EX-99.2 3 d227291dex992.htm EXHIBIT-99.2 EXHIBIT-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

HALF-YEAR REPORT

JANUARY – JUNE 2016

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 Table of Contents

 

Half-Year Report January – June 2016

  

Introductory Notes

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Half-Year Financial Report (unaudited)

  

Consolidated Half-Year Management Report

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Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements – IFRS

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Responsibility Statement

     30   

Supplementary Financial Information (unaudited)

  

Key Facts

     31   

IFRS and Non-IFRS-Financial Data

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Additional Information

  

General Information

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Financial Calendar, Investor Services, Addresses, and Imprint

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SAP 2016 Half-Year Report

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Introductory Notes

This half-year group report meets the requirements of German Accounting Standard No. 16 “Zwischenberichterstattung” (DRS 16). We prepared the financial data in the Half-Year Financial Report (Unaudited) section for SAP SE and its subsidiaries in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). In doing so, we observed the IFRS both as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and as endorsed by the European Union (EU). This does not apply to numbers expressly identified as non-IFRS. For additional IFRS and non-IFRS information, see the Supplementary Financial Information (Unaudited) section.

This half-year group report complies with the legal requirements in accordance with the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz, WpHG) for a half-year financial report, and comprises the half-year management report, consolidated half-year financial statements, and the responsibility statement in accordance with the German Securities Trading Act, section 37w (2).

This half-year financial report updates our consolidated financial statements 2015, presents significant events and transactions of the first half of 2016, and updates the forward-looking information contained in our 2015 Management Report. This half-year financial report only includes half-year numbers, our quarterly numbers are available in the Quarterly Statement. Both the 2015 consolidated financial statements and the 2015 Management Report are part of our 2015 Integrated Report which is available at www.sapintegratedreport.com.

All of the information in this half-year group report is unaudited. This means the information has been subject neither to any audit nor to any review by an independent auditor.

 

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Half-Year Financial Report (Unaudited)

Consolidated Half-Year Management Report

Strategy and Business Model

We did not change our strategy or our business model in the first half of 2016. For a detailed description, see our 2015 Integrated Report and item 4 in the 2015 Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Products, Research and Development, and Services

In 2016 we continued to innovate in every aspect of our customers’ businesses and launched several innovations to grow and win in the market. This chapter outlines the major enhancements we made to our software portfolio in the first half-year 2016. For a detailed overall description, see the Products, Research & Development, and Services section in our 2015 Integrated Report (www.sapintegratedreport.com) and item 4 in our 2015 Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Technology and Platform

SAP HANA remains the key foundation of our product strategy and has been extended with several additional features, including an enhanced integration with data stored on Hadoop compute clusters that allows our customers to conduct richer and more advanced processing of Big Data. Furthermore, the new SAP HANA Graph Processing feature now enables our customers to make business decisions by helping them discover meaningful relationships and patterns in existing data.

Making use of SAP HANA’s broad capabilities, we also evolved our strategic platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering – SAP HANA Cloud Platform. In our spring release, we launched additional services: In support of open systems and open source software in the cloud, we delivered the beta edition of SAP HANA Cloud Platform, starter edition for Cloud Foundry services. As joint project between leading technology companies including SAP, Cloud Foundry intends to become the industry standard for cloud applications. These services, which are available through the SAP HANA Cloud Platform cockpit, enable developers to create new and innovative Cloud Foundry-based applications.

In addition, our beta version of SAP API Business Hub provides easy access to different application programming interfaces of SAP HANA Cloud Platform and other business applications from SAP. Customers, partners, and developers are able to search the hub for available business services, publish new ones, and collaborate with each other to develop and exchange services.

Moreover, we released several other solutions based on our SAP HANA Cloud Platform, including SAP Exchange Media (SAP XM) and SAP Health Engagement.

SAP XM is a next-generation, real-time advertising platform connecting advertisers and publishers to benefit consumers by providing contextual advertising. The solution affords transparency, accuracy, and efficiency amid a rapidly-changing digital advertising landscape.

Targeting the topic of health management, we launched the first version of SAP Health Engagement as a cloud-based solution. SAP Health Engagement enables information exchange within the entire care ecosystem, including doctors, researchers, and the individual. Customers can leverage real-world information in the treatment process, and anonymized data can be passed on to SAP Foundation for Health for further research and sharing within the ecosystem.

Beyond applications, SAP HANA Cloud Platform is even attractive for industrial PaaS providers: In early 2016, Siemens AG released its cloud for industry solution MindSphere - Siemens Cloud for Industry, on SAP HANA Cloud Platform. This solution is targeted at industrial enterprises as an open infrastructure, allowing the creation of new digital services.

Applications

SAP S/4HANA: To help our customers run better in a digitized business world, we further focused on expanding our solution portfolio for SAP S/4HANA - with deployment possible either on premise or in the cloud.

The latest releases of SAP S/4HANA especially target business processes for procurement, manufacturing, supply chain, sales as well as asset management to optimize the order-to-cash processes, streamline procure-to-pay, and improve project services. We also added two more industry solutions to our SAP S/4HANA portfolio: “SAP for Higher Education & Research” and “SAP for Defense & Security”.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud now includes additional business processes for sales performance monitoring, subcontracting, internal project management, and asset acquisition. In addition, we help marketing departments capture and analyze customer interactions from different communication channels and embrace features for external campaign execution, newsletters, and trigger-based campaigns. Our solution for professional services now also targets inter-company processes and project-based services. Customers get real-time information for better decision-making, accurate financial figures for projects and revenue recognition, as well as tools that enable more efficient deployment of workers and reduce time from project delivery to cash collection.

Finance: In our latest release of SAP S/4HANA Finance, we expanded the multi-currency concept for better financial analysis in international groups, included transfer pricing with group and profit center valuations for better management decisions, improved central reporting and process execution, and enhanced cash management and new solutions for trade finance.

Customer Engagement and Commerce (CEC): SAP Hybris continued to define the next generation of solutions for customer engagement and commerce, enabling businesses to simplify their front office and gain real-time customer insights to deliver one-on-one contextual engagement. The market momentum in the first half of 2016 was supported by the global ‘Beyond CRM’ campaign rollout last year. Our product innovations continued to drive growth across the entire customer engagement and commerce

 

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cloud portfolio. Notably, this included the launch of SAP Hybris as a Service on SAP HANA Cloud Platform, which offers customers, developers, and partners an extensible microservices architecture for building and extending CEC solutions. The innovations in our core portfolio solutions for commerce saw SAP Hybris emerge once again as the clear leader in Gartner’s newly positioned Digital Commerce magic quadrant.

Human Capital Management (HCM): For our HCM solutions, including SAP SuccessFactors solutions, we launched a series of new features comprising continuous performance management functionalities that support frequent employee-manager dialogues, feedback, alignment, and communication. Additionally, a new team-view for managers provides a quick overview of direct reports and enables managers to take quick actions, such as place a phone call or send text messages.

At our annual SAPPHIRE NOW conference, we announced plans to build new capabilities within our HCM Suite to help improve workplace diversity. We aim to help companies review job descriptions, performance reviews and similar HR processes for potential bias, and suggest changes to encourage fair treatment.

Digital Assets and Internet of Things (IoT): Our IoT suite of solutions is steadily evolving and we delivered and enhanced standardized tools to facilitate simple and innovative processes in a digitized world. The exceptional combination of IoT capabilities and software solutions for manufacturing, transportation, warehouse, and supply chain management constitutes a unique selling proposition in the market.

With SAP Asset Intelligence Network, our customers are able to collect, track, and trace equipment information in a central repository. Operators can access up-to-date maintenance strategies, manuals, and more from manufacturers. Furthermore, manufacturers can automatically receive asset usage and potential failure data from operators. Additionally, our SAP Predictive Maintenance and Service solution improves the visibility of machines at customer sites and helps to prevent machine failure and its consequences. Our SAP Vehicles Network offers companies secure, convenient end-to-end vehicle-centric and mobility-centric services – independent of devices or vehicles.

Within the pioneering area of 3D printing, we started collaborating with the logistics company UPS Inc. to transform the ad hoc world of industrial 3D printing into a seamless, on-demand manufacturing process from order placement through to manufacturing and delivery. This goal is realized by integrating extended supply chain solutions from SAP with UPS’s additive industrial manufacturing and logistics network. We will enable companies to access on-demand manufacturing at the touch of button, creating new opportunities to streamline their supply chains and get products to market more quickly and cost-effectively.

User Experience (UX)

As user experience is essential for successful solutions, we further evolved our award-winning SAP Fiori design concept: SAP Fiori, cloud edition, is now generally available. It offers a new cloud-based simple deployment option for SAP Fiori on SAP HANA Cloud Platform and comes delivered with selected out-of-the-box SAP Fiori apps across multiple lines of business, covering the most frequent and common scenarios.

Close partnerships with customers and other leading technology companies are key to providing best-in-class solutions: Catching wide media attention, we announced a strategic partnership together with Apple Inc. to build a SAP HANA Cloud Platform software development kit for iOS that will enable businesses, designers, and developers to quickly and efficiently build their own native iOS apps for iPhone and iPad.

Business Networks

In the area of Concur Travel & Expense – the world’s leading travel and expense management system – we announced integration between Ford SYNC AppLink and Concur Trace, Concur’s mobile app that instantly connects with car software to track, log, and expense business travel mileage for our customers and end users. Additionally, the TripLink solution was launched in Germany and France to extend the benefits of managed travel programs and enable customers to capture business travel spend, including bookings that are happening outside of their program today.

We also announced new partnerships with Hertz and HRS Global Hotel Solutions. With these partnerships, the majority of the world’s car rental companies and a growing number of leading hotel content and service providers are part of the TripLink ecosystem, giving customers a transparent view of their spend.

Besides this, we also released several new apps in the Concur App Center, where our customers can connect to apps that leverage Concur data to improve spend management, reduce costs, and streamline processes. The App Center currently offers more than 130 apps supporting a wide range of functions, including tax validation, compliance, expense management and travel, as well as invoice management.

SAP Fieldglass – our solution for procuring and managing contingent workforce – was extended with new functionality to streamline the supplier registration process, significantly reducing supplier onboarding cycle time and improving the end-user experience. We also released the SAP Fieldglass Time Entry mobile app, providing a convenient, easy-to-use tool for employees to submit timesheets from mobile devices.

In our SAP Ariba Business we launched a broad set of innovations associated with applications, network, and platform extensibility. This includes a new guided buying experience for source-to-pay customers to help users procure goods and services in a self-service fashion, making it easy for them to follow the right process and find the right suppliers. Updated supplier management capabilities enable suppliers to manage their own information within a vendor master record in the cloud, and buyers can also better manage supplier risk at scale across a large supply base and actively monitor risks from external data sources. We also delivered enhanced invoice collaboration features aimed at increasing natural, in-context collaboration among invoice agents, business users, and suppliers for faster invoice reconciliation. Furthermore, the launch of the Direct Materials Sourcing capability coupled with updates to the Network collaborative supply chain solution improves SAP Ariba’s ability to penetrate the significant supply chain spend and customer base.

Acquisitions

During the first half of 2016, we did not complete any material acquisitions.

 

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Employees and Social Performance

SAP’s long-term success is strongly influenced by the creativity, talent, and commitment of our people. Their ability to understand the needs of our customers and to innovate delivers sustainable value to our company, our customers, and society. Successful strategies to attract, retain, develop, and engage our employees, therefore, are critical to driving a culture of innovation, sustained growth, and profitability.

An important factor for our long-term success is our ability to attract and retain talented employees. At the end of the first half year of 2016, the employee retention rate was 92.6% (compared to 92.6% at the end of the first half year of 2015). We define employee retention rate as the ratio between the average number of employees less voluntary employee departures (fluctuation) and the average number of employees (in full-time equivalents) in the last 12 months.

One of SAP’s overall non-financial goals is fostering a diverse workforce, specifically increasing the number of women in management. At the end of the first half year of 2016, 24.1% of all management positions at SAP were held by women, compared to 22.9% at the end of June 2015. SAP has set a long-term target to increase the share of women in management to 25 % by the year 2017.

On June 30, 2016, we had 79,962 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees worldwide (June 30, 2015: 74,497; December 31, 2015: 76,986). Those headcount numbers included 18,176 FTEs based in Germany (June 30, 2015: 17,787), and 16,780 FTEs based in the United States (June 30, 2015: 15,381).

Environmental Performance: Energy and Emissions

Over the past several years, we have worked to better understand the connections between our energy consumption, its related cost, and the resulting environmental impact. Today we measure and address our energy usage throughout SAP, as well as our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across our entire value chain. Between the beginning of 2008 and the first half year of 2016, we calculate that energy efficiency initiatives have contributed to a cumulative cost avoidance of €374 million, compared to a business-as-usual extrapolation, with €110 million avoided in the last three years and €60.6 million avoided in the last four quarters.

Our goal is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from our operations to levels of the year 2000 by 2020. SAP’s GHG emissions for the first half year of 2016 totaled 215 kilotons of CO2 compared to 270 kilotons in the first half year of 2015. This decrease is primarily due to our purchase of CO2 offsets to compensate for some of our business flights.

We also measure our emissions per employee and per euro of revenue, to gain insight into our efficiency as we grow. At the end of the first half year of 2016, our GHG emissions (in tons) per employee was 5.0 (compared to 6.9 at the end of the first half-year of 2015) and our GHG emissions (in grams) per euro revenue was 18.8 (compared to 26.8 at the end of the first half year of 2015) (rolling four quarters).

In recognition of the exemplary actions SAP has taken to embed sustainability across its business worldwide, SAP has been included in various ratings and rankings. In 2016, SAP has again been listed in the 2016 Newsweek Green Rankings, created in partnership with Corporate Knights and HIP Investor. SAP UKI Ltd has been awarded the Top Employers United Kingdom 2016 certification for its strong leadership development initiatives with a robust compensation and benefits offering.

Organization and Changes in Management

The Supervisory Board of SAP SE appointed Stefan Ries and Steve Singh as members of the SAP Executive Board, effective April 1, 2016. Stefan Ries continued his role as Chief Human Resources Officer and also took on the role of SAP Labor Relations Director. Steve Singh continued to lead the SAP Business Networks group. In addition, Steve Singh took over responsibility for SAP’s ERP and front office solutions for small and medium sized business, SAP’s Connected Health strategy and solutions, and the new Data as a Service (DaaS) business.

The Global Managing Board was dissolved on March 31, 2016.

