BUSINESS IN THE NEW YEAR: EARLY NEWS

• At the end of January 2009, we announced our intention to continue the cost-reduction program and to take further measures to reduce costs. We will continue to maintain tight cost controls on all variable expenses, including third-party services and capital expenditure. Additionally, to enable SAP to adapt its size to today’s market conditions and the effects of the global recession, we intend to reduce our workforce to 48,500 positions worldwide by the end of 2009, by means of attrition wherever possible. We expect the restructuring associated with the reduction in positions to cost € 200 million to € 300 million in 2009 and to produce annual savings of some € 300 million to € 350 million beginning in 2010.
• For the fifth year in a row, SAP was included in the January 2008 Global 100 list of the most sustainable companies in the world. Corporate Knights Inc. and financial advisors Innovest Strategic Value Advisors evaluated 1,800 publicly listed companies from around the world on the sustainability of their environmental and social conduct, their corporate strategy, and their everyday practices.
• In February 2009, the Executive Board service contract of our chief financial officer, Werner Brandt, was extended to December 31, 2013.