EX-99.1 2 f01864exv99w1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 exv99w1
 

Exhibit 99.1
(SAP LOGO)
For Immediate Release
November 29, 2007
SAP France Obtains All Regulatory Approvals in Connection
With the Business Objects Tender Offer
     WALLDORF — November 29, 2007 — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that the Company has obtained all regulatory approvals upon which SAP France SA’s tender offers filed in France and to be filed in the U.S. for Business Objects securities were subject to.
     The offers will remain subject to the condition that the Business Objects securities tendered in the offer represent at least 50.01% of Business Objects voting rights, on a fully diluted basis, as described in the offer documents.
     Prior to the opening of the offers, the French stock exchange authority (Autorité des marchés financier, AMF) and Euronext Paris will respectively publish a notice announcing the opening date and a notice announcing the timetable for the French offer. An indicative timetable for the offers is given below:
     
Date   Event
December 4, 2007  
Commencement of the French and U.S. offers
   
 
January 10, 2008  
Closing of the French offer
   
 
January 15, 2008  
Closing of the U.S. offer and publication of the final results of the French and U.S. offers
   
 
January 18, 2008  
Settlement and delivery of the U.S. offer
   
 
January 23, 2008  
Settlement and delivery of the French offer

 

 

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     On November 6, 2007, the Company obtained the relevant approvals by the U.S. antitrust authorities and on November 27, 2007, by the European antitrust authorities respectively. On November 22, 2007, the Company obtained the authorization of the French Ministry of Finance in relation to foreign investments, and on November 27, 2007, the clearance of the French stock exchange authority AMF.
     Pursuant to the provisions of 232-4 of the General Regulations of the AMF and Rule 14d-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the French and U.S. offers will be automatically reopened on the trading day following publication of the final results if there is a positive outcome. If the offers are reopened, the terms of the reopened offers will be identical to the terms of the offers. In such case, the AMF will publish the timetable for the reopening of the French offer, which will last in principle at least ten trading days.
     The tender offer prospectus (note d’information) cleared by the AMF is available for consultation on the website of the AMF
(www.amf-france.org) and on SAP’s website (www.sap.com), and may be obtained free of charge from:
     
SAP France   Deutsche Bank AG
La Défense Plaza,
  Succursale de Paris
23-25 rue Delarivière Lefoullon
  3, av. de Friedland
La Défense 9
  75008 Paris
92064 Paris La Défense Cedex
    
     The tender offer for the outstanding ordinary shares, the Convertible Bonds and the warrants of Business Objects has not yet commenced. This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any Business Objects securities. The solicitation and the offer to buy ordinary shares of Business Objects, the Convertible Bonds and the warrants will be made only pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that SAP France SA has filed with the AMF on the note d’information and intends to file with the SEC on Schedule TO. Business Objects also filed a note d’information en réponse and intends to file a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer.

 

 

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     Business Objects stockholders and other investors should read the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, the Schedule 14D-9 as well as the Note d’Information and the Note en Réponse carefully because these documents contain important information, including the terms and conditions of the tender offer.
     Stockholders and other investors are urged to read carefully all tender offer materials prior to making any decisions with respect to the tender offer.
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