 

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Financial Performance: Review and Analysis

Economy and the Market

Global Economic Trends

In its latest economic bulletin, the European Central Bank (ECB) reported that the global economy grew at a moderate but steady pace in the first half of 2016. Although spurred on by positive economic growth in the developed countries, progress continued to be dampened by subdued growth prospects in emerging markets, ECB concluded.

In the Europe, Middle-East, and Africa (EMEA) region, the euro area economy continued to recover in the first half-year, according to the ECB. It attributes this in particular to stable domestic demand, as exports remained weak. Economic activity in European countries outside the euro area, however, slowed during the reporting period, ECB noted. Russia in particular continued to find itself in a deep recession.

In the Americas region, growth declined slightly in the United States since the turn of the year, reported the ECB. In Brazil, acute political uncertainty perpetuated the sharp economic downturn there triggered the year before.

In the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region, Japan’s economy regained some momentum in the first six months of the year, the ECB said. China’s economy, however, again grew more slowly than in previous reporting periods.

The IT Market

According to Gartner, a market research firm, “worldwide IT spending is forecast to grow 1.5% in 2016 on a constant currency basis. However, currency rate changes will limit market growth to essentially flat.” ”Software is the best-performing segment, with 5.8% growth in 2016.”1)

In the Europe, Middle-East, and Africa (EMEA) region, growth declined year over year in the Western European IT market from 3.6% to 0.2% and the Eastern Europe IT market declined from 11.4% to 3.3% (see table in paragraph “Expected Developments and Opportunities” “Trends in the IT Market – IT Spending Year-over-Year”, created by SAP on the basis of Gartner Market Databook 2Q16 Update). According to the same table, software spending grew significantly faster than all other submarkets throughout the region.

The Americas region likewise recorded lower growth rates in IT spending than the previous year as can be seen in the table mentioned above. According to the same table, software spending nevertheless significantly outperformed IT spending as a whole.2)

In the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region, “smartphone adoption in Emerging Asia/Pacific was lower than Gartner expected in 2015, as prices did not decline enough to drive upgrades from utility feature phones to utility smartphones. This situation was due to currency issues that prevented vendors from following a more aggressive pricing strategy.”1) As a result, software spending grew faster than all other submarkets in the IT industry in this region as well, documented in the table mentioned above.2)

Sources:

1) Gartner Market Databook, 2Q16 Update, 29 June 2016

2) Press release “GARTNER SAYS WORLDWIDE IT SPENDING IS FORECAST TO BE FLAT IN 2016, July 7, 2016, http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3368517

The Gartner Report(s) described herein, (the “Gartner Report(s)”) represent(s) research opinion or viewpoints published, as part of a syndicated subscription service, by Gartner, Inc. (“Gartner”), and are not representations of fact. Each Gartner Report speaks as of its original publication date (and not as of the date of this Half Year Report) and the opinions expressed in the Gartner Report(s) are subject to change without notice.

Impact on SAP

The EMEA region had a strong performance, successfully navigating through the post UK referendum uncertainty, with an increase in cloud and software revenue of 7% (IFRS) and 11% (non-IFRS at constant currencies). Cloud subscriptions and support revenue grew 38% (IFRS) and 41% (non-IFRS at constant currencies). The quarterly results were not impacted by the UK referendum. In EMEA, SAP had strong double-digit software licenses revenue growth in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, across Southern Europe and again a solid performance in Germany. Russia and Germany had very strong double-digit growth in cloud subscriptions and support revenue.

In the Americas region, the Company grew cloud and software revenue by 8% (IFRS) and 11% (non-IFRS at constant currencies) and cloud subscriptions and support revenue by 26% (IFRS) and 29% (non-IFRS at constant currencies). North America delivered a solid second quarter and is back on track with its half year performance. In Latin America, the political and macroeconomic instability continued. However, SAP had strong double-digit growth in software licenses revenue in Brazil and Mexico.

In the APJ region cloud and software revenue was up 7% (IFRS) and 9% (non-IFRS at constant currencies), with cloud subscriptions and support revenue growing by 44% (IFRS) and 47% (non-IFRS at constant currencies). In APJ, SAP had strong double-digit software licenses revenue growth in China and India, whereas Japan had almost triple-digit growth. All three countries also had double-digit growth in cloud subscriptions and support revenue for the quarter.

 

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Reclassification of Cost of Sales in the Income Statement

From the second quarter of 2016, SAP has changed its accounting policy for the income statement classification of certain sales and marketing expenses related to our services offerings. As disclosed in Note (3b) to our 2015 financial statements, we previously classified sales expenses relating to our services offering that could not be clearly separated from providing the services offerings as cost of services. Under the ONE Service approach introduced in 2015, we combined premium support services and professional services under one comprehensive service offering.

This combination triggered changes in our service go-to-market methodology and setup, resulting in an organizational separation of services sales and services delivery. As a result of these changes, we now classify all sales expenses to our services offering as Sales and Marketing expenses. We take the view that this policy provides more reliable and more relevant information because it classifies sales and marketing expenses consistently across our product and services portfolio.

The new policy has been applied retrospectively to the prior period presented based on estimates. The effect on the first half year of 2016 is an increase in sales and marketing expenses and a respective decrease in cost of services of €179 million (IFRS) and € 176 million (non-IFRS); first half year of 2015: € 191 million (IFRS); € 185 million (non-IFRS).

Key Figures – SAP Group in the First Half Year of 2016 (IFRS)

 

 

  € millions, unless otherwise stated

  

 

Q1–Q2
2016

    

 

Q1–Q2

2015

    

 

D

    

 

D in %

 

 

Cloud subscriptions and support

     1,397         1,056         342         32   

 

Software licenses

     1,649         1,675         –26         –2   

 

Software support

     5,162         4,985         177         4   

 

Cloud and software

     8,208         7,715         493         6   

 

Total revenue

     9,964         9,467         497         5   

 

Operating expense

         –7,882             –8,128         246         –3   

 

Operating profit

     2,082         1,339         743         56   

 

Operating margin (in %)

     20.9         14.1             6.8pp         NA   

 

Profit after tax

     1,382         882         500         57   

 

Effective tax rate (in %)

     26.7         20.9         5.83             NA   

 

Earnings per share, basic (in €)

     1.16         0.74         0.42         57   

 

    

                                   

 

Deferred cloud subscriptions and support revenue (June 30)

     1,003         789         214         27   

Operating Results in the First Half Year of 2016 (IFRS)

Orders

The total number of completed transactions for on-premise software in the first half year of 2016 increased 7% to 27,352 (first half year of 2015: 25,541). The average value of software orders received for on-premise software deals decreased 3% compared to the year before. Of all our software orders received in the first half year of 2016, 25% were attributable to deals worth more than €5 million (first half year of 2015: 23%), while 42% were attributable to deals worth less than €1 million (first half year of 2015: 44%).

Revenue

Our revenue from cloud subscriptions and support was €1,397 million (first half year of 2015: €1,056 million), an increase of 32% compared to the same period in 2015.

In the first half year of 2016, software licenses revenue was €1,649 million (first half year of 2015: €1,675 million), a decrease of 2% compared to the same period in 2015. Notable is an extremely successful second quarter, with software license business across almost all geographies having substantially contributed to the software license revenue half-year result.

Total revenue was €9,964 million (first half year of 2015: €9,467 million), an increase of 5% compared to the same period in 2015.

Operating Expense

In the first half year of 2016, our operating expense decreased by 3% to €7,882 million (first half year of 2015: €8,128 million). This decrease shows the successful transformation of SAP to a cost efficient cloud company and also results from the various restructuring measures in 2015.

Operating Profit and Operating Margin

In the first half year of 2016, operating profit increased 56% compared with the same period in the previous year to €2,082 million (first half year of 2015: €1,339 million). Our operating margin increased by 6.8 percentage points to 20.9% (first half year of 2015: 14.1%). Mainly the operating expense cost reductions and the outstanding cloud subscription and support sales contributed to those extremely successful results.

 

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Profit After Tax and Earnings per Share

In the first half year of 2016, profit after tax was €1,382 million (first half year of 2015: €882 million), an increase of 57%. Basic earnings per share was €1.16 (first half year of 2015: €0.74), an increase of 57%.

The effective tax rate in the first half of 2016 was 26.7% (first half of 2015: 20.9%). The year-over-year increase in the effective tax rate mainly resulted from changes in taxes for prior years and the increase in the profit before taxes.

Performance Against Our Outlook for 2016 (Non-IFRS)

In this section, all discussion of the contribution to target achievement is based exclusively on non-IFRS measures. However, the discussion of operating results refers to IFRS figures only, so those figures are not expressly identified as IFRS figures.

We present, discuss, and explain the reconciliation from IFRS measures to non-IFRS measures in the Supplementary Financial Information (Unaudited) section.

Guidance for 2016 (Non-IFRS)

For our guidance based on non-IFRS numbers, see the Operational Targets for 2016 (non-IFRS) section in this interim management report.

Key Figures – SAP Group in the First Half Year of 2016 (Non-IFRS)

 

      Non-IFRS  
  € millions, unless otherwise stated   

Q1–Q2

2016

    

Q1–Q2

2015

         D in %     

D in %
(Constant

Currency)

 

Cloud subscriptions and support

     1,399         1,063         32         33   

Software licenses

     1,651         1,675         –1         2   

Software support

     5,163         4,985         4         5   

Cloud and software

     8,212         7,723         6         8   

Total revenue

     9,967         9,475         5         7   

Operating expense

     –7,348         –7,024         5         7   

Operating profit

     2,620         2,451         7         8   

Operating margin (in %)

     26.3         25.9         0.4pp         0.1pp   

Profit after tax

     1,742         1,657         5         NA   

Effective tax rate (in %)

     28.1         25.6         2.5pp         NA   

Earnings per share, basic (in €)

     1.46         1.39         5         NA   

Performance in the First Half Year of 2016 (Non-IFRS)

In the first half year of 2016, our revenue from cloud subscriptions and support (non-IFRS) was €1,399 million (first half year of 2015: €1,063 million), an increase of 32% (33% at constant currencies) compared to the same period in 2015. In the first half year 2016, our cloud subscriptions and support margin increased by 0.2 percentage points to 66% (first half year of 2015: 66%).

New cloud bookings increased 26% in the first half year of 2016 to €400 million (first half year of 2015: €316 million).

In the first half year of 2016, cloud and software revenue (non-IFRS) was €8,212 million (first half year of 2015: €7,723 million), an increase of 6%. On a constant currency basis, the increase was 8%. This increase was mainly driven by the large increase in on-premise software sales in the second quarter 2016, and from the growth of sales in the cloud subscriptions and support portfolio in the last quarters, which because of the in general ratable revenue recognition pattern over the contract term, becomes now more and more visibly reflected in our cloud and software revenue results.

Total revenue (non-IFRS) in the same period was €9,967 million (first half year of 2015: €9,475 million), an increase of 5%. On a constant currency basis, the increase was 7%.

Operating expense (non-IFRS) in the first half year of 2016 was €7,348 million (first half year of 2015: €7,024 million), an increase of 5%. On a constant currency basis, the increase was 7%.

Operating profit (non-IFRS) was €2,620 million (first half year of 2015: €2,451 million), an increase of 7%. On a constant currency basis, the increase was 8%.

Operating margin (non-IFRS) in the first half year of 2016 was 26.3%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points (first half year of 2015: 25.9%). Operating margin (non-IFRS) on a constant currency basis was 26.0%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points.

In the first half year of 2016, profit after tax (non-IFRS) was €1,742 million (first half year of 2015: €1,657 million), an increase of 5%. Basic earnings per share (non-IFRS) was €1.46 (first half year of 2015: €1.39), an increase of 5%.

The effective tax rate (non-IFRS) in the first half of 2016 was 28.1% (first half of 2015: 25.6%). The year-over-year increase in the effective tax rate mainly resulted from changes in taxes for prior years.

 

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Segment Information

Applications, Technology & Services Segment

 

  € millions   

 

Q1–Q2 2016

    

 

Q1–Q2
2015

 

     D in %      D in %  
     

 

Actual

Currency

    

 

Constant

Currency

    

 

Actual

Currency

    

 

Actual

Currency

    

 

Constant

Currency

 

 

Cloud subscriptions and support revenue

     616         628         416         48         51   

 

Cloud subscription and support margin (in %)

     53         53         51         2pp         2pp   

 

Segment revenue

     8,973         9,163         8,604         4         7   

 

Gross margin (in %)

     71         71         72         0pp         0pp   

 

Segment profit

     3,341         3,394         3,148         6         8   

 

Segment margin (in %)

     37         37         37         1pp         0pp   

In the first half year of 2016, Applications, Technology & Services segment revenue increased, mainly driven by strong growth in both cloud subscription and software support revenue.

As a consequence of a continuous strong demand in the human capital management and SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud line of business, we saw a strong increase in cloud subscription and support revenue in the Applications, Technology & Services segment. Our ongoing efforts to drive business transformation and improve operational efficiency of our cloud business resulted in an improved cloud subscription and support profitability, which is shown in the first half year of 2016 cloud subscription and support margin.

SAP Business Network Segment

 

  € millions   

 

Q1–Q2 2016

    

 

Q1–Q2
2015

 

     D in %      D in %  
     

 

Actual
Currency

 

    

 

Constant
Currency

 

    

 

Actual
Currency

 

    

 

Actual
Currency

 

    

 

Constant
Currency

 

 

 

Cloud subscriptions and support revenue

     761         766         634         20         21   

 

Cloud subscription and support margin (in %)

     76         76         75         1pp         1pp   

 

Segment revenue

     919         925         768         20         20   

 

Gross margin (in %)

     67         67         68         0pp         –1pp   

 

Segment profit

     157         152         130         21         17   

 

Segment margin (in %)

     17         16         17         0pp         –1pp   

Also in the SAP Business Network segment, our ongoing efforts to improve operational efficiency of our cloud business resulted in an improved cloud subscription and support profitability. In the first half year of 2016, segment revenue growth was 20% on a constant currency basis.

Approximately 2.2 million connected companies trade over US $820 billion of commerce on the SAP Ariba network, more than 42 million end users process travel and expenses effortlessly with Concur and customers managed over 2.6 million flexible workers in approximately 130 countries with the SAP Fieldglass platform over the past 12 months. Network spend volume is the total value of purchase orders transacted on the SAP Ariba Network in the trailing 12 months.

For more information about our segments, see the Notes to the Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements section, Note (15).

