0.02 0.02 29 % Impairment-related charges 0.00 0.00 -75 % Adjusted EPS excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges and impairment-related charges (in euro) (1) 1.60 1.25 27 % Weighted average number of shares (in thousands) treasury stock excluded 1,226,263 1,239,264 SAP Group CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS PRELIMINARY and UNAUDITED (euro millions) ASSETS 12/31/2006 12/31/2005 Change % Change Cash and cash equivalents 2,399 2,064 335 16 % Short-term investments 931 1,782 -851 -48 % Accounts receivables, net 2,439 2,250 189 8 % Other assets, Inventories 370 231 139 60 % Deferred taxes 108 129 -21 -16 % Prepaid expenses/deferred charges 75 64 11 17 % Current assets 6,322 6,520 -198 -3 % Intangible assets, Goodwill 1,253 766 487 64 % Property, plant, and equipment, net 1,206 1,095 111 10 % Investments 95 63 32 51 % Accounts receivables, net 3 1 2 N/A Other assets 527 473 54 11 % Deferred taxes 91 98 -7 -7 % Prepaid expenses/deferred charges 23 24 -1 -4 % Non-current assets 3,198 2,520 678 27 % TOTAL ASSETS 9,520 9,040 480 5 % SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 12/31/2006 12/31/2005 Change % Change Accounts payable 611 547 64 12 % Income Tax obligations 308 409 -101 -25 % Reserves and accrued liabilities 1,462 1,440 22 2 % Deferred income 405 347 58 17 % Current liabilities 2,786 2,743 43 2 % Accounts payable 34 40 -6 -15 % Income Tax obligations 99 68 31 46 % Reserves and accrued liabilities 411 342 69 20 % Deferred income 55 57 -2 -4 % Non-current liabilities 599 507 92 18 % Minority interests 10 8 2 25 % Shareholders' equity 6,125 5,782 343 6 % TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 9,520 9,040 480 5 % Days Sales Outstanding 68 68 0 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS for the years ended December 31, unaudited (in euro millions) 2006 2005 Net income 1,866 1,496 Minority interests 2 3 Income before minority interests 1,868 1,499 Adjustments to reconcile income before minority interests to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 214 204 Loss (income) from equity investees 1 -1 Gains on disposal of property, plant, and equipment -2 -5 Gains on disposal of investments 0 -1 Write-ups/downs of financial assets 0 14 Impacts of STAR hedging -79 7 Stock-based compensation including income tax benefits 82 50 Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation -3 0 Change in accounts receivables -252 -322 Change in accrued and other liabilities 136 166 Deferred income taxes -9 -16 Change in other assets -229 -64 Change in deferred income 120 77 Net cash provided by operating activities 1,847 1,608 Acquisition of minority interests in subsidiaries 0 -60 Other acquisitions, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired -504 -177 Purchase of intangible assets and property, plant, and equipment -367 -262 Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment 29 17 Purchase of investments -2,194 -4,485 Sales of investments 2,901 4,388 Purchase of other financial assets -12 -17 Sales of other financial assets 14 13 Net cash used in investing activities -133 -583 Dividends paid -447 -340 Purchase of treasury stock -1,153 -454 Proceeds from reissuance of Treasury Stock 168 205 Proceeds from issuance of common stock (Stock-based compensation) 49 43 Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation 3 0 Repayment of bonds -1 0 Proceeds from short-term and long-term debt 44 338 Repayments of short-term and long-term debt -43 -339 Proceeds from the exercise of equity-based derivative instruments (STAR hedge) 57 39 Acquisition of equity-based derivative instruments (STAR hedge) -53 -47 Net cash used in financing activities -1,376 -555 Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents -3 88 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 335 558 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 2,064 1,506 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 2,399 2,064 Footnotes 1) Non-GAAP Measures This review of operations discloses certain financial measures, such as adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted operating expenses, adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per share (adjusted EPS), and currency-adjusted year-on-year changes in revenue and operating income, which are not prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and are therefore considered non-GAAP measures. The non-GAAP measures that SAP reports may not correspond to non-GAAP measures that other companies report. The non-GAAP measures that SAP reports should be considered as an additional measure to, and not as a substitute for or superior measure to, revenue, operating income, operating margin, net income, cash flows, or other measure of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP measures included in this report are reconciled to the nearest U.S. GAAP measure.

ADJUSTED OPERATING INCOME, ADJUSTED OPERATING MARGIN, ADJUSTED EXPENSES, ADJUSTED NET INCOME, ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS).

SAP believes that it is useful for investors to receive, in addition to financial data determined under U.S. GAAP, information on financial data (both past and future oriented) that are important to SAP's management in running SAP's business. SAP has implemented an integrated management approach. The Company manages the performance of the group on a consistent basis for its planning, forecasting, reporting, compensation, and external communications. This approach to manage the performance of the group generally holds both management and employees responsible for financial amounts they can actually influence, and not responsible for certain amounts they cannot directly influence. Management identified two operating cost elements that management and employees cannot influence directly: stock-based compensation and acquisition-related charges. SAP management and its employees cannot directly affect the expense for stock-based compensation because the fair value of SAP's stock which directly impacts its share-based compensation expense is heavily influenced by factors outside of the control of the Company, including the overall stock market and the share price fluctuations of other companies in the same industry. As a substantial portion of SAP's stock-based compensation plans are cash settled (i.e. liability-classified) plans, SAP's stock based compensation expense -- if not hedged -- fluctuates in response to share price movements. Although acquisition-related charges include recurring items from past acquisitions such as amortization of acquired intangible assets, they also include an unknown component relating to current year acquisitions for which the Company has not yet finalized its purchase price allocation and therefore, cannot accurately assess the impact of the acquisition-related charges. Similarly, the Company's adjusted net income also excludes any impairment-related charges resulting from other-than-temporary declines in the market value of minority investments, which by their very nature are outside of the Company's control.

The following expenses are eliminated from adjusted expenses, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net income, adjusted EPS, and other adjusted income measures:

-- Stock-based compensation, including expenses for stock-based compensation as defined under U.S. GAAP as well as expenses related to the settlement of stock-based compensation plans in the context of mergers and acquisitions. -- Acquisition-related charges, including amortization of identifiable intangible assets acquired in acquisitions of businesses or intellectual property. -- Impairment-related charges include other-than-temporary impairment charges on minority equity investments.

Adjusted expenses and adjusted operating income reconcile to the nearest U.S. GAAP measure as follows:

euro (millions) Reconciliation Stock-based Acquis- U.S. related ition Adjusted GAAP compensation charges measure 2006 Cost of software and maintenance 1,100 9 25 1,066 Cost of service 2,080 16 1 2,063 Research and development 1,336 33 15 1,288 Sales and marketing 1,915 19 2 1,894 General and administration 464 22 0 442 Other income/expense, net -56 0 0 -56 Total operating expenses 6,839 99 43 6,697 Operating Income 2,563 99 43 2,705 2005 Cost of software and maintenance 993 4 25 964 Cost of service 1,925 12 1 1,912 Research and development 1,089 11 7 1,071 Sales and marketing 1,746 9 1 1,736 General and administration 435 9 0 426 Other income/expense, net -6 0 0 -6 Total operating expenses 6,182 45 34 6,103 Operating Income 2,331 45 34 2,410 2004 Cost of software and maintenance 916 2 21 893 Cost of service 1,784 19 6 1,759 Research and development 908 6 2 900 Sales and marketing 1,524 8 1 1,515 General and administration 366 3 0 363 Other income/expense, net -2 0 0 -2 Total operating expenses 5,496 38 30 5,428 Operating Income 2,018 38 30 2,086

Adjusted net income and adjusted EPS reconcile to the nearest U.S. GAAP measure as follows:

Reconciliation Stock- Acquisi based tion- Impairment- compen- related related U.S. sation, charges charges GAAP net of net of net of Adjusted Measure tax tax tax measure 2006 Net income in euro (millions) 1,866 71 27 1 1,965 Earnings per share in euro 1.52 0.06 0.02 0.00 1.60 2005 Net income in euro (millions) 1,496 31 21 4 1,552 Earnings per share in euro 1.21 0.02 0.02 0.00 1.25 2004 Net income in euro (millions) 1,311 24 18 5 1,358 Earnings per share in euro 1.06 0.02 0.01 0.00 1.09

The adjusted operating income measures disclosed are the same measures that SAP uses in its internal management reporting. Adjusted operating income is one of the criteria, alongside software revenue growth, for performance- related elements of management compensation.

In addition, SAP gives full year and long term guidance based on non-GAAP financial measures. The guidance is provided on adjusted operating performance excluding stock-based compensation expenses and acquisition-related charges to focus on components that reflect the operational performance that management can directly influence and reasonably forecast for the periods covered by the guidance. Furthermore, by providing guidance based on adjusted income measures, SAP avoids frequent changes to its market guidance due to changes in acquisition-related expenses and impairment-related charges (which are non- recurring) and to the cost of stock-based compensation, which fluctuates based on changes in the price of the Company's shares (which management cannot directly influence). SAP does not provide guidance on U.S. GAAP operating margin and earnings per share measures because those measures include expenses such as stock-based compensation, impairment-related charges, and acquisition- related charges.

SAP believes that the adjusted income measures have limitations, particularly as a result of the elimination of certain cost elements that may be material to SAP. SAP therefore does not evaluate its own past performance without considering both, adjusted income measures and U.S. GAAP income measures. SAP also regularly analyzes the differences between adjusted income measures and the respective most directly comparable U.S. GAAP income measures. SAP cautions the readers of this report to follow a similar approach by considering the adjusted income measures only as an additional measure to, and not as a substitute for or superior measure to, revenue, operating income, operating margin, net income, cash flows, or other measure of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

CONSTANT-CURRENCY PERIOD OVER PERIOD CHANGES

SAP believes it is important for investors to have information that provides insight into its sales growth. Revenue amounts determined under U.S. GAAP provide information that is useful in this regard. Period over period changes in such revenue amounts are impacted by both growth in sales volume as well as currency effects. Under its business model SAP does not sell standardized units of products and services. Therefore, SAP cannot provide relevant information on sales volume growth by providing data on the growth in product and service units sold. In order to provide additional information that may be useful to investors in evaluating sales volume growth, SAP presents information about its revenue and income growth adjusted for foreign currency effects. SAP calculates constant-currency period over period changes in revenue and income by translating foreign currencies using the average exchange rates from the previous year instead of the current year.

Constant-currency period over period changes should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute, or superior to, changes in revenues, expenses, income, or other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

SAP believes that data on constant-currency period over period changes have limitations, particularly as the currency effects that are eliminated constitute a significant element of SAP's revenue and cost and may severely impact SAP's performance. SAP therefore limits its use of constant-currency period over period changes to the analysis of changes in volume as one element of the full change in a financial measure. SAP does not evaluate its growth and performance without considering both, constant-currency period over period changes and changes in revenues, expenses, income, or other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. SAP cautions the readers of this report to follow a similar approach by considering constant-currency period over period changes only in addition to, and not as a substitute, or superior to, changes in revenues, expenses, income or other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Constant currency period over period changes reconcile to the respective unadjusted period over period changes as follows:

Currency-adjusted Percentage Change percentage From 2005 to 2006 change from Currency as reported 2005 To 2006 impact Software Revenue 10 % 12 % -2 Maintenance Revenue 11 % 12 % -1 Software and Maintenance Revenue 11 % 12 % -1 Consulting Revenue 9 % 10 % -1 Training Revenue 12 % 12 % 0 Service Revenue 10 % 10 % 0 Other Revenue 1 % 3 % -2 Total Revenue 10 % 11 % -1 Germany(1) 5 % 5 % 0 Rest of Europe/Middle East/Africa(1) 11 % 11 % 0 United States(1) 12 % 14 % -2 Rest of America(1) 18 % 16 % +2 Japan(1) 6 % 14 % -8 Rest of Asia Pacific(1) 15 % 16 % -1 Total Revenue 10 % 11 % -1 Operating Income 10 % 11 % -1 (1) Based upon the location of the customer FREE CASH FLOW

SAP's management believes that free cash flow is a widely accepted supplemental measure of liquidity among companies. Free cash flow measures a company's cash flow remaining after all expenditures required to maintain or expand the business have been paid off. SAP calculates free cash flow as operating cash flow minus additions to long lived assets excluding additions from acquisitions. Free cash flow should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute, or superior to, cash flow, or other measures of liquidity and financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Free cash flow reconciles to the nearest U.S. GAAP measure as follows: in euro (millions) 2006 2005 2004 Net cash provided by operating activities 1,847 1,608 1,845 Additions to long lived assets excluding additions from acquisitions -367 -262 -189 Free cash flow 1,480 1,346 1,656 2) In the process of preparing the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006, SAP re-evaluated and corrected the accounting treatment applied in the third quarter to the following transaction: To accommodate one of its U.S. customers, SAP, in the third quarter 2006, agreed to amend the contracts entered into with this customer in former years. Under the amendment the customer waived certain rights granted under the original contracts and received in lieu certain new rights which can be exercised in the future. The quarterly financial statements originally issued for the third quarter 2006 reflected an accounting treatment for this transaction under which revenue had not been reduced upon granting the new rights but revenue from that customer would have been reduced in the periods in which the customer exercises the new rights. However, this transaction should have been recorded by deferring, as of the date of the contract amendment, software revenue in an amount equal to the value of the new rights and to recognize such deferred revenue when the customer exercises the new rights. In the light of this additional software revenue deferral, certain accruals and the related expenses reported in the financial statements for the third quarter 2006 for third party royalties, variable compensation and income taxes need to be corrected to reflect the lower software revenue reported for the third quarter 2006. The transaction and the corrected accounting therefore has not impacted the value of licenses sold in the US in 2006. Neither has the correction any effect on SAP's cash flows. It has however the following effects on the income statement for the third quarter 2006 as well as on the preliminary financial data originally provided in SAP's January 11, 2007 press release titled "SAP Announces 2006 Preliminary Results": euro mill. Software revenue -31 Total revenue -31 Total operating expenses 3 Operating income -28 Income before income taxes -28 Income taxes 9 Net income -19 Basic EPS (in euro)* -0.02 * based on the share count after the previously announced issuance of new shares 3) Core Enterprise Applications Vendor Share In previous quarters, worldwide peer group share was provided based on a peer group of Microsoft Corp. (business solutions segment only), Oracle Corp. (business applications only) and Siebel Systems, Inc. The Company believes that after the large amount of consolidation that has occurred among the larger companies in the software industry, the peer group has become too small to provide an adequate metric for the purpose of measuring growth of sales share. Therefore, the Company will now be providing share data based on the vendors of Core Enterprise Applications solutions, which account for approximately $16 billion in software revenues as defined by the Company based on industry analyst research. For 2006, industry analysts project approximately 4% year-on-year growth for core Enterprise Applications vendors. For its quarterly share calculation, SAP assumes that this approximate 4% growth will not be linear throughout the year. Instead, quarterly adjustments are made based on the financial performance of a sub set (approximately 30) of Core Enterprise Application vendors. 4) In the process of preparing the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006, SAP re-evaluated and corrected the classification of the expense resulting from the amortization of the hedge premiums paid for the hedging activities in connection with SAP's share based compensation program 2006 STAR in the second and third quarter 2006 (this correction was already reflected in the financial data originally provided in SAP's January 11, 2007 press release titled "SAP Announces 2006 Preliminary Results"): SAP uses derivative financial instruments to hedge the cash flow exposures associated with unrecognized non-vested stock appreciation rights issued to SAP employees under SAP's STAR program (STAR hedge). Beginning of 2006 SAP adopted SFAS 123R to account for its share based payments and accordingly started to recognize compensation expense related to its STAR programs based on the STARs' vested portion of the fair value, in contrast to the intrinsic value which was the basis for SAP's stock based compensation expense under APB 25 applied by SAP before adoption of SFAS 123R. Consequently, SAP ceased to evaluate the effectiveness of STAR hedge based on the intrinsic value of the hedged STARs and started to evaluate such effectiveness based on the STARs' fair value beginning with the 2006 STAR program. Historically SAP reported in finance income the amortization expense of hedge premiums paid for the derivative financial instruments used for the STAR hedge as the change in time value was considered ineffective. However, such expense should, upon including the total fair value (including time value) in the effectiveness assessment, have been reported as compensation expense in operating income. While the correction has no effect on SAP's cash flows it has effects on the income statements and balance sheets for the second and third quarter 2006. Both this correction and the correction described in Footnote 2 have no effect on financial statements for the first quarter of 2006 or for any period before 2006. The financial statements for the second and third quarter 2006 have been restated as outlined below to reflect these two corrections. Due to the corrected classification of the amortization expense of STAR hedge premiums as compensation expense in operating income, SAP now regards this expense as stock based compensation for the purpose of determining SAP's adjusted operating income, adjusted operating expenses, adjusted operating margin and adjusted earnings per share (EPS). Accordingly neither adjusted operating income nor adjusted operating expenses and adjusted operating margin are affected by the corrected classification of the amortization expense. In contrast, adjusted EPS is affected by the correction as SAP did formerly, due to the classification in finance income, not regard the amortization expense of hedge premiums as stock based compensation expense. Corrected Income Statement Line Items in euro millions Quarter 2 Quarter 3 As As previously Corr- As previously Corr- As reported ections restated reported ections restated Software revenue 621 621 691 -31 660 Total revenue 2,195 0 2,195 2,245 -31 2,214 Total operating expenses -1,664 -7 -1,671 -1,662 -3 -1,665 Operating income 531 -7 524 583 -34 549 Other non-operating income/ expense, net 2 0 2 -4 0 -4 Financial income, net 21 8 29 19 7 26 Income before income taxes 554 1 555 598 -27 571 Income taxes -139 0 -139 -209 9 -200 Minority interest -1 0 -1 -1 0 -1 Net income 414 1 415 388 -18 370 Basic earnings per share (in euro) after issuance of new shares 0.34 0.00 0.34 0.32 -0.02 0.30 Basic earnings per share (in euro) before issuance of new shares 1.35 0.00 1.35 1.27 -0.06 1.21 Weighted average number of shares (in thousands) treasury stock excluded, after issuance of new shares 1,228,597 1,228,597 1,228,597 1,221,709 1,221,709 1,221,709 Weighted average number of shares (in thousands) treasury stock excluded, before issuance of new shares 307,149 307,149 307,149 305,427 305,427 305,427 Corrected Balance Sheet Line Items in euro millions 30 June 2006 30 September 2006 As As previously Corr- As previously Corr- As reported ections restated reported ections restated Assets Deferred income taxes 136 10 146 Total assets 8,722 10 8,732 Liabilities Income taxes payable 225 1 226 Total other liabilities 1,035 -4 1,031 Deferred income 626 31 657 Current Liabilities 2,561 28 2,589 Shareholders' equity 5,560 -18 5,542 Total shareholders' equity/liabilities 8,722 10 8,732 Corrected Revenue by Region in euro millions Quarter 2 Quarter 3 As As previously Correction As previously Correction As reported s restated reported s restated Software revenue 691 -31 660 USA in euro 228 -31 197 Change in % 15 -16 -1 Change at constant currency in % 20 -16 4 Region Americas in euro 292 -31 261 Change in % 19 -13 6 Change at constant currency in % 23 -13 10 Total Revenue 2,245 -31 2,214 USA in euro 657 -31 626 Change in % 10 -5 5 Change at constant currency in % 15 -6 9 Region Americas in euro 848 -31 817 Change in % 13 -5 8 Change at constant currency in % 17 -5 12 Corrected Adjusted Measures in euro millions Quarter 2 Quarter 3 As As previously Corr- As previously Corr- As reported ections corrected reported ections corrected Operating income 531 -7 524 583 -34 549 Stock-based compensation 16 7 23 14 6 20 Acquisition- related charges 11 0 11 9 0 9 Adjusted operating income excluding stock-based compensation and acquisition- related charges 558 0 558 606 -28 578 Net income 414 1 415 388 -18 370 Stock-based compensation, net of tax 12 4 16 10 4 14 Acquisition- related charges, net of tax 6 0 6 6 0 6 Impairment- related charges, net of tax 0 0 0 1 0 1 Adjusted net income excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition- related charges, and impairment- related charges 432 5 437 405 -14 391 Earnings per share (in euro) after issuance of new shares 0.34 0.00 0.34 0.32 -0.02 0.30 Stock-based compensation 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 Acquisition- related charges 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Impairment- related charges 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Adjusted EPS excluding stock- based compensation, acquisition- related charges and impairment- related charges (in euro) after issuance of new shares 0.35 0.01 0.36 0.33 -0.01 0.32 Earnings per share (in euro) before issuance of new shares 1.35 0.00 1.35 1.27 -0.06 1.21 Stock-based compensation 0.04 0.01 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.05 Acquisition- related charges 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.02 Impairment- related charges 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Adjusted EPS excluding stock- based compensation, acquisition- related charges and impairment- related charges (in euro) before issuance of new shares 1.41 0.01 1.42 1.33 -0.05 1.28