SC TO-T/A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO

(Amendment No. 5)

(Rule 14d-100)

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

WEBMETHODS, INC.

(Name of subject company (Issuer))

SOFTWARE AG
SOFTWARE AG, INC.
WIZARD ACQUISITION, INC.

(Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	94768C108
(Title of class of securities)	(CUSIP number of class of securities)

Jochen Deuse

General Counsel

Software AG

Uhlandstrasse 12

64297 Darmstadt, Germany

Telephone: (011) 49-6151-92-0

Copy to:

Peter Douglas

Davis Polk & Wardwell

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Telephone: (212) 450-4000

(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of Filing Persons)

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
	Transaction Valuation(1)		Amount of Filing Fee(2)
$519,670,874		$15,954

(1)	Estimated for purposes of calculating the filing fee only. This amount is based upon an estimate of the maximum number of shares of common stock of webMethods, Inc. to be purchased pursuant to the tender offer at the tender offer price of $9.15 per share of common stock.
(2)	The amount of the filing fee calculated in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals $30.70 for each $1,000,000 of value.

xCheck the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:	$15,954	Filing Party:	Software AG, Software AG, Inc. and Wizard Acquisition, Inc.
Form of Registration No.:	Schedule TO	Date Filed:	April 18, 2007

oCheck the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of the tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

x  third party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1

o  issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4

o  going private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3

x  amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer:  o

This Amendment No. 5 to Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (this “Amendment”) is filed by Software AG, a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (“Parent”), Software AG, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Software AG USA”), and Wizard Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Software AG USA (the “Purchaser”). This Amendment relates to the offer by the Purchaser to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Shares”), of webMethods, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at $9.15 per Share, net to the seller in cash without interest, less any required withholding taxes upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated April 18, 2007 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which are attached as Exhibits (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”).  Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Offer to Purchase.

The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal is incorporated herein by reference with respect to Items 1 through 9 and 11 of this Schedule TO, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.

Item 11.  Additional Information.

1.Item 11 of the Schedule TO and Section 16 of the Offer to Purchase are hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

“On May 23, 2007, CFIUS concluded its review process and notified Software AG and webMethods that it had determined that there are no issues of national security sufficient to warrant investigation or block the proposed transaction. A copy of the press release announcing the receipt of CFIUS clearance is filed as Exhibit (a)(5)(i) hereto.”

2.The subsection entitled “General” in Section 16 of the Offer to Purchase entitled “Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals” is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end thereof:

“All known approvals or other actions by any government or governmental administrative or regulatory authority or agency, domestic or foreign, that are required for our acquisition or ownership of Shares pursuant to the Offer have now been received or taken.”

Item 12.  Exhibits.

(a)(1)(i)	Offer to Purchase, dated April 18, 2007.*
(a)(1)(ii)	Form of Letter of Transmittal.*
(a)(1)(iii)	Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
(a)(1)(iv)	Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
(a)(1)(v)	Form of Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
(a)(1)(vi)	Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.*
(a)(1)(vii)	Form of Summary Advertisement as published on April 18, 2007 in The Wall Street Journal.*
(a)(5)(i)	Press release issued by Software AG on May 24, 2007.
(b)(1)	Additional commitment letter of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft dated April 20, 2007.*
(b)(2)	Facility Agreement dated May 16, 2007.*
(d)(1)	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 4, 2007, among Parent, the Purchaser and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to webMethods, Inc.’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2007).*
(d)(2)	Tender and Support Agreement, dated April 4, 2007, among Parent, the Purchaser, the Company and each shareholder party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to webMethods, Inc.’s Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2007).*
(d)(3)	Confidentiality Agreement, dated January 30, 2007, by and between Parent and the Company.*
(d)(4)	Amendment to Confidentiality Agreement, dated March 5, 2007, by and between Parent and the Company.*
(g)	None.
(h)	None.

*Previously Filed.

Item 13.   Information Required by Schedule 13E-3.

Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: May 24, 2007

SOFTWARE AG
By:	/s/ JOCHEN DEUSE	/s/ MARKUS LEHNERT
	Jochen Deuse General Counsel	Markus Lehner VP Mergers & Acquisitionst

EX-99.(A)(5)(I)

Exhibit (a)(5)(i)

AD-HOC-RELEASE

Software AG Receives Final Regulatory
Clearance Needed for the Acquisition of
webMethods, Inc.

Darmstadt, Germany — May 24, 2007 — Software AG (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW), has received clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) for its proposed acquisition of webMethods, Inc. (NASDAQ: WEBM), the final regulatory clearance needed in connection with the acquisition. As previously announced, the acquisition received antitrust clearance earlier this month from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office. Software AG’s tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of webMethods is scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Friday, May 25, 2007. webMethods stockholders should contact Morrow & Co., the information agent for the tender offer, at (800) 622-5200 for instructions on how to tender their shares or to obtain the offer to purchase and related materials.

Contact for Software AG:
Otmar F. Winzig	Norbert Eder
Vice President Investor Relations	Vice President Corporate Communications
press@softwareag.com	press@softwareag.com
Phone +49(0)615192-1699	Phone +49(0)615192-1146
Fax +49(0) 615192-1191	Fax +49(0)615192-1444

This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of webMethods common stock are being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase and related materials that Software AG, Software AG, Inc. and Wizard Acquisition, Inc. filed with the SEC on Schedule TO on April 18, 2007. A Solicitation/Recommendation statement with respect to the tender offer has been filed by webMethods with the SEC. Investors and security holders may obtain copies of the tender offer statement and Solicitation/Recommendation statement at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the tender offer statement and other documents filed with the SEC by Software AG are available free of charge by contacting Morrow & Co., the information agent for the tender offer, toll free at (800) 662-5200 or by e-mail at tender.info@morrowco.com, and the Solicitation/Recommendation statement and other documents filed with the SEC by webMethods are available free of charge by contacting webMethods Investor Relations at (703) 460-5822. Stockholders and other investors are urged to read carefully those materials prior to making any decisions with respect to the offer.