 

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Finances and Assets (IFRS)

Cash Flow

 

  € millions   

 

Q1–Q2
2016

 

    

 

Q1–Q2

2015

 

    

 

D

 

 

Net cash flows from operating activities

     2,921         2,775         +5%   

 

Capital expenditure

     –406         –276         +47%   

 

Free cash flow

     2,516         2,500         +1%   

 

Free cash flow (as a percentage of total revenue)

     25         26         –1pp   

 

Free cash flow (as a percentage of profit after tax)

     182         283         –101pp   

 

Days’ sales outstanding (DSO, in days)

     73         68         +5   

€2,921 million was the highest ever operating cash flow for the first half of a year. The increase results mainly from revenue growth with higher profitability and a higher portion already realized earlier within the half year compared with the previous year. Changes in working capital mainly from the five-day increase year-over-year of DSO and higher bonus payments adversely impacted the operating cash flow.

The expansion of our data centers is an important aspect of our investments in 2016 and led to higher capital expenditures in the first half of 2016.

We calculate free cash flow as net cash flows from operating activities minus purchases of intangible assets and property, plant, and equipment without acquisitions (capital expenditure). DSO for receivables is defined as the average number of days from the raised invoice to the cash receipt from the customer.

Group Liquidity

 

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Liquidity and Financial Position

 

  € millions   

 

30.06.2016

 

    

 

31.12.2015

 

    

D

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

     4,206         3,411         +795   

 

Current investments

     141         148         –7   

 

Group liquidity

     4,347         3,559         +788   

 

Financial debt

     –8,593         –9,174         +581   

 

Net liquidity

     –4,245         –5,615         +1,370   

 

Goodwill

     22,354         22,689         –335   

 

Total assets

     41,788         41,390         +398   

 

Total equity

     22,963         23,295         –331   

 

Equity ratio (total equity as a percentage of total assets)

     55         56         –1pp   

Competitive Intangibles

The resources that are the basis for our current as well as future success do not appear on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. This is apparent from a comparison of the market capitalization of SAP SE (based on all outstanding shares), which was €80 billion at the end of June 2016, with the carrying amount of our equity. This means that the market capitalization of our equity is nearly four times higher than the carrying amount.

Some of the most important competitive intangibles that influence our market value include: customer capital, our employees and their knowledge and skills, our ecosystem of partners, software we developed ourselves, our ability to innovate, the brands we have built up – in particular, the SAP brand itself – and our organization are.

SAP was recognized as the world’s 22nd most valuable brand with the release of the 2016 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking. SAP’s brand value is now estimated at US$39 billion, an increase of 2% in brand value for SAP year over year.

 

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Risk Management and Risks

We have comprehensive risk-management structures in place that are intended to enable us to recognize and analyze risks early and to take the appropriate action. For changes in our legal liability risks since our last annual report, see Note (14) in the Notes to the Interim Financial Statements. The other risk factors remain largely unchanged since 2015, and are discussed more fully in our 2015 Integrated Report and in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2015. We do not believe the risks we have identified jeopardize our ability to continue as a going concern.

Expected Developments and Opportunities

Future Trends in the Global Economy

In its most recent report, the European Central Bank (ECB) forecasts subdued growth in the world economy for the remainder of 2016. It believes that while advanced economies will be buoyed by low interest rates and improving labor markets, emerging economies will be held back by uncertainty as a result of fallen commodity prices and waning growth in China and other emerging markets. According to the ECB, the impact of the referendum in the UK against a continued EU membership will also be a major source of uncertainty influencing the global economy’s development to the end of the year.

Looking at the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, the ECB anticipates the euro area will grow at a steady, moderate pace in the coming months, though possibly at a lower rate than in the first half of the year. It believes that investment by enterprises benefiting from favorable borrowing conditions and improved earnings will be a key factor in this growth. In Central and Eastern Europe, the ECB believes that economic progress will remain stable but vary from country to country. Russia, it suggests, will likely benefit from increasing oil prices, rise out of its recession, and possibly even enjoy positive growth rates again.

In the Americas region, ECB projects that strong job growth in the United States, coupled with an increase in real disposable income, will help the U.S. economy pick up again. Similarly, Brazil’s economy is expected to recover gradually from its deep recession – once commodity prices have stabilized.

Turning to the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region, the ECB anticipates that the Japanese economy will grow at a restrained pace going forward, with positive developments such as increases in real wages and export demand counterbalancing negative influences such as the consolidation of domestic budgets. By contrast, the Chinese economy will continue to weaken in the medium term despite short-term government measures to stimulate the economy, ECB says.

Economic Trends – Year-Over-Year GDP Growth

 

  %    2015e      2016p      2017p  

World

     3.1         3.2         3.5   

Advanced economies

     1.9         1.9         2.0   

Developing and emerging economies

     4.0         4.1         4.6   

Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

                          

Euro area

     1.6         1.5         1.6   

Germany

     1.5         1.5         1.6   

Central and Eastern Europe

     3.5         3.5         3.3   

Middle East and North Africa

     2.5         3.1         3.5   

Sub- Saharan Africa

     3.4         3.0         4.0   

Americas

                          

United States

     2.4         2.4         2.5   

Canada

     1.2         1.5         1.9   

Central and South America, Caribbean

     –0.1         –0.5         1.5   

Asia-Pacific-Japan (APJ)

                          

Japan

     0.5         0.5         –0.1   

Asian developing economies

     6.6         6.4         6.3   

China

     6.9         6.5         6.2   

e = estimate; p = projection

Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Economic Outlook April 2016, Too Slow for Too Long, as of April 16, 2016, p. 21

IT Market: The Outlook for 2016

Based on U.S. market research firm Gartner’s current analysis of the IT Spending, “worldwide IT Spending is forecast to be flat in 2016”3) and “unfortunately, spending will not fully recover by year-end.”2) But “global enterprise software pending is on pace to total US $332 billion, a 5.8% increase from 2015.”3) Based on U.S. market research firm Gartner’s current analysis of the IT spending, “worldwide IT spending is forecast to be flat in 2016, totaling US $3.41 trillion”3) and “unfortunately, spending will not fully recover by year-end.”2) Gartner data indicate software is the best-performing segment with software spending increasing by 7.0 % (see table below). “Global enterprise software spending is on pace to total US $332 billion, a 5.8% increase from 2015. North America is the dominant regional driving force behind this growth.”3)

Regional Outlook

Within the Europe, Middle-East, and Africa (EMEA) region, the table below shows that IT spending in Western European countries will grow by only 0.2 %, whereas Western European software spending will increase considerably by 5.9 %. “With the U.K.’s exit from the EU, there will likely be an erosion in business confidence and price increases which will impact U.K., Western Europe and worldwide IT spending.” “. …The ‘leave’ vote will quickly affect IT spending in the U.K. and in Europe, while other changes will take longer.” 3)

According to the table below, IT spending in the Americas region will likewise expand only little in 2016 by 2.0 % in North America and decrease by 0.8 % in Latin America. The decrease in Latin America “can be attributed to declining business confidence in some countries in the region — most particularly, in Brazil. The specific trend in the region is that organizations are heavily limiting investments in projects with long payback periods.”1) “Longer term, Brazil is assumed to recover, eventually posting 2.7% growth in 2020. But Brazil’s longer-term growth appears limited by complex regulation and taxation, as well as poor infrastructure.” 1)

 

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IT spending in Asia/Pacific region is expected to expand 2.5% (Mature Asia/Pacific without Japan) and 4.8% (Emerging Asia/Pacific without China) in 2016 (see table below). For China, based on the report, Gartner “supposes China’s continuing economic slowdown will crimp China’s IT spending growth near term, but… a successful Chinese transition to a service economy will buoy longer-term spending growth.”1) IT spending in Greater China is expected to grow 2.2% in 2016 (see table below).

Sources:

1) Forecast Analysis: IT Spending, Worldwide, 1Q16 Update, April 26, 2016

2) Gartner Market Databook, 2Q16 Update, June 29,2016

3) Press release “GARTNER SAYS WORLDWIDE IT SPENDING IS FORECAST TO BE FLAT IN 2016, July 7, 2016, http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3368517

The Gartner Report(s) described herein, (the “Gartner Report(s)”) represent(s) research opinion or viewpoints published, as part of a syndicated subscription service, by Gartner, Inc. (“Gartner”), and are not representations of fact. Each Gartner Report speaks as of its original publication date (and not as of the date of this Half Year Report) and the opinions expressed in the Gartner Report(s) are subject to change without notice.

Trends in the IT Market – IT Spending Year-Over-Year

 

%

 

  

    2015e

 

    

2016p

 

    

2017p

 

 

World

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

3.1

 

  

 

    

 

1.5

 

  

 

    

 

2.6

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

9.1

 

  

 

    

 

7.0

 

  

 

    

 

7.1

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

5.1

 

  

 

    

 

4.7

 

  

 

    

 

4.7

 

  

 

Western Europe

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

3.6

 

  

 

    

 

0.2

 

  

 

    

 

1.3

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

9.6

 

  

 

    

 

5.9

 

  

 

    

 

6.0

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

4.4

 

  

 

    

 

3.8

 

  

 

    

 

4.1

 

  

 

Eastern Europe

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

11.4

 

  

 

    

 

3.3

 

  

 

    

 

1.4

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

10.8

 

  

 

    

 

8.9

 

  

 

    

 

8.8

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

3.4

 

  

 

    

 

3.5

 

  

 

    

 

3.9

 

  

 

Eurasia

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

-5.0

 

  

 

    

 

0.4

 

  

 

    

 

1.7

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

14.1

 

  

 

    

 

6.0

 

  

 

    

 

7.7

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

3.2

 

  

 

    

 

0.8

 

  

 

    

 

1.4

 

  

 

Middle East and North Africa

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

5.0

 

  

 

    

 

2.1

 

  

 

    

 

3.1

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

11.4

 

  

 

    

 

9.7

 

  

 

    

 

9.9

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

5.8

 

  

 

    

 

4.8

 

  

 

    

 

5.0

 

  

 

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

5.1

 

  

 

    

 

3.4

 

  

 

    

 

5.0

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

13.2

 

  

 

    

 

11.0

 

  

 

    

 

11.2

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

5.2

 

  

 

    

 

5.2

 

  

 

    

 

5.2

 

  

 

North America

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

3.0

 

  

 

    

 

2.0

 

  

 

    

 

2.6

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

8.2

 

  

 

    

 

7.1

 

  

 

    

 

6.9

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

6.0

 

  

 

    

 

5.4

 

  

 

    

 

5.3

 

  

 

Latin America

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

0.3

 

  

 

    

 

-0.8

 

  

 

    

 

1.5

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

11.0

 

  

 

    

 

7.3

 

  

 

    

 

8.2

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

6.9

 

  

 

    

 

7.2

 

  

 

    

 

7.3

 

  

 

Mature Asia/Pacific (w/o Japan)

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

2.8

 

  

 

    

 

2.5

 

  

 

    

 

3.2

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

12.4

 

  

 

    

 

9.3

 

  

 

    

 

9.5

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

4.4

 

  

 

    

 

4.8

 

  

 

    

 

4.2

 

  

 

Emerging Asia/Pacific (w/o China)

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

6.3

 

  

 

    

 

4.8

 

  

 

    

 

5.6

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

11.4

 

  

 

    

 

10.7

 

  

 

    

 

11.1

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

7.5

 

  

 

    

 

9.5

 

  

 

    

 

9.5

 

  

 

Japan

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

0.0

 

  

 

    

 

0.6

 

  

 

    

 

2.0

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

7.4

 

  

 

    

 

5.2

 

  

 

    

 

5.5

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

3.1

 

  

 

    

 

2.2

 

  

 

    

 

1.7

 

  

 

Greater China (China/ Taiwan/ Hong Kong)

 

                          

Total IT

 

    

 

4.4

 

  

 

    

 

2.2

 

  

 

    

 

4.7

 

  

 

Software

 

    

 

7.8

 

  

 

    

 

8.3

 

  

 

    

 

9.4

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

5.7

 

  

 

    

 

6.9

 

  

 

    

 

7.1

 

  

 

e = estimate, p = projection

Table created by SAP based on: Gartner Market Databook, 2Q16 Update, 29 June 2016, tab 2-1 “regional end-User Spending on IT Products and Services in Constant U.S. Dollars, 2014-2020 (Millions of Dollars).”

Impact on SAP

SAP expects to outperform the global economy and the IT industry again in 2016 in terms of revenue growth.

The future impact of the UK referendum on the macroeconomic environment is hard to predict since this is and political issue. UK comprises a small portion of SAP’s overall revenue and operating profit. Therefore, the direct effect on SAP’s business is expected to be moderate.

Our 2015 results validate our strategy of innovating across the core, the cloud, and business networks to help our customers become true digital enterprises.

Our innovation cycle for SAP S/4HANA is well underway and the completeness of our vision in the cloud has distinguished SAP from both legacy players and point solution providers.

We are well-positioned for the future as reflected in the increase of our ambition for 2017 in the beginning of this year.

We plan to continue to invest in countries in which we expect significant growth, helping us reach our ambitious 2016 outlook targets and medium-term aspirations for 2017 and 2020.

We are confident we can achieve our medium-term targets for 2017 and 2020, assuming that the economic environment and IT

 

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industry develop as currently forecasted. Balanced in terms of regions as well as industries, we are well-positioned with our solution offering to offset smaller individual fluctuations in the global economy and IT market.

A comparison of our business outlook with forecasts for the global economy and IT industry shows that we can be successful even in a tough economic environment and will further strengthen our position as the market leader of enterprise application software.

Operational Targets for 2016 (Non-IFRS)

Revenue and Operating Profit Outlook

We reiterate the following 2016 outlook based on the solid execution in the first half year and a strong pipeline across all regions led by S/4HANA’s once in a generation innovation cycle:

 

   

Based on the continued strong momentum in SAP’s cloud business, the company expects full-year 2016 non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue to be in a range of €2.95 billion to €3.05 billion at constant currencies (2015: €2.30 billion). The upper end of this range represents a growth rate of 33% at constant currencies.

 

   

SAP expects full-year 2016 non-IFRS cloud and software revenue to increase by 6% to 8% at constant currencies (2015: €17.23 billion).

 

   

SAP expects full-year 2016 non-IFRS operating profit to be in a range of €6.4 billion to €6.7 billion at constant currencies (2015: €6.35 billion).

We expect to hire a similar number of employees this year as in 2015.

