SAP AG: SAP Expects Subscription Rights to SAP Shares to be Exercised on February 15 and Plans to Buy Back Shares

SAP AG  / Key word(s): Miscellaneous/Share Buyback

14.02.2011 08:29

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WALLDORF, Germany - February 14, 2011 - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced
that it expects subscription rights to SAP shares to be exercised on
February 15, 2011. The subscription rights that are expected to be
exercised arise under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan 2000, in which
stock options and convertible bonds bearing subscription rights to SAP
shares were given to executives and employees of SAP Group. As a result, up
to a total of 3.45 million SAP shares will be received and sold into the
market on the same day. SAP will primarily use treasury shares to service
the subscription rights.

The SAP Executive Board has decided to buy back from the open market on the
same day (February 15, 2011) the quantity of shares needed to replenish the
treasury stock that was used to service the subscription rights.

The Company was granted approval to buy back shares at the Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders on June 8, 2010, which authorized the Executive
Board to buy back up to 120 million SAP shares on or before June 30, 2013.
The decision regarding the precise number and timing of any buyback of
shares for treasury is subject to change, depending on market conditions.


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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

For more information, press only:

Christoph Liedtke +49 (6227) 7-50383 christoph.liedtke@sap.com, CET
Guenter Gaugler +49 (6227) 7-65416 guenter.gaugler@sap.com, CET
Jim Dever +1 (610) 661-2161 james.dever@sap.com, ET

For more information, financial community only:

Stefan Gruber +49 (6227) 7-44872 investor@sap.com, CET
Marty Cohen +1 (212) 653-9619 investor@sap.com, ET

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Language:     English
Company:      SAP AG
              Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16
              69190 Walldorf
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)6227 - 74 74 74
Fax:          +49 (0)6227 - 75 75 75
E-mail:       investor@sap.com
Internet:     www.sap.com
ISIN:         DE0007164600
WKN:          716460
Indices:      DAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard),
              Stuttgart; Freiverkehr in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover,
              München; Terminbörse EUREX; NYSE
 
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