WALLDORF, Germany - January 19, 2012 - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced today that its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Saturn Expansion Corporation, has extended the expiration of its cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of SuccessFactors, Inc. (NYSE: SFSF) for $40.00 per share, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes, to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on January 25, 2012. The tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase dated December 16, 2011 and in connection with an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 3, 2011. SAP and SuccessFactors first announced this transaction on December 3, 2011.
The tender offer is being extended because the parties have not yet received approval of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") under U.S. national security regulations, which is a condition to the offer. The parties filed a joint voluntary notice with CFIUS pursuant to the relevant law (Sec. 721 of Title VII of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2170), "Exon-Florio") and its implementing regulations, which was accepted with an effective date of December 22, 2011. CFIUS review may take up to thirty calendar days, at which time CFIUS may either inform the parties that there are no national security concerns and terminate the review or initiate an investigation. An investigation may last up to 45 calendar days. Except for the extension of the tender offer, all other terms and conditions of the tender offer remain unchanged.
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., SuccessFactors, Inc.'s transfer agent, has indicated that, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 18, 2012, 85,245,987 shares of common stock of SuccessFactors, Inc. were issued and outstanding. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the depositary for the tender offer, has indicated that, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 18, 2012, 75,505,778 shares of common stock of SuccessFactors, Inc. have been tendered into and not withdrawn from the tender offer (including 4,174,985 shares of common stock of SuccessFactors, Inc. tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase).
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Additional Information
This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a
solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The
tender offer is being made pursuant to a tender offer
statement (including an Offer to Purchase, Letter of
Transmittal and related tender offer documents), which was
filed by SAP, SAP America, Inc. and Saturn Expansion
Corporation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") on December 16, 2011. In
addition, on December 16, 2011, SuccessFactors filed a
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14d-9
with the SEC related to the tender offer. The Tender
Offer Statement, Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal,
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement and related documents
will contain important information that should be read
carefully before any decision is made with respect to the
Tender Offer. These materials will be available at no
charge on the SEC's web site at . The Tender
Offer Statement and related materials may be obtained for
free by directing a request by mail to Georgeson Inc., 199
Water Street, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10038 or by calling
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Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties concerning the parties'
ability to close the transaction. Actual events or
results may differ materially from those described in this
release due to a number of risks and uncertainties.
These potential risks and uncertainties include, among
others, the outcome of regulatory reviews of the proposed
transaction and the ability of the parties to complete the
transaction.
SAP is not obligated to, and undertakes no obligation to, publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. The factors that could affect SAP's future financial results are discussed more fully in SAP's filings with the SEC, including SAP's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC. Statements regarding the expected date of closing of the tender offer are forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties including among others: uncertainties as to the timing of the tender offer and the satisfaction of closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.
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