While the company’s full-year 2016 business outlook is at constant currencies, actual currency reported figures are expected to continue to be impacted by exchange rate fluctuations. If exchange rates remain at the end of June 2016 levels for the rest of the year, the company expects its non-IFRS cloud and software revenue growth rate as well as its non-IFRS operating profit growth rate to experience a currency impact in a range of -1 to +1 percentage points for the third quarter 2016 (-2 to 0 percentage points for the full year 2016).

The above-mentioned indication for the expected currency exchange rate impact on actual currency reported figures replaces the earlier indication announced on May 18, 2016, at our SAPPHIRE NOW conference.

We expect that non-IFRS total revenue will continue to depend largely on the revenue from cloud and software. Within cloud and software revenue, cloud subscription and support revenue will grow significantly faster than software and support revenue (non-IFRS). We expect the software license revenue in 2016 will be approximately at the same level as in 2015, with SAP gaining market share against our main on-premise license competitors.

We expect that most of the total revenue growth (non-IFRS) will come from the Applications, Technology & Services segment. Nevertheless, we anticipate that our SAP Business Network segment will outpace the Applications, Technology & Services segment with a significantly higher total revenue growth rate at lower absolute revenue numbers. As such, we expect we will seize a huge market opportunity with continued strong mid-term and long-term growth potential.

We continuously strive for profit expansion in both segments. The vast majority of the profit expansion comes from our Applications, Technology & Services segment. Overall, operating profit growth is higher in the SAP Business Network segment than in the Applications, Technology & Services segment, but at significantly lower volume.

Across both segments, we expect our 2016 non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support gross margin to be stable compared to 2015. For SAP’s private cloud offerings, we expect positive margins as of the second half of fiscal year 2016.

Differences Between IFRS and Non-IFRS Measures

As noted above, our guidance is based on non-IFRS measures at constant currencies. This section provides additional insight into the impact of our application of constant currency considerations and the items by which our IFRS measures and non-IFRS measures differ.

The following table shows the estimates of the items that represent the differences between our IFRS financial measures and our non-IFRS financial measures.

Non-IFRS Measures

 

  € millions   

 

Estimated

Amounts for

Full Year
20161)

    

 

Q1–Q2

2016

    

 

Q1–Q2

2015

 

 

Revenue adjustments

     <20         4         8   

 

Acquisition related charges4)

     680 to 730         336         371   

 

Share-based payment expenses2), 3)

     560 to 610         177         314   

 

Restructuring

     30 to 50         22         418   

1) All adjusting items are partly incurred in currencies other than the euro. Consequently, the amounts are subject to currency volatility. All estimates for 2016 provided in the table are at actual currency and are calculated based on certain assumptions regarding the developments of the different currency exchange rates. Depending on the future development of these exchange rates, the total amounts for 2016 may differ significantly from the estimates provided in the table above. SAP’s outlook is based on constant currency figures.

2) Our share-based payment expenses are subject, among other factors, to share price volatility, anticipated achievement of financial KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), objectives, and fluctuations in SAP’s workforce. The estimates in the table above are based on certain assumptions regarding these factors. Depending on how these factors change in the future, the total expense for 2016 may differ significantly from these estimates.

3) The estimates provided above for share-based payments expenses include grants under existing programs. New share-based payments plans may make the total amounts for 2016 differ significantly from these estimates.

4) The estimates provided above for acquisition-related charges are based on the acquisitions made by SAP up to the publication of this document. Any subsequent acquisitions may cause the total amounts for 2016 to differ from these estimates.

SAP expects a full-year 2016 effective tax rate (IFRS) of 27.0% to 28.0% and an effective tax rate (non-IFRS) of 28.0% to 29.0%. The increase in comparison to the previous outlook mainly results from tax effects relating to changes in foreign currency exchange rates in Venezuela and the fact that the execution of the originally planned consolidation of intellectual property rights held by SAP’s group company hybris AG at the level of SAP SE in Germany can no longer be achieved at this point of time.

 

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Goals for Liquidity, Finance, Investments, and Dividends

On June 30, 2016, we had a negative net liquidity. We believe that our liquid assets combined with our undrawn credit facilities are sufficient to meet our present operating financing needs also in the second half of 2016 and, together with expected cash flows from operations, will support debt repayments and our currently planned capital expenditure requirements over the near-term and medium-term.

We expect a positive development of our operating cash flow, which is also due to anticipated lower restructuring related payments.

As planned, we redeemed a US$600 million U.S. private placement, which matured in June. Furthermore, we are planning to further repay our outstanding €1.25 billion bank loan.

At the time of this report, we have no concrete plans for future share buybacks.

Based on this planning, at this point in time we expect to noticeably reduce our net debt in the second half of 2016 and gradually return to a positive net liquidity in subsequent years.

Excepting acquisitions, our planned capital expenditures for 2016 and 2017 can be covered in full by operating cash flow. They will mainly be spent on property improvements planned in Bangalore (India), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Shanghai (China), New York City (United States), San Ramon (United States), Potsdam (Germany), Walldorf (Germany), Prague (Czech Republic), and Ra’anana (Israel). In addition, we plan to invest in two new data centers in the western United States. In total, we expect investments of approximately €530 million during the next two years.

Premises on Which Our Outlook Is Based

In preparing our outlook, we have taken into account all events known to us at the time we prepared this report that could influence SAP’s business going forward.

Among the premises on which this outlook is based are those presented concerning economic development and the assumption that there will be no effects from a major acquisition.

Non-Financial Goals 2016

In addition to our financial goals, we also focus on two non-financial targets: employee engagement and customer loyalty.

We believe it is essential that our employees are engaged, drive our success, and support our strategy. We remain committed to achieving an 82% employee engagement score in 2016 (2015: 81%).

Further, our customers’ satisfaction with the solutions we offer is very important to us. We want our customers not only to be satisfied, but also to see us as a trusted partner for innovation. We measure this customer loyalty metric using the Customer Net Promoter Score (NPS). For 2016, we aim to achieve a Customer NPS of 25% (2015: 22.4%).

Medium-Term Prospects

We did not change our medium-term prospects in the first half of 2016. For a detailed description, see our 2015 Integrated Report and item 5 in the 2015 Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Opportunities

We have comprehensive opportunity-management structures in place that are intended to enable us to recognize and analyze opportunities early and to take the appropriate action. The opportunities remain largely unchanged since 2015, and are discussed more fully in our 2015 Integrated Report.

Events After the Reporting Period

No events have occurred after June 30, 2016, which are of material significance for the Group’s assets, finances, and operating results.

 

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Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements – IFRS

Consolidated Income Statements of SAP Group – Half-Year

 

  € millions, unless otherwise stated   

 

Notes

  

 

Q1–Q2

2016

 

    

 

Q1–Q2

2015

 

    

 

D in %

 

Cloud subscriptions and support

         

 

1,397

 

  

 

    

 

1,056

 

  

 

    

 

32

 

  

 

Software licenses

         

 

1,649

 

  

 

    

 

1,675

 

  

 

    

 

–2

 

  

 

Software support

         

 

5,162

 

  

 

    

 

4,985

 

  

 

    

 

4

 

  

 

Software licenses and support

         

 

6,811

 

  

 

    

 

6,660

 

  

 

    

 

2

 

  

 

Cloud and software

         

 

8,208

 

  

 

    

 

7,715

 

  

 

    

 

6

 

  

 

Services

         

 

1,755

 

  

 

    

 

1,751

 

  

 

    

 

0

 

  

 

Total revenue

         

 

9,964

 

  

 

    

 

9,467

 

  

 

    

 

5

 

  

 

    

                               

Cost of cloud subscriptions and support

         

 

–597

 

  

 

    

 

–465

 

  

 

    

 

28

 

  

 

Cost of software licenses and support

         

 

–1,007

 

  

 

    

 

–1,103

 

  

 

    

 

–9

 

  

 

Cost of cloud and software

         

 

–1,604

 

  

 

    

 

–1,568

 

  

 

    

 

2

 

  

 

Cost of services

         

 

–1,506

 

  

 

    

 

–1,465

 

  

 

    

 

3

 

  

 

Total cost of revenue

         

 

–3,110

 

  

 

    

 

–3,034

 

  

 

    

 

3

 

  

 

Gross profit

         

 

6,854

 

  

 

    

 

6,433

 

  

 

    

 

7

 

  

 

Research and development

         

 

–1,419

 

  

 

    

 

–1,393

 

  

 

    

 

2

 

  

 

Sales and marketing

         

 

–2,871

 

  

 

    

 

–2,758

 

  

 

    

 

4

 

  

 

General and administration

         

 

–460

 

  

 

    

 

–528

 

  

 

    

 

–13

 

  

 

Restructuring

   (5)

 

    

 

–22

 

  

 

    

 

–418

 

  

 

    

 

–95

 

  

 

Other operating income/expense, net

         

 

–1

 

  

 

    

 

3

 

  

 

    

 

<–100

 

  

 

Total operating expenses

         

 

–7,882

 

  

 

    

 

–8,128

 

  

 

    

 

–3

 

  

 

Operating profit

         

 

2,082

 

  

 

    

 

1,339

 

  

 

    

 

56

 

  

 

    

                               

Other non-operating income/expense, net

         

 

–136

 

  

 

    

 

–201

 

  

 

    

 

–32

 

  

 

Finance income

         

 

73

 

  

 

    

 

87

 

  

 

    

 

–16

 

  

 

Finance costs

         

 

–132

 

  

 

    

 

–109

 

  

 

    

 

21

 

  

 

Financial income, net

         

 

–59

 

  

 

    

 

–22

 

  

 

    

 

>100

 

  

 

Profit before tax

         

 

1,887

 

  

 

    

 

1,115

 

  

 

    

 

69

 

  

 

    

                               

Income tax expense

         

 

–504

 

  

 

    

 

–233

 

  

 

    

 

>100

 

  

 

Profit after tax

         

 

1,382

 

  

 

    

 

882

 

  

 

    

 

57

 

  

 

Attributable to owners of parent

         

 

1,388

 

  

 

    

 

885

 

  

 

    

 

57

 

  

 

Attributable to non-controlling interests

         

 

–5

 

  

 

    

 

–3

 

  

 

    

 

74

 

  

 

    

                               

Earnings per share, basic (in €)1)

         

 

1.16

 

  

 

    

 

0.74

 

  

 

    

 

57

 

  

 

Earnings per share, diluted (in €)1)

         

 

1.16

 

  

 

    

 

0.74

 

  

 

    

 

57

 

  

 

1) For the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, the weighted average number of shares was 1,198 million (diluted 1,199 million) and 1,196 million (diluted: 1,198 million), respectively (treasury stock excluded).

Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely.

 

SAP 2016 Half-Year Report

     16   


Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income of SAP Group – Half-Year

 

  € millions   Q1–Q2 2016     Q1–Q2 2015  

Profit after tax

    1,382        882   

 

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

               

 

Remeasurements on defined benefit pension plans, before tax

    3        1   

 

Income tax relating to remeasurements on defined benefit pension plans

    0        –2   

 

Remeasurements on defined benefit pension plans, net of tax

    3        –1   

 

Other comprehensive income for items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss, net of tax

    3        –1   

 

Items that will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

               

 

 

Gains (losses) on exchange differences on translation, before tax

    –182        1,541   

 

Reclassification adjustments on exchange differences on translation, before tax

    –1        0   

 

Exchange differences on translation, before tax

    –183        1,541   

 

Income tax relating to exchange differences on translation

    –26        13   

 

Exchange differences, net of tax

    –210        1,554   

 

Gains (losses) on remeasuring available-for-sale financial assets, before tax

    –132        151   

 

Reclassification adjustments on available-for-sale financial assets, before tax

    –14        0   

 

Available-for-sale financial assets, before tax

    –145        151   

 

 

Income tax relating to available-for-sale financial assets

    1        0   

 

Available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

    –144        150   

 

 

Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, before tax

    –19        –75   

 

Reclassification adjustments on cash flow hedges, before tax

    –6        62   

 

Cash flow hedges, before tax

    –25        –13   

 

 

Income tax relating to cash flow hedges

    7        3   

 

Cash flow hedges, net of tax

    –18        –10   

 

Other comprehensive income for items that will be reclassified to profit or loss, net of tax

    –372        1,695   

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

    –369        1,693   

 

Total comprehensive income

    1,013        2,575   

 

Attributable to owners of parent

    1,019        2,578   

 

Attributable to non-controlling interests

    –5        –3   

Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely.

 

SAP 2016 Half-Year Report

     17   


Consolidated Statements of Financial Position of SAP Group

 

 

as at June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015

 

 

 

  € millions

  

 

Note

 

        

 

2016

 

      

 

2015

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

               4,206           3,411   

 

Other financial assets

               386           351   

 

Trade and other receivables

   (8)           5,025           5,275   

 

Other non-financial assets

               636           468   

 

Tax assets

               296           235   

 

Total current assets

               10,549           9,739   

 

Goodwill

               22,354           22,689   

 

Intangible assets

               3,884           4,280   

 

Property, plant, and equipment

               2,284           2,192   

 

Other financial assets

               1,278           1,336   

 

Trade and other receivables

   (8)           106           87   

 

Other non-financial assets

               375           332   

 

Tax assets

               401           282   

 

Deferred tax assets

               558           453   

 

Total non-current assets

               31,239           31,651   

 

Total assets

               41,788           41,390   

 

    

                             

 

  € millions

 

              

2016

 

      

2015

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

               1,047           1,088   

 

Tax liabilities

               268           230   

 

Financial liabilities

   (9)           323           841   

 

Other non-financial liabilities

               2,274           3,407   

 

Provisions

               191           299   

 

Deferred income

   (10)           4,470           2,001   

 

Total current liabilities

               8,574           7,867   

 

Trade and other payables

               94           81   

 

Tax liabilities

               417           402   

 

Financial liabilities

   (9)           8,705           8,681   

 

Other non-financial liabilities

               300           331   

 

Provisions

               201           180   

 

Deferred tax liabilities

               426           448   

 

Deferred income

   (10)           106           106   

 

Total non-current liabilities

               10,250           10,228   

 

Total liabilities

               18,824           18,095   

 

Issued capital

               1,229           1,229   

 

Share premium

               580           558   

 

Retained earnings

               20,054           20,044   

 

Other components of equity

               2,189           2,561   

 

Treasury shares

               –1,114           –1,124   

 

Equity attributable to owners of parent

               22,938           23,267   

 

    

                             

 

Non-controlling interests

               26           28   

 

Total equity

   (11)           22,963           23,295   

 

Total equity and liabilities

               41,788           41,390   

Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely.

 

SAP 2016 Half-Year Report

     18   


Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity of SAP Group

 

 

  € millions

  

 

Equity Attributable to Owners of Parent

    

 

Non-

Controlling
Interests

    

 

Total

Equity

 
    

 

Issued
Capital

    

 

Share
Premium

    

 

Retained
Earnings

    

 

Other
Components of

Equity

 

    

 

Treasury
Shares

    

 

Total

       

 

  January 1, 2015

   1,229      614      18,317      564      –1,224      19,499      34      19,534  

 

Profit after tax

                       885                           885         –3         882   

 

Other comprehensive income

                       –1         1,695                  1,693                  1,693   

 

  Comprehensive income

                   884      1,695              2,578      –3      2,575  

 

Share-based payments

              –154                                    –154                  –154   

 

Dividends

                       –1,316                           –1,316                  –1,316   

 

Reissuance of treasury shares under share-based payments

           

 

 

 

72

 

  

                    

 

 

 

91

 

  

  

 

 

 

164

 

  

           

 

 

 

164

 

  

 

Other changes

                       –1                           –1                  –1   

 

  June 30, 2015

   1,229      533      17,883      2,258      –1,133      20,770      31      20,800  
                                                                  

 

  January 1, 2016

   1,229      558      20,044      2,561      –1,124      23,267      28      23,295  

 

Profit after tax

                       1,388                           1,388         –5         1,382   

 

Other comprehensive income

                       3         –372                  –369                  –369   

 

  Comprehensive income

                   1,391      –372              1,019      –5      1,013  

 

Share-based payments

              14                                    14                  14   

 

Dividends

                       –1,378                           –1,378                  –1,378   

 

Reissuance of treasury shares under share-based payments

           

 

 

 

9

 

  

                    

 

 

 

10

 

  

  

 

 

 

18

 

  

           

 

 

 

18

 

  

 

Other changes

                       –2                           –2         3         1   

 

  June 30, 2016

   1,229      580      20,054      2,189      –1,114      22,938      26      22,963  

Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely.

 

SAP 2016 Half-Year Report

     19   


Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of SAP Group

 

 

  € millions

 

 

Q1–Q2 2016

   

 

Q1–Q2 2015

 

 

Profit after tax

    1,382        882   

 

Adjustments to reconcile profit after taxes to net cash flows from operating activities:

               

 

Depreciation and amortization

    615        646   

 

Income tax expense

    504        233   

 

Financial income, net

    59        22   

 

Decrease/increase in sales and bad debt allowances on trade receivables

    60        14   

 

Other adjustments for non-cash items

    12        –21   

 

Decrease/increase in trade and other receivables

    114        32   

 

Decrease/increase in other assets

    –309        –156   

 

Decrease/increase in trade payables, provisions, and other liabilities

    –1,165        –412   

 

Decrease/increase in deferred income

    2,493        2,361   

 

Interest paid

    –120        –90   

 

Interest received

    36        40   

 

Income taxes paid, net of refunds

    –760        –776   

 

Net cash flows from operating activities

    2,921        2,775   

 

Business combinations, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired

    –16        –10   

 

Cash receipts from derivative financial instruments related to business combinations

    0        266   

 

Total cash flows for business combinations, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired

    –16        256   

 

Purchase of intangible assets and property, plant, and equipment

    –406        –276   

 

Proceeds from sales of intangible assets or property, plant, and equipment

    33        27   

 

Purchase of equity or debt instruments of other entities

    –320        –1,099   

 

Proceeds from sales of equity or debt instruments of other entities

    308        868   

 

Net cash flows from investing activities

    –401        –224   

 

Dividends paid

    –1,378        –1,316   

 

Proceeds from reissuance of treasury shares

    15        24   

 

Proceeds from borrowings

    1        1,745   

 

Repayments of borrowings

    –544        –2,520   

 

Transactions with non-controlling interests

    3        0   

 

Net cash flows from financing activities

    –1,902        –2,067   

 

Effect of foreign currency rates on cash and cash equivalents

    177        111   

 

Net decrease/increase in cash and cash equivalents

    796        595   

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

    3,411        3,328   

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

    4,206        3,923   

Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely.

 

SAP 2016 Half-Year Report

     20   


Notes to the Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements

(1) General Information About Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements

The accompanying Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements of SAP SE and its subsidiaries (collectively, “we,” “us,” “our,” “SAP,” “Group,” and “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and in particular in compliance with International Accounting Standard (IAS) 34. The designation IFRS includes all standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and related interpretations issued by the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRIC). The variances between the applicable IFRS standards as issued by the IASB and the standards as used by the European Union are not relevant to these financial statements.

Certain information and disclosures normally included in the notes to annual financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS have been condensed or omitted. We believe that the disclosures made are adequate and that the information gives a true and fair view.

Our business activities are influenced by certain seasonal effects. Historically, our overall revenue tends to be highest in the fourth quarter. Half-year results are therefore not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

Amounts reported in previous years have been reclassified as appropriate to conform to the presentation in this half-year report.

These unaudited condensed Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with SAP’s audited Consolidated IFRS Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2015, included in our 2015 Integrated Report and our 2015 Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout these Half-Year Financial Statements may not add up precisely to the totals we provide and percentages may not precisely reflect the absolute figures.

(2) Scope of Consolidation

Our changes in the scope of consolidation in the first half of 2016 were not material to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

For more information about our business combinations and the effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements, see Note (4) and our 2015 Integrated Report.

(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

These Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements were prepared based on the same accounting policies as those applied and described in the Consolidated Financial Statements as at December 31, 2015. Our significant accounting policies are summarized in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

(4) Business Combinations

We did not complete any material acquisitions during the first half of 2016.

 

SAP 2016 Half-Year Report

     21   


(5) Restructuring

 

 

  € millions

  

 

    Q1–Q2
2016

    

 

    Q1–Q2
2015

 

 

Employee-related restructuring expenses

     22         417   

 

Facility-related restructuring expenses

     0         1   

 

Restructuring expenses

     22         418   

If not presented separately, these expenses would break down in our income statements as follows:

Restructuring Expenses by Functional Area

 

 

  € millions

  

 

    Q1–Q2
2016

    

 

    Q1–Q2
2015

 

 

Cost of cloud and software

     2         60   

 

Cost of services

     5         145   

 

Research and development

     3         109   

 

Sales and marketing

     11         88   

 

General and administration

     1         16   

 

Restructuring expenses

     22         418   

(6) Employee Benefits Expense and Headcount

Employee Benefits Expense

 

 

  € millions

  

 

    Q1–Q2

2016

    

 

    Q1–Q2

2015

 

 

Salaries

     3,765         3,600   

 

Social security expenses

     565         554   

 

Share-based payment expenses

     177         314   

 

Pension expenses

     148         141   

 

Employee-related restructuring expenses

     22         417   

 

Termination benefits

     14         14   

 

Employee benefits expense

     4,692         5,042   

On June 30, 2016, the breakdown of our full-time equivalent employee numbers by function and by region was as shown in the table below.

The increase in headcount in the SAP Group to 79,962 employees is mainly due to organic growth of full-time equivalents to research and development as well as sales and marketing.

Number of Employees (in Full-Time Equivalents)

 

      

 

30.6.2016

 

  

 

             

 

30.6.2015

 

  

 

Full-time equivalents

 

    

 

    EMEA

 

  

 

    

 

Americas

 

  

 

    

 

    APJ

 

  

 

    

 

    Total

 

  

 

       

 

EMEA

 

  

 

    

 

Americas

 

  

 

    

 

APJ

 

  

 

    

 

Total

 

  

 

Cloud and software

 

    

 

6,214

 

  

 

    

 

4,054

 

  

 

    

 

5,084

 

  

 

    

 

15,352

 

  

 

             

 

5,899

 

  

 

    

 

3,805

 

  

 

    

 

4,915

 

  

 

    

 

14,619

 

  

 

Services

 

    

 

6,443

 

  

 

    

 

4,006

 

  

 

    

 

3,738

 

  

 

    

 

14,187

 

  

 

       

 

6,673

 

  

 

    

 

3,806

 

  

 

    

 

3,193

 

  

 

    

 

13,672

 

  

 

Research and development

 

    

 

9,927

 

  

 

    

 

4,501

 

  

 

    

 

7,382

 

  

 

    

 

21,810

 

  

 

             

 

9,247

 

  

 

    

 

3,994

 

  

 

    

 

6,148

 

  

 

    

 

19,389

 

  

 

Sales and marketing

    

 

8,109

 

  

 

    

 

8,350

 

  

 

    

 

4,202

 

  

 

    

 

20,661

 

  

 

       

 

7,703

 

  

 

    

 

7,497

 

  

 

    

 

3,797

 

  

 

    

 

18,997

 

  

 

General and administration

 

    

 

2,542

 

  

 

    

 

1,677

 

  

 

    

 

990

 

  

 

    

 

5,208

 

  

 

             

 

2,461

 

  

 

    

 

1,661

 

  

 

    

 

1,017

 

  

 

    

 

5,139

 

  

 

Infrastructure

    

 

1,530

 

  

 

    

 

772

 

  

 

    

 

443

 

  

 

    

 

2,745

 

  

 

       

 

1,483

 

  

 

    

 

811

 

  

 

    

 

387

 

  

 

    

 

2,681

 

  

 

SAP Group (June 30)

 

    

 

34,764

 

  

 

    

 

23,359

 

  

 

    

 

21,838

 

  

 

    

 

79,962

 

  

 

             

 

33,467

 

  

 

    

 

21,574

 

  

 

    

 

19,456

 

  

 

    

 

74,497

 

  

 

Thereof acquisitions 1)

 

    

 

25

 

  

 

    

 

25

 

  

 

    

 

0

 

  

 

    

 

50

 

  

 

       

 

0

 

  

 

    

 

0

 

  

 

    

 

0

 

  

 

    

 

0

 

  

 

SAP Group (average first half)

 

    

 

34,284

 

  

 

    

 

22,861

 

  

 

    

 

21,416

 

  

 

    

 

78,561

 

  

 

             

 

33,469

 

  

 

    

 

21,740

 

  

 

    

 

19,171

 

  

 

    

 

74,381

 

  

 

1) Acquisitions closed between January 1 and June 30 of the respective year.

 

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The allocations of expenses for share-based payments to the various expense items are as follows:

Share-Based Payments

 

 

  € millions

  

 

Q1–Q2
2016

    

 

Q1–Q2
2015

 

 

Cost of cloud and software

     22         32   

 

Cost of services

     24         50   

 

Research and development

     44         80   

 

Sales and marketing

     67         102   

 

General and administration

     20         51   

 

Share-based payments

     177         314   

For more information about our share-based payments, see our 2015 Integrated Report, Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements section, Note (27).

(7) Income Taxes

We are subject to ongoing tax audits by domestic and foreign tax authorities. Currently, we are mainly in dispute with the German and only a few foreign tax authorities. The German dispute is in respect of intercompany financing matters and certain secured capital investments while the few foreign disputes are in respect of intercompany financing matters and license fee deductibility. In all cases, we expect that we will need to initiate litigation to prevail. For all of these matters, we have not recorded a provision as we believe that the tax authorities’ claims have no merit and that no adjustment is warranted. If, contrary to our view, the tax authorities were to prevail in their arguments before the court, we would expect to have an additional tax expense (including related interest expenses and penalties) of approximately €1,477 million in total.

(8) Trade and Other Receivables

 

 

  € millions

 

  

 

30.06.2016

 

 
    

 

Current

    

 

Non-

Current

    

 

Total

 

 

Trade receivables, net

 

    

 

4,979

 

  

 

    

 

1

 

  

 

    

 

4,980

 

  

 

 

Other receivables

 

    

 

46

 

  

 

    

 

105

 

  

 

    

 

151

 

  

 

 

Total

 

    

 

5,025

 

  

 

    

 

106

 

  

 

    

 

    5,131

 

  

 

 

 

  € millions

  

 

31.12.2015

 
    

 

Current

    

 

Non-

Current

    

 

Total

 

 

Trade receivables, net

 

    

 

5,198

 

  

 

    

 

2

 

  

 

    

 

5,199

 

  

 

 

Other receivables

 

    

 

77

 

  

 

    

 

86

 

  

 

    

 

163

 

  

 

 

Total

 

    

 

5,275

 

  

 

    

 

87

 

  

 

    

 

5,362

 

  

 

The carrying amounts of our trade receivables and related allowances were as follows:

Carrying Amounts of Trade Receivables

 

 

  € millions

  

 

30.06.

2016

    

 

31.12.

2015

 

 

Gross carrying amount

 

    

 

5,268

 

  

 

    

 

5,428

 

  

 

 

Sales allowances charged to revenue

 

    

 

–207

 

  

 

    

 

–153

 

  

 

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts charged to expense

 

    

 

–80

 

  

 

    

 

–75

 

  

 

 

Carrying amount trade receivables, net

 

    

 

4,980

 

  

 

    

 

    5,199

 

  

 

(9) Financial Liabilities

 

  € millions

 

  

 

30.06.2016

 

 
    

Nominal Volume

 

    

Carrying Amount

 

        
     

 

Current

    

 

Non-

Current

    

 

Current

    

 

Non-

Current

    

 

Total

 

 

Bonds

 

    

 

0

 

  

 

    

 

5,750

 

  

 

    

 

0

 

  

 

    

 

5,749

 

  

 

    

 

5,749

 

  

 

 

Private placement transactions

 

    

 

0

 

  

 

    

 

1,576

 

  

 

    

 

0

 

  

 

     1,676        

 

1,676

 

  

 

 

Bank loans

 

    

 

16

 

  

 

    

 

1,250

 

  

 

    

 

16

 

  

 

     1,247        

 

1,263

 

  

 

 

Financial debt

 

    

 

17

 

  

 

    

 

8,576

 

  

 

    

 

16

 

  

 

     8,672        

 

8,688

 

  

 

 

Derivatives

 

    

 

NA

 

  

 

    

 

NA

 

  

 

    

 

95

 

  

 

    

 

42

 

  

 

    

 

137

 

  

 

 

Other financial liabilities

 

    

 

NA

 

  

 

    

 

NA

 

  

 

    

 

212

 

  

 

    

 

–9

 

  

 

    

 

203

 

  

 

 

Financial liabilities

 

                      

 

323

 

  

 

    

 

8,705

 

  

 

    

 

9,028

 

  

 

 

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  € millions    31.12.2015  
      Nominal Volume      Carrying Amount          
      Current     

Non-

Current

     Current     

Non-

Current

     Total  

Bonds

     0         5,750         0         5,733         5,733   

Private placement transactions

     551         1,607         551         1,651         2,202   

Bank loans

     16         1,250         16         1,245         1,261   

Financial debt

     567         8,607         567         8,628         9,195   

Derivatives

     NA         NA         70         58         128   

Other financial liabilities

     NA         NA         204         –5         199   

Financial liabilities

                       841         8,681         9,522   

(10) Deferred Income

 

  € millions   

30.06.

2016

    

    31.12.

2015

 

Current

     4,470         2,001   

thereof deferred revenue from cloud subscriptions and support

     1,003         957   

Non-current

     106         106   

Total Deferred Income

     4,576           2,107   

(11) Total Equity

Number of Shares

 

  millions    Issued
Capital
       Treasury
Shares
 

January 1, 2015

     1,228.5         –33.3   

Reissuance under share-based payments

     0         2.5   

June 30, 2015

     1,228.5         –30.8   
                   

January 1, 2016

     1,228.5         –30.6   

Reissuance under share-based payments

     0         0.3   

June 30, 2016

     1,228.5           –30.3   

Other Components of Equity

 

  € millions    Exchange Differences      Available-for-Sale
Financial Assets
     Cash Flow Hedges      Total  

January 1, 2015

     362         211         –8         564   

Other comprehensive income

     1,554         150         –10         1,695   

June 30, 2015

     1,916         361         –18         2,258   
                                     

January 1, 2016

     2,223         336         3         2,561   

Other comprehensive income

     –210         –144         –18         –372   

June 30, 2016

     2,013         192         –16         2,189   

 

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(12) Litigation and Claims

We are subject to a variety of claims and lawsuits that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business, including proceedings and claims that relate to companies we have acquired, claims that relate to customers demanding indemnification for proceedings initiated against them based on their use of SAP software, and claims that relate to customers being dissatisfied with the products and services that we have delivered to them. We will continue to vigorously defend against all claims and lawsuits against us. We currently believe that resolving the claims and lawsuits pending as of June 30, 2016, will neither individually nor in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, profit, or cash flows. Consequently, the provisions recorded for these claims and lawsuits as of June 30, 2016, are neither individually nor in the aggregate material to SAP.

However, the outcome of litigation and claims is intrinsically subject to considerable uncertainty. Management’s view of the litigation may also change in the future. Actual outcomes of litigation and claims may differ from the assessments made by management in prior periods, which could result in a material impact on our business, financial position, profit, cash flows, or reputation. Most of the lawsuits and claims are of a very individual nature and claims are either not quantified by the claimants or claim amounts quantified are, based on historical evidence, not expected to be a good proxy for the expenditure that would be required to settle the case concerned. The specifics of the jurisdictions where most of the claims are located further impair the predictability of the outcome of the cases. Therefore, it is not practicable to reliably estimate the financial effect that these lawsuits and claims would have if SAP were to incur expenditure for these cases.

Among the claims and lawsuits are the following classes:

Intellectual Property-Related Litigation and Claims

Intellectual property-related litigation and claims are cases in which third parties have threatened or initiated litigation claiming that SAP violates one or more intellectual property rights that they possess. Such intellectual property rights may include patents, copyrights, and other similar rights.

There have been no significant changes to the amount of provisions recorded for intellectual property-related litigation and claims compared to the amounts disclosed in our 2015 Integrated Report, Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements section, Note (18b).

Contingent liabilities exist from intellectual property-related litigation and claims for which no provision has been recognized. There have been no significant changes in contingent liabilities since December 31, 2015.

Individual cases of intellectual property-related litigation and claims are:

In February 2010, United States-based TecSec, Inc. (TecSec) instituted legal proceedings in the United States against SAP (including its subsidiary Sybase) and many other defendants. TecSec alleged that SAP’s and Sybase’s products infringe one or more of the claims in five patents held by TecSec. In its complaint, TecSec seeks unspecified monetary damages and permanent injunctive relief. The lawsuit is proceeding but only with respect to one defendant. The trial for SAP (including its subsidiary Sybase) has not yet been scheduled – the lawsuit for SAP (including its subsidiary Sybase) remains stayed.

In April 2010, SAP instituted legal proceedings (a declaratory judgment action) in the United States against Wellogix, Inc. and Wellogix Technology Licensing, LLC (Wellogix). The lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment that five patents owned by Wellogix are invalid or not infringed by SAP. The trial has not yet been scheduled. The legal proceedings have been stayed pending the outcome of six reexaminations filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In September 2013, the USPTO issued a decision on four of the six reexaminations, invalidating every claim of each of the four patents. SAP is awaiting a decision on the two remaining reexamination requests. In response to SAP’s patent Declaratory Judgment action, Wellogix has re-asserted trade secret misappropriation claims against SAP (which had previously been raised and abandoned). The court granted SAP’s motion for an early dispositive decision on the trade secret claims; Wellogix appealed that decision and the appeal was rejected. In February 2015, SAP filed a declaratory judgment action in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, asking the German court to rule that SAP did not misappropriate any Wellogix trade secrets.

Customer-Related Litigation and Claims

Customer-related litigation and claims include cases in which we indemnify our customers against liabilities arising from a claim that our products infringe a third party’s patent, copyright, trade secret, or other proprietary rights. Occasionally, consulting or software implementation projects result in disputes with customers. Where customers are dissatisfied with the products and services that we have delivered to them in routine consulting contracts or development arrangements, we may grant functions or performance guarantees.

There have been no significant changes to the amount of provisions recorded for customer-related litigation and claims compared to the amounts disclosed in our 2015 Integrated Report, Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements section, Note (18b).

Contingent liabilities exist from customer-related litigation and claims for which no provision has been recognized. There have been no significant changes in contingent liabilities since December 31, 2015.

Non-Income Tax-Related Litigation and Claims

We are subject to ongoing audits by domestic and foreign tax authorities. Along with many other companies operating in Brazil, we are involved in various proceedings with Brazilian authorities regarding assessments and litigation matters on non-income taxes on intercompany royalty payments and intercompany services. The total potential amount in dispute related to these matters for all applicable years is approximately €96 million on June 30, 2016 (December 31, 2015: €75 million). We have not recorded a provision for these matters, as we believe that we will prevail.

For more information about income tax-related litigation see Note (7).

(13) Other Financial Instruments

A detailed overview of our other financial instruments, financial risk factors, the management of financial risks and the determination of fair value as well as the classification of our other financial instruments into the fair value hierarchy of IFRS 13 are presented in

 

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Notes (24) to (26) to our Consolidated Financial Statements for 2015, which are included in our 2015 Integrated Report, and our 2015 Annual Report on Form 20-F.

We do not disclose the fair value of our financial instruments as of June 30, 2016, as

 

 

for a large number of our financial instruments, their carrying amounts are a reasonable approximation of their fair values, and

 

for those financial instruments where the carrying amount differs from fair value, there was no material change in the relation between carrying amount and fair value since December 31, 2015.

(14) Share-Based Payments

For a detailed description of our share-based payment plans, see Note (27) to our Consolidated Financial Statements for 2015, included in our 2015 Integrated Report.

Restricted Stock Unit Plan Including Move SAP Plan (RSU Plan)

In the first half of 2016, we granted 7.8 million RSUs to retain and motivate global executives and employees who make a significant sustained impact to our business success.

(15) Segment and Geographic Information

General Information

SAP has two reportable segments that are regularly reviewed by our Executive Board, which is responsible for assessing the performance of our Company and for making resource allocation decisions as our Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM). One is our Applications, Technology & Services segment and the other is the SAP Business Network segment. These segments are largely organized and managed separately according to their product and service offerings, notably whether the products and services relate to our business network activities or cover other areas of our business.

The Applications, Technology & Services segment derives its revenue primarily from the sale of software licenses, subscriptions to our cloud applications, and related services (mainly support services and various professional services and premium support services, as well as implementation services for our software products and education services on the use of our products).

The SAP Business Network segment derives its revenues mainly from transaction fees charged for the use of SAP’s cloud-based collaborative business networks and from services relating to the SAP Business Network (including cloud applications, professional services, and education services). Within the SAP Business Network segment, we mainly market and sell the cloud offerings developed by SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass, and Concur.

On April 1, 2016, we changed the structure of the Applications, Technology & Services segment. The business area that focuses on small and medium-sized customers with our SAP Anywhere, SAP Business One, and SAP Business ByDesign solutions was removed from this segment, forming a new operating but non-reportable segment. We have retrospectively adjusted our revenue and results for the Applications, Technology & Services segment to reflect this change. In addition, we set up a further operating segment comprising SAP’s healthcare strategy and solutions which also does not qualify as a reportable segment. Revenues and expenses of both operating but non-reportable segments are included in the reconciliation of segment revenue and results.

 

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Segment Revenue and Results

 

  € millions   

Applications, Technology & Services

 

     SAP Business Network      Total Reportable Segments  
   Q1–Q2 2016      Q1–Q2
2015
     Q1–Q2 2016      Q1–Q2
2015
     Q1–Q2 2016      Q1–Q2
2015
 
  

Actual

Currency

    

Constant

Currency

    

Actual

Currency

    

Actual

Currency

    

Constant

Currency

    

Actual

Currency

    

Actual

Currency

    

Constant

Currency

    

Actual

Currency

 

Cloud subscriptions and support

     616         628         416         761         766         634         1,377         1,394         1,051   

Software licenses

     1,616         1,665         1,646         0         0         0         1,616         1,665         1,646   

Software support

     5,112         5,200         4,934         14         14         17         5,126         5,214         4,951   

Software licenses and support

     6,728         6,865         6,580         14         14         16         6,742         6,879         6,597   

Cloud and software

     7,344         7,493         6,997         776         780         651         8,119         8,273         7,647   

Services

     1,629         1,670         1,607         143         145         117         1,772         1,815         1,724   

Total segment revenue

     8,973         9,163         8,604         919         925         768         9,892         10,088         9,371   

Cost of cloud subscriptions and support

     –290         –295         –206         –184         –186         –159         –474         –481         –365   

Cost of software licenses and support

     –922         –938         –947         0         0         0         –923         –939         –947   

Cost of cloud and software

     –1,212         –1,234         –1,153         –184         –186         –159         –1,396         –1,420         –1,312   

Cost of services

     –1,348         –1,389         –1,267         –116         –118         –88         –1,464         –1,507         –1,355   

Total cost of revenue

     –2,560         –2,622         –2,420         –300         –305         –248         –2,860         –2,927         –2,667   

Segment gross profit

     6,413         6,541         6,184         619         621         520         7,032         7,161         6,704   

Total segment expenses

     –3,072         –3,147         –3,036         –462         –469         –390         –3,533         –3,616         –3,426   

Segment profit

     3,341         3,394         3,148         157         152         130         3,499         3,546         3,278   

Information about assets and liabilities and additions to non-current assets by segment are not regularly provided to our Executive Board.

Measurement and Presentation

A detailed overview of our measurement bases and reconciling items in our reconciliation of segment revenue and results are presented in Note (28) to our Consolidated Financial Statements for 2015, which is included in our 2015 Integrated Report, and our 2015 Annual Report on Form 20-F.

In addition, revenues and expenses of our new operating but non-reportable segments are included in the reconciliation under the position other revenue and other expenses, respectively.

 

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Reconciliation of Segment Revenue and Results

 

  € millions    Q1–Q2 2016      Q1–Q2 2015  
     

Actual

Currency

    

Constant

  Currency

    

Actual

Currency

 

Total segment revenue for reportable segments

     9,892         10,088         9,371   

Other revenue

     76         79         103   

Adjustment for currency impact

     0         –200         0   

Adjustment of revenue under fair value accounting

     –4         –4         –8   

Total revenue

     9,964         9,964         9,467   
                            

Total segment profit for reportable segments

     3,499         3,546         3,278   

Other revenue

     76         79         103   

Other expenses

     –954         –982         –931   

Adjustment for currency impact

     0         –22         0   

Adjustment for

                          

Revenue under fair value accounting

     –4         –4         –8   

Acquisition-related charges

     –336         –336         –371   

Share-based payment expenses

     –177         –177         –314   

Restructuring

     –22         –22         –418   

Operating profit

     2,082         2,082         1,339   

Other non-operating income/expense, net

     –136         –136         –201   

Financial income, net

     –59         –59         –22   

Profit before tax

     1,887         1,887         1,115   

Geographic Information

The amounts for revenue by region in the following tables are based on the location of customers.

Revenue by Region

Cloud Subscriptions and Support Revenue by Region

 

  € millions    Q1–Q2
2016
       Q1–Q2
2015
 

EMEA

     329         229   

Americas

     942         733   

APJ

     127         93   

SAP Group

     1,397         1,056   

Cloud and Software Revenue by Region

 

  € millions    Q1–Q2
2016
       Q1–Q2
2015
 

EMEA

     3,557         3,311   

Americas

     3,393         3,195   

APJ

     1,259         1,209   

SAP Group

     8,208         7,715   

Total Revenue by Region

 

  € millions    Q1–Q2
2016
       Q1–Q2
2015
 

Germany

     1,286         1,188   

Rest of EMEA

     3,030         2,884   

EMEA

     4,316         4,072   

United States

     3,344         3,117   

Rest of Americas

     798         810   

Americas

     4,142         3,926   

Japan

     369         306   

Rest of APJ

     1,137         1,162   

APJ

     1,506         1,468   

SAP Group

     9,964         9,467   

 

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(16) Related Party Transactions

Certain Executive Board and Supervisory Board members of SAP SE currently hold (or have held within the last year) positions of significant responsibility with other entities (see our 2015 Integrated Report, Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements section, Note (29)). We have relationships with certain of these entities in the ordinary course of business whereby we buy and sell a wide variety of services and products at prices believed to be consistent with those negotiated at arm’s length between unrelated parties.

During the reporting period, we had no related party transactions that had a material effect on our business, financial position, or results in the reporting period.

For more information about related party transactions, see our 2015 Integrated Report, Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements section, Note (30).

(17) Events After the Reporting Period

No events have occurred after June 30, 2016, which have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Release of the Half-Year Financial Statements

The Executive Board of SAP SE approved these consolidated half-year financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2016, on July 19, 2016, for submission to the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board and for subsequent issuance.

 

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Responsibility Statement

To the best of our knowledge, and in accordance with the applicable reporting principles for interim financial reporting, the Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position, and profit or loss of the SAP Group, and the Consolidated Half-Year Management Report of the SAP Group includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the SAP Group, together with a description of the material opportunities and risks associated with the expected development of the SAP Group for the remaining months of the financial year.

Walldorf, July 19, 2016

SAP SE

Walldorf, Baden

The Executive Board

 

   

 

Bill McDermott

 

   

 

Robert Enslin

 

   

 

Michael Kleinemeier

 

   

 

Bernd Leukert

 

   

 

Luka Mucic

 

   

 

Gerhard Oswald

 

   

 

Stefan Ries

   

 

Steve Singh

 

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Supplementary Financial Information (Unaudited)

Financial and Non-Financial Key Facts (IFRS and Non-IFRS)

 

  € millions, unless otherwise stated   

 

Q1

2015

 

    

 

Q2

2015

 

    

 

Q3

2015

 

    

 

Q4

2015

 

    

 

TY

2015

 

    

 

Q1

2016

 

    

 

Q2

2016

 

 

 

Revenues

 

                    

 

Cloud subscriptions and support (IFRS)

 

  

 

 

 

 

503

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

552

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

599

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

631

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

2,286

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

677

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

720

 

 

  

 

 

Cloud subscriptions and support (non-IFRS)

     509         555         600         632         2,296         678         721   

% change – yoy

     131         129         116         76         109         33         30   

% change constant currency – yoy

 

    

 

95

 

  

 

    

 

92

 

  

 

    

 

90

 

  

 

    

 

60

 

  

 

    

 

82

 

  

 

    

 

33

 

  

 

    

 

33

 

  

 

 

Software licenses (IFRS)

 

  

 

 

 

 

696

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

979

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

1,014

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

2,146

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

4,835

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

609

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

1,040

 

 

  

 

 

Software licenses (non-IFRS)

     696         979         1,015         2,146         4,836         609         1,042   

% change – yoy

     12         2         7         15         10         –13         6   

% change constant currency – yoy

 

    

 

1

 

  

 

    

 

–7

 

  

 

    

 

4

 

  

 

    

 

11

 

  

 

    

 

4

 

  

 

    

 

–10

 

  

 

    

 

10

 

  

 

 

Software support (IFRS)

 

  

 

 

 

 

2,454

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

2,531

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

2,509

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

2,600

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

10,093

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

2,564

 

 

  

 

    

 

2,598

 

  

 

 

Software support (non-IFRS)

     2,454         2,531         2,509         2,600         10,094         2,564         2,598   

% change – yoy

     17         17         12         11         14         5         3   

% change constant currency – yoy

 

    

 

7

 

  

 

    

 

7

 

  

 

    

 

6

 

  

 

    

 

6

 

  

 

    

 

7

 

  

 

    

 

5

 

  

 

    

 

6

 

  

 

 

Software licenses and support (IFRS)

 

  

 

 

 

 

3,150

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

3,510

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

3,523

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

4,745

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

14,928

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

3,172

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

3,639

 

 

  

 

 

Software licenses and support (non-IFRS)

     3,150         3,510         3,524         4,745         14,930         3,173         3,640   

% change – yoy

     16         13         11         13         13         1         4   

% change constant currency – yoy

 

    

 

5

 

  

 

    

 

3

 

  

 

    

 

6

 

  

 

    

 

9

 

  

 

    

 

6

 

  

 

    

 

2

 

  

 

    

 

7

 

  

 

 

Cloud and software (IFRS)

 

  

 

 

 

 

3,653

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

4,062

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

4,122

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

5,377

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

17,214

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

3,850

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

4,359

 

 

  

 

 

Cloud and software (non-IFRS)

     3,659         4,065         4,124         5,378         17,226         3,851         4,361   

% change – yoy

     24         21         19         18         20         5         7   

% change constant currency – yoy

 

    

 

12

 

  

 

    

 

9

 

  

 

    

 

12

 

  

 

    

 

13

 

  

 

    

 

12

 

  

 

    

 

6

 

  

 

    

 

11

 

  

 

 

Total revenue (IFRS)

 

  

 

 

 

 

4,497

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

4,970

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

4,985

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

6,342

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

20,793

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

4,727

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

5,237

 

 

  

 

 

Total revenue (non-IFRS)

     4,502         4,972         4,987         6,343         20,805         4,728         5,239   

% change – yoy

     22         20         17         16         18         5         5   

% change constant currency – yoy

 

    

 

10

 

  

 

    

 

8

 

  

 

    

 

10

 

  

 

    

 

11

 

  

 

    

 

10

 

  

 

    

 

6

 

  

 

    

 

9

 

  

 

 

Share of predictable revenue (IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

66

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

62

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

62

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

51

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

60

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

69

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

63

 

 

  

 

 

Share of predictable revenue (non-IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

66

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

62

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

62

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

51

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

60

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

69

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

63

 

 

  

 

               

    

                                                              

 

Profits

 

                    

 

Operating profit (IFRS)

 

  

 

 

 

 

638

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

701

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

1,214

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

1,700

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

4,252

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

813

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

1,269

 

 

  

 

 

Operating profit (non-IFRS)

                 1,056                     1,394                     1,616                     2,282                     6,348                     1,104                     1,516   

% change – yoy

     15         13         19         7         13         5         9   

% change constant currency – yoy

 

    

 

–2

 

  

 

    

 

1

 

  

 

    

 

15

 

  

 

    

 

3

 

  

 

    

 

5

 

  

 

    

 

4

 

  

 

    

 

11

 

  

 

 

Profit after tax (IFRS)

 

    

 

413

 

  

 

    

 

469

 

  

 

    

 

895

 

  

 

    

 

1,278

 

  

 

    

 

3,056

 

  

 

    

 

570

 

  

 

    

 

813

 

  

 

 

Profit after tax (non-IFRS)

     697         960         1,173         1,670         4,501         763         979   

% change

 

    

 

5

 

  

 

    

 

2

 

  

 

    

 

16

 

  

 

    

 

6

 

  

 

    

 

8

 

  

 

    

 

9

 

  

 

    

 

2

 

  

 

               

    

                                                              

 

Margins

 

                    

 

Cloud subscriptions and support gross margin (IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

55.3

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

56.5

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

57.9

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

51.8

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

55.3

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

57.5

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

57.0

 

 

  

 

 

Cloud subscriptions and support gross margin (non-IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

65.1

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

65.7

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

68.8

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

63.0

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

65.6

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

66.3

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

65.2

 

 

  

 

 

Software and support gross margin (IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

82.8

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

84.0

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

85.0

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

86.1

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

84.7

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

84.2

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

86.1

 

 

  

 

 

Software and support gross margin (non-IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

85.1

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

86.1

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

86.7

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

87.7

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

86.6

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

85.9

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

87.4

 

 

  

 

 

Cloud and software gross margin (IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

79.0

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

80.3

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

81.1

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

82.1

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

80.8

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

79.5

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

81.3

 

 

  

 

 

Cloud and software gross margin (non-IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

82.3

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

83.3

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

84.1

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

84.8

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

83.8

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

82.4

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

83.7

 

 

  

 

 

Gross margin (IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

66.8

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

69.0

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

70.7

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

72.4

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

70.0

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

67.0

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

70.4

 

 

  

 

 

Gross margin (non-IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

70.6

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

72.4

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

73.6

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

75.6

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

73.3

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

69.7

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

72.7

 

 

  

 

 

Operating margin (IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

14.2

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

14.1

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

24.3

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

26.8

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

20.5

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

17.2

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

24.2

 

 

  

 

 

Operating margin (non-IFRS, in %)

 

  

 

 

 

 

23.5

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

28.0

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

32.4

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

36.0

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

30.5

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

23.4

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

28.9

 

 

  

 

 

SAP 2016 Half-Year Report

     31   


  € millions, unless otherwise stated   

 

Q1

2015

 

    

 

Q2

2015

 

    

 

Q3

2015

 

    

 

Q4

2015

 

    

 

TY

2015

 

    

 

Q1

2016

 

    

 

Q2

2016

 

 

AT&S Segment1) – Cloud subscriptions and support gross margin (in %)

 

    

 

50

 

  

 

    

 

51

 

  

 

    

 

56

 

  

 

    

 

51

 

  

 

    

 

52

 

  

 

    

 

54

 

  

 

    

 

52

 

  

 

AT&S Segment1) – Gross margin (in %)

 

    

 

71

 

  

 

    

 

73

 

  

 

    

 

74

 

  

 

    

 

77

 

  

 

    

 

74

 

  

 

    

 

70

 

  

 

    

 

73

 

  

 

AT&S Segment1) – Segment margin (in %)

 

    

 

34

 

  

 

    

 

39

 

  

 

    

 

43

 

  

 

    

 

46

 

  

 

    

 

41

 

  

 

    

 

34

 

  

 

    

 

40

 

  

 

SAP BN Segment2) – Cloud subscriptions and support gross margin (in %)

 

    

 

75

 

  

 

    

 

75

 

  

 

    

 

77

 

  

 

    

 

72

 

  

 

    

 

75

 

  

 

    

 

75

 

  

 

    

 

76

 

  

 

SAP BN Segment2) – Gross margin (in %)

 

    

 

68

 

  

 

    

 

68

 

  

 

    

 

71

 

  

 

    

 

65

 

  

 

    

 

68

 

  

 

    

 

67

 

  

 

    

 

68

 

  

 

SAP BN Segment2) – Segment margin (in %)

 

    

 

18

 

  

 

    

 

16

 

  

 

    

 

24

 

  

 

    

 

20

 

  

 

    

 

19

 

  

 

    

 

16

 

  

 

    

 

18

 

  

 

    

 

                                                              

Key Profit Ratios

 

                                                              

Effective tax rate (IFRS, in %)

 

    

 

13.6

 

  

 

    

 

26.4

 

  

 

    

 

27.1

 

  

 

    

 

22.4

 

  

 

    

 

23.4

 

  

 

    

 

23.3

 

  

 

    

 

28.9

 

  

 

Effective tax rate (non-IFRS, in %)

 

    

 

22.3

 

  

 

    

 

27.8

 

  

 

    

 

28.0

 

  

 

    

 

25.1

 

  

 

    

 

26.1

 

  

 

    

 

26.2

 

  

 

    

 

29.6

 

  

 

    

 

                                                              

Earnings per share, basic (IFRS, in €)

 

    

 

0.35

 

  

 

    

 

0.39

 

  

 

    

 

0.75

 

  

 

    

 

1.07

 

  

 

    

 

2.56

 

  

 

    

 

0.48

 

  

 

    

 

0.68

 

  

 

Earnings per share, basic (non-IFRS, in €)

 

    

 

0.58

 

  

 

    

 

0.80

 

  

 

    

 

0.98

 

  

 

    

 

1.40

 

  

 

    

 

3.77

 

  

 

    

 

0.64

 

  

 

    

 

0.82

 

  

 

    

 

                                                              

Order Entry

 

                                                              

New Cloud Bookings

 

    

 

117

 

  

 

    

 

199

 

  

 

    

 

213

 

  

 

    

 

345

 

  

 

    

 

874

 

  

 

    

 

145

 

  

 

    

 

255

 

  

 

Deferred cloud subscriptions and support revenue (IFRS, quarter end)

 

    

 

793

 

  

 

    

 

789

 

  

 

    

 

782

 

  

 

    

 

957

 

  

 

    

 

957

 

  

 

    

 

953

 

  

 

    

 

1,003

 

  

 

Orders – Number of on-premise software deals (in transactions)

 

    

 

12,037

 

  

 

    

 

13,504

 

  

 

    

 

14,027

 

  

 

    

 

17,871

 

  

 

    

 

57,439

 

  

 

    

 

12,884

 

  

 

    

 

14,468

 

  

 

Share of software orders worth more than €5 million (in %)

 

    

 

23

 

  

 

    

 

24

 

  

 

    

 

24

 

  

 

    

 

31

 

  

 

    

 

27

 

  

 

    

 

17

 

  

 

    

 

29

 

  

 

Share of software orders worth less than €1 million (in %)

 

    

 

49

 

  

 

    

 

41

 

  

 

    

 

44

 

  

 

    

 

34

 

  

 

    

 

40

 

  

 

    

 

48

 

  

 

    

 

38

 

  

 

    

 

                                                              

Liquidity and Cash Flow

 

                                                              

Net cash flows from operating activities

 

    

 

2,366

 

  

 

    

 

410

 

  

 

    

 

466

 

  

 

    

 

397

 

  

 

    

 

3,638

 

  

 

    

 

2,482

 

  

 

    

 

439

 

  

 

Purchase of intangible assets and property, plant, and equipment (without acquisitions)

 

    

 

–139

 

  

 

    

 

–137

 

  

 

    

 

–148

 

  

 

    

 

–212

 

  

 

    

 

–636

 

  

 

    

 

–168

 

  

 

    

 

–237

 

  

 

Free cash flow

 

    

 

2,227

 

  

 

    

 

273

 

  

 

    

 

317

 

  

 

    

 

184

 

  

 

    

 

3,001

 

  

 

    

 

2,313

 

  

 

    

 

202

 

  

 

% of total revenue (IFRS)

 

    

 

50

 

  

 

    

 

5

 

  

 

    

 

6

 

  

 

    

 

3

 

  

 

    

 

14

 

  

 

    

 

49

 

  

 

    

 

4

 

  

 

% of profit after tax (IFRS)

 

    

 

539

 

  

 

    

 

58

 

  

 

    

 

35

 

  

 

    

 

14

 

  

 

    

 

98

 

  

 

    

 

406

 

  

 

    

 

25

 

  

 

Group liquidity, gross

 

    

 

5,333

 

  

 

    

 

4,180

 

  

 

    

 

4,608

 

  

 

    

 

3,559

 

  

 

    

 

3,559

 

  

 

    

 

5,853

 

  

 

    

 

4,347

 

  

 

Group debt

 

    

 

          –10,524

 

  

 

    

 

          –10,432

 

  

 

    

 

          –10,428

 

  

 

    

 

–9,174

 

  

 

    

 

–9,174

 

  

 

    

 

–9,080

 

  

 

    

 

–8,593

 

  

 

Group liquidity, net

 

    

 

–5,191

 

  

 

    

 

–6,251

 

  

 

    

 

–5,820

 

  

 

    

 

–5,615

 

  

 

    

 

–5,615

 

  

 

    

 

–3,227

 

  

 

    

 

–4,245

 

  

 

Days’ sales outstanding (DSO, in days)3)

 

    

 

67

 

  

 

    

 

68

 

  

 

    

 

69

 

  

 

    

 

71

 

  

 

    

 

71

 

  

 

    

 

73

 

  

 

    

 

73

 

  

 

    

 

                                                              

Financial Position

 

                                                              

Cash and cash equivalents

 

    

 

4,635

 

  

 

    

 

3,923

 

  

 

    

 

3,844

 

  

 

    

 

3,411

 

  

 

    

 

3,411

 

  

 

    

 

5,743

 

  

 

    

 

4,206

 

  

 

Goodwill

 

    

 

22,896

 

  

 

    

 

22,300

 

  

 

    

 

22,222

 

  

 

    

 

          22,689

 

  

 

    

 

          22,689

 

  

 

    

 

          21,922

 

  

 

    

 

          22,354

 

  

 

Total assets

 

    

 

43,753

 

  

 

    

 

41,088

 

  

 

    

 

40,649

 

  

 

    

 

41,390

 

  

 

    

 

41,390

 

  

 

    

 

42,884

 

  

 

    

 

41,788

 

  

 

Equity

 

    

 

22,117

 

  

 

    

 

20,801

 

  

 

    

 

21,540

 

  

 

    

 

23,295

 

  

 

    

 

23,295

 

  

 

    

 

22,920

 

  

 

    

 

22,963

 

  

 

Equity ratio (total equity in % of total assets)

 

    

 

51

 

  

 

    

 

51

 

  

 

    

 

53

 

  

 

    

 

56

 

  

 

    

 

56

 

  

 

    

 

53

 

  

 

    

 

55

 

  

 

    

 

                                                              

Non-Financials

 

                                                              

Headcount (quarter end)4)

 

    

 

74,551

 

  

 

    

 

74,497

 

  

 

    

 

75,643

 

  

 

    

 

76,986

 

  

 

    

 

76,986

 

  

 

    

 

78,230

 

  

 

    

 

79,962

 

  

 

Employee retention (in %, rolling 12 months)

 

    

 

93.3

 

  

 

    

 

92.6

 

  

 

    

 

91.9

 

  

 

    

 

91.8

 

  

 

    

 

91.8

 

  

 

    

 

92.0

 

  

 

    

 

92.6

 

  

 

Women in management (in %, quarter end)

 

    

 

22.3

 

  

 

    

 

22.9

 

  

 

    

 

23.2

 

  

 

    

 

23.6

 

  

 

    

 

23.6

 

  

 

    

 

23.6

 

  

 

    

 

24.1

 

  

 

Greenhouse gas emissions (in kilotons)

 

    

 

145

 

  

 

    

 

125

 

  

 

    

 

110

 

  

 

    

 

75

 

  

 

    

 

455

 

  

 

    

 

120

 

  

 

    

 

95

 

  

 

1) Applications, Technology & Services Segment

2) SAP Business Network Segment

3) Days’ sales outstanding measures the length of time it takes to collect receivables. SAP calculates DSO by dividing the average invoiced accounts receivables balance of the last 12 months by the average monthly sales of the last 12 months.

4) In full-time equivalents

Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely.

 

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Reconciliation from Non-IFRS Numbers to IFRS Numbers

The following tables present a reconciliation from our non-IFRS numbers (including our non-IFRS at constant currency numbers) to the respective most comparable IFRS numbers. Note: Our non-IFRS numbers are not prepared under a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles.

 

 

  € millions, unless otherwise stated

                                  

 

Q1–Q2 2016

                    

 

Q1–Q2 2015

                    

 

D in %

 
     

 

IFRS

    

 

Adj.1)

    

 

Non-

IFRS1)

    

 

Currency

Impact2)

    

 

Non-IFRS

Constant

Currency2)

    

 

IFRS

    

 

Adj.1)

    

 

Non-

IFRS1)

    

 

IFRS

    

 

Non-

IFRS1)

    

 

Non-IFRS

Constant

Currency2)

 

 

Revenue Numbers

                                                                                                  

 

Cloud subscriptions and support

     1,397         1         1,399         17         1,415         1,056         8         1,063         32         32         33   

 

Software licenses

     1,649         2         1,651         51         1,702         1,675         0         1,675         –2         –1         2   

 

Software support

     5,162         0         5,163         88         5,251         4,985         0         4,985         4         4         5   

 

Software licenses and support

     6,811         2         6,813         139         6,953         6,660         0         6,660         2         2         4   

 

Cloud and software

     8,208         4         8,212         156         8,368         7,715         8         7,723         6         6         8   

 

Services

     1,755         0         1,755         43         1,799         1,751         0         1,751         0         0         3   

 

Total revenue

     9,964         4         9,967         200         10,167         9,467         8         9,475         5         5         7   

 

    

                                                                                                  

 

Operating Expense Numbers

                                                                                                  

 

Cost of cloud subscriptions and support

     –597         118         –479                           –465         98         –368         28         30            

 

Cost of software licenses and support

     –1,007         99         –908                           –1,103         146         –957         –9         –5            

 

Cost of cloud and software

     –1,604         217         –1,387                           –1,568         244         –1,325         2         5            

 

Cost of services

     –1,506         30         –1,476                           –1,465         92         –1,373         3         7            

 

Total cost of revenue

     –3,110         247         –2,864                           –3,034         336         –2,698         3         6            

 

Gross profit

     6,854         250         7,104                           6,433         344         6,777         7         5            

 

Research and development

     –1,419         49         –1,370                           –1,393         108         –1,285         2         7            

 

Sales and marketing

     –2,871         191         –2,680                           –2,758         190         –2,568         4         4            

 

General and administration

     –460         27         –433                           –528         52         –476         –13         –9            

 

Restructuring

     –22         22         0                           –418         418         0         –95         NA            

 

Other operating income/expense, net

     –1         0         –1                           3         0         3         <-100         <-100            

 

Total operating expenses

     –7,882         535         –7,348         –177         –7,525         –8,128         1,104         –7,024         –3         5         7   

 

    

                                                                                                  

 

Profit Numbers

                                                                                                  

 

Operating profit

     2,082         538         2,620         22         2,642         1,339         1,112         2,451         56         7         8   

 

Other non-operating income/expense, net

     –136         0         –136                           –201         0         –201         –32         –32            

 

Finance income

     73         0         73                           87         0         87         –16         –16            

 

Finance costs

     –132         0         –132                           –109         0         –109         21         21            

 

Financial income, net

     –59         0         –59                           –22         0         –22         >100         >100            

 

Profit before tax

     1,887         538         2,425                           1,115         1,112         2,227         69         9            

 

Income tax expense

     –504         –178         –683                           –233         –338         –571         >100         20            

 

Profit after tax

     1,382         360         1,742                           882         775         1,657         57         5            

 

Attributable to owners of parent

     1,388         360         1,748                           885         775         1,660         57         5            

 

Attributable to non-controlling interests

     –5         0         –5                           –3         0         –3         74         74            

 

    

                                                                                                  

 

Key Ratios

                                                                                                  

 

Operating margin (in %)

     20.9                  26.3                  26.0         14.1                  25.9         6.8pp         0.4pp         0.1pp   

 

Effective tax rate (in %)

     26.7                  28.1                           20.9                  25.6         5.8pp         2.5pp            

 

Earnings per share, basic (in €)

     1.16                  1.46                           0.74                  1.39         57         5            

 

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 1) Adjustments in the revenue line items are for software support revenue, cloud subscriptions and support revenue, and other similarly recurring revenues that entities acquired by SAP would have recognized had they remained stand-alone entities but that SAP is not permitted to recognize as revenue under IFRS as a result of business combination accounting rules. Adjustments in the operating expense line items are for acquisition-related charges, share-based payment expenses, as well as restructuring expenses.

 2) Constant currency revenue and operating income figures are calculated by translating revenue and operating income of the current period using the average exchange rates from the previous year’s respective period instead of the current period. Constant currency period-over-period changes are calculated by comparing the current year’s non-IFRS constant currency numbers with the non-IFRS number of the previous year’s respective period.

For a more detailed description of these adjustments and their limitations as well as our constant currency figures, see our Web site www.sap.com/corporate-en/investors/newsandreports/reporting-framework.epx under “Non-IFRS Measures and Estimates”.

Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely.

Explanation of Non-IFRS Adjustments

 

 

  € millions

  

 

Estimated Amounts for

Full Year 2016

   

 

Q1–Q2 2016

    

 

Q1–Q2 2015

 

 

Operating profit (IFRS)

       2,082         1,339   

 

Revenue adjustments

     <20        4         8   

 

Adjustment for acquisition-related charges

 

     680 to 730        336         371   

 

Adjustment for share-based payment expenses

     560 to 610        177         314   

 

Adjustment for restructuring

     30 to 50        22         418   

 

Operating expense adjustments

             535         1,104   

 

Operating profit adjustments

       538         1,112   

 

Operating profit (non-IFRS)

             2,620         2,451   

Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely.

Non-IFRS-Adjustments by Functional Areas

 

 

  € millions

  

 

Q1–Q2 2016

 

         

Q1–Q2 2015

 

  

 

IFRS

          

 

Acquisition-

Related

          

 

SBP1)

    

 

Restruc-
turing

    

 

Non-IFRS

         

 

IFRS

         

 

Acquisition-
Related

         

 

SBP1)

         

 

Restruc-
turing

    

 

Non-IFRS

 

Cost of cloud and software

     –1,604            195            22         0         –1,387           –1,568           209           32           0       –1,325

 

Cost of services

     –1,506              6              24         0         –1,476             –1,465             41             50             0       –1,373

 

Research and development

     –1,419            5            44         0         –1,370           –1,393           31           80           0       –1,285

 

Sales and marketing

     –2,871              123              67         0         –2,680             –2,758             88             102             0       –2,568

 

General and administration

     –460            7            20         0         –433           –528           1           51           0       –476

 

Restructuring

     –22              0              0         22         0             –418             0             0             418       0

 

Other operating income/expense, net

 

    

 

–1

 

  

 

       

 

0

 

  

 

       

 

0

 

  

 

    

 

0

 

  

 

    

 

–1

 

  

 

      

 

3

 

  

 

      

 

0

 

  

 

      

 

0

 

  

 

      

 

0

 

  

 

  

3

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

    

 

–7,882

 

  

 

         

 

336

 

  

 

         

 

177

 

  

 

    

 

22

 

  

 

    

 

–7,348

 

  

 

        

 

–8,128

 

  

 

        

 

371

 

  

 

        

 

314

 

  

 

        

 

418

 

  

 

  

–7,024

 

 1) Share-based payments

 

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Revenue by Region

The following tables present our IFRS and non-IFRS revenue by region based on customer location. The tables also present a reconciliation from our non-IFRS revenue (including our non-IFRS revenue at constant currency) to the respective most comparable IFRS revenue. Note: Our non-IFRS revenues are not prepared under a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles.

 

 

  € millions

                                  

 

Q1–Q2 2016

                    

 

Q1–Q2 2015

                    

 

D in %

 
     

 

IFRS

    

 

Adj.1)

    

 

Non-IFRS1)

    

 

Currency

Impact2)

    

 

Non-IFRS

Constant

Currency2)

    

 

IFRS

    

 

Adj.1)

    

 

Non-

IFRS1)

    

 

IFRS

    

 

Non-

IFRS1)

    

 

Non-IFRS

Constant

Currency2)

 

 

Cloud subscriptions and support revenue by region

  

                                                     

 

EMEA

     329         0         329         5         334         229         1         230         44         43         45   

 

Americas

     942         1         943         9         952         733         7         740         28         27         29   

 

APJ

     127         0         127         3         130         93         0         93         36         35         39   

 

Cloud subscriptions and support revenue

     1,397         1         1,399         17         1,415         1,056         8         1,063         32         32         33   

 

    

  

                                                     

 

Cloud and software revenue by region

  

                                                     

 

EMEA

     3,557         1         3,558         96         3,654         3,311         1         3,312         7         7         10   

 

Americas

     3,393         3         3,396         34         3,429         3,195         7         3,202         6         6         7   

 

APJ

     1,259         0         1,259         26         1,285         1,209         0         1,209         4         4         6   

 

Cloud and software revenue

     8,208         4         8,212         156         8,368         7,715         8         7,723         6         6         8   

 

    

  

                                                     

 

Total revenue by region

  

                                                     

 

Germany

     1,286         0         1,286         0         1,286         1,188         0         1,188         8         8         8   

 

Rest of EMEA

     3,030         0         3,031         113         3,144         2,884         1         2,885         5         5         9   

 

Total EMEA

     4,316         1         4,317         113         4,430         4,072         1         4,073         6         6         9   

 

United States

     3,344         3         3,347         9         3,356         3,117         6         3,123         7         7         7   

 

Rest of Americas

     798         0         798         44         842         810         0         810         –1         –1         4   

 

Total Americas

     4,142         3         4,145         53         4,198         3,926         7         3,933         5         5         7   

 

Japan

     369         0         369         –28         341         306         0         307         20         20         11   

 

Rest of APJ

     1,137         0         1,137         62         1,199         1,162         0         1,162         –2         –2         3   

 

Total APJ

     1,506         0         1,506         34         1,539         1,468         0         1,469         3         3         5   

 

Total revenue

     9,964         4         9,967         200         10,167         9,467         8         9,475         5         5         7   

1) Adjustments in the revenue line items are for software support revenue, cloud subscriptions and support revenue, and other similarly recurring revenues that entities acquired by SAP would have recognized had they remained stand-alone entities but that SAP is not permitted to recognize as revenue under IFRS as a result of business combination accounting rules.

2) Constant currency revenue figures are calculated by translating revenue of the current period using the average exchange rates from the previous year’s respective period instead of the current period. Constant currency period-over-period changes are calculated by comparing the current year’s non-IFRS constant currency numbers with the non-IFRS number of the previous year’s respective period.

For a more detailed description of these adjustments and their limitations as well as our constant currency figures, see our Web site www.sap.com/corporate-en/investors/newsandreports/reporting-framework.epx under “Non-IFRS Measures and Estimates”.

Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely.

 

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General Information

Forward-Looking Statements

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All of the information in this report relates to the situation on June 30, 2016, or the half year ended on that date unless otherwise stated.

Non-IFRS Financial Information

This half-year financial report contains non-IFRS measures as well as financial data prepared in accordance with IFRS. We present and discuss the reconciliation of these non-IFRS measures to the respective IFRS measures in the Supplementary Financial Information (Unaudited) section. For more information about non-IFRS measures, see our Web site www.sap.com/corporate-en/investors/newsandreports/reporting-framework.epx under “Non-IFRS Measures and Estimates.”

 

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Additional Information

Financial Calendar

October 21, 2016

Third-quarter 2016 earnings release, telephone conference

January 24, 2017

Fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 preliminary earnings release, telephone conference

May 10, 2017

Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Mannheim, Germany

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