SAP Recommends Dividend Increase
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SAP Recommends Dividend Increase

WALLDORF, Germany, March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) recommend that shareholders approve a dividend of euro 0.46 per ordinary share at this year's Annual General Meeting of shareholders. This would represent an increase of 27 percent over the 2005 dividend. If the shareholders approve this recommendation the total amount distributed in dividends would be approximately euro 560 million. The dividend payment is in line with SAP's targeted pay-out ratio of approximately 30 percent of the group's net income.

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The Annual General Meeting is scheduled for May 10, 2007 in Mannheim, Germany. The payment of the dividend is scheduled for or after May 11, 2007.

Note to holders of SAP ADRs (American Depositary Receipts): One SAP ADR (American Depositary Receipt) represents one SAP AG's ordinary share. However, the final dividend is dependent on the Euro/US-Dollar exchange rate. SAP AG pays cash dividends in Euro, so the exchange rate fluctuations will also affect the US-Dollar amounts received by the holders of ADRs on the conversion into US-Dollars of cash dividends paid in Euro on the ordinary shares represented by the ADRs. The final dividend payment by SAP AG to the depositary bank is scheduled for May 11, 2007. The depositary bank will then convert the dividend payment from Euro into US-Dollar as promptly as practicable.

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SAP is the world's leading provider of business software*. Today, more than 38,000 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP(R) applications-from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies 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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