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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

May 30, 2003

SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
SYSTEME, ANWENDUNGEN, PRODUKTE IN DER DATENVERARBEITUNG
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

SAP CORPORATION
SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS IN DATA PROCESSING
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Neurottstrasse 16
69190 Walldorf
Federal Republic of Germany
(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-____.

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SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
SYSTEME, ANWENDUNGEN, PRODUKTE IN DER DATENVERARBEITUNG

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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Exhibit 99.1

SAP INTERIM REPORT
JANUARY — MARCH 2003

Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “should” and “will” and similar expressions as they relate to the Company are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. The factors that could affect the Company’s future financial results are discussed more fully in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2002 filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.

The quarterly report discloses certain financial measures, such as EBITDA, free cash flow, pro forma operating income, pro forma net income and pro forma EPS that are considered non-GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP measures included in our quarterly report have been reconciled to the nearest GAAP measure as is now required under new SEC rules regarding the use of non-GAAP financial measures. However these measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, operating income, cash flows, or other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The pro forma measures used by us may be different from pro forma measures used by other companies.

Management believes that EBITDA and free cash flow are widely accepted supplemental measures of evaluating operating performance and liquidity among companies. Further Management believes that pro forma operating income, pro forma net income and pro forma EPS provide supplemental meaningful information to the investor to fully assess the financial performance of our core operations. Management excludes stock-based compensation expenses because we have no direct influence over the actual expense of these awards once we enter into stock-based compensation plans. Eliminated expenses in the pro forma measures are defined as follows:

In addition, management gives guidance based on non-GAAP financial measures. Management does not provide its guidance on operating margin and earnings per share based on GAAP measures because these measures include expenses like stock based compensation, impairment related charges and acquisition related charges. Management views these expenses as less meaningful to assess the financial performance of our core operations or they are factors outside management’s control dependent on fluctuations in SAP’s share price, or the share price of companies we acquire or in which we invest.

SAP AG ordinary shares are listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as well as a number of other exchanges. In the United States, SAP’s American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), each worth one-fourth of an ordinary share, trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘SAP’. SAP is a component of the DAX, the index of 30 German blue chip companies.

Information on the SAP ordinary shares is available on Bloomberg under the symbol SAP GR, on Reuters under SAPG.F and on Quotron under SAGR.EU. Additional information is available on SAP AG’s home page: www.sap.com.

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ECONOMIC SITUATION

Operational Performance For the first quarter of 2003, operating income increased 60% to € 298 million compared to € 186 million for the first quarter of 2002. Pro forma operating income excluding stock-based compensation and acquisition-related charges increased 28% to € 304 million compared to € 238 million last year. The operating margin for the first quarter was up 9 percentage points to 20% compared to the first quarter of last year. The pro forma operating margin, before stock-based compensation and acquisition related charges, was up 6 percentage points to 20% compared to last year.

Software revenues for the first quarter were € 352 million (2002: € 402 million), down 12% from the first quarter of last year. On a constant currency basis, software revenues were down 4% compared to last year.

Based on software revenues, the Company gained additional market share in the first quarter of 2003. On a rolling four quarter basis, the Company’s worldwide share of the market ¹⁾ based on software revenues was 54% at the end of the first quarter of 2003 compared to 51% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2002.

Total revenues for the first quarter of 2003 were down 8% to € 1.5 billion (2002: € 1.7 billion). At constant currency rates, however, total revenues for the 2003 first quarter increased by 1% compared to the first quarter of 2002. Product revenues, which include software and maintenance revenues, for the first quarter were € 960 million (2002: € 999 million). Maintenance revenues were € 608 million (2002: € 597 million). Consulting and training revenues were € 476 million (2002: € 539 million) and € 77 million (2002: € 110 million), respectively.

Net income for the first quarter of 2003 was € 186 million (2002: € 65 million), or € 0.60 per share (2002: € 0.21 per share), representing an increase of 186%. Excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges and impairment-related charges, pro forma net income for the first quarter of 2003 was € 200 million (2002: € 109 million), or € 0.64 per share (2002: € 0.35 per share), representing an increase of 83%.

For the first quarter of 2003, the Company generated € 756 million of free cash flow (defined as operating cash flow less capital expenditures, which were € 37 million for the first quarter), and at March 31, 2003, the Company had € 1.9 billion of liquid assets.

Regional Performance For the first quarter of 2003, revenues in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region decreased 4% to € 854 million (2002: € 886 million). Revenues in Germany decreased 3%. The economic conditions continued to worsen in Europe during the first quarter. Despite the tough European environment, the Company continues to focus on profitability and remains in a strong competitive position in Europe. First quarter 2003 revenues in the Americas region were down 20% to € 468 million (2002: € 587 million). More importantly, however, at constant currency rates, revenues in the Americas were up 1%. The Company once again outperformed its competitors in the North American market, particularly in the U.S., where SAP, with US$76 million (€ 71 million) in software revenues, gained additional market share and remained the number one business software application vendor based on software revenues.²⁾ Revenues in the Asia-Pacific region (APA) for the first quarter of 2003 increased 7% to € 198 million (2002: € 185 million). At constant currency rates, APA revenues increased 20% supported by a strong performance from Japan, where revenues were up 37% at constant currency rates. In Japan, SAP is continuing to see strong interest in its ERP solutions.

KEY FIGURES SAP GROUP

REVENUE BY REGION SAP GROUP

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Software Revenue by Solution For the first quarter of 2003, software revenues related to mySAP Customer Relationship Management (mySAP CRM) reached approximately € 74 million, unchanged from the same period last year (€ 74 million) and represented 21% of total software revenues. mySAP Supply Chain Management (mySAP SCM) related first quarter 2003 software revenues totaled approximately
€ 83 million, up 5% from the first quarter of 2002 (€ 79 million) and represented 24% of total software revenues. These figures include revenues from designated solution contracts, as well as figures from integrated solution contracts, which are allocated based on usage surveys.

Investments Personnel growth in FY 2003 should, just as last year, be strictly controlled and evolve according to business developments. SAP will also base its investments in fixed assets on business developments.

OUTLOOK

While the world economy remains difficult and the geopolitical environment is still unpredictable, SAP has not changed its guidance for 2003. The Company expects to continue to gain market share, and based on modest revenue growth, continued cost containment and customer buying patterns in line with normal business seasonality, the Company continues to expect its 2003 pro forma operating margin, excluding stock-based compensation programs and acquisition-related charges, to increase by around 1 percentage point compared to 2002. Pro forma earnings per share for 2003, excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges and impairment-related charges are expected to be in the range of € 3.45 per share to € 3.60 per share.

FIRST QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

Major Contracts in the quarter include Computer Sciences Corporation, Conoco Phillips, and Hasbro in the Americas; Novartis, British Council and Volvo in EMEA; and CitiPower, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and Daewoo Shipbuilding in APA.

The Company announced the launch of the next Evolutionary step of its Industry-Leanding Integration and Application Platform, SAP Netweaver SAP takes the technology high ground by designing SAP NetWeaver to be fully interoperable with Microsoft. NET and IBM WebSphere (J2EE). The new platform enables organizations to integrate people, information, and business processes across technologies and organizations.

SAP Announced the Enterprise services Architecture (ESA), the blueprint for complete, services-based business solutions, allowing companies to drive additional business value from existing technology investments and enabling, for the first time, enterprise-scale usage of Web services. Going forward, all SAP solutions will be developed using the ESA blueprint, and are expected to set new standards in usability, scalability, adaptability, and extensibility.

SAP announced the launch of the U.S. Version of SAP Business One and that the Tax and Business Services (TBS) unit of American Express will distribute and provide support services for SAP Business One. Together, the two companies will also develop specialized vertical-industry editions of SAP Business One and establish a new distribution and support service model to meet the needs of small and midsize firms.

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31

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General The consolidated financial statements of the SAP Aktiengesellschaft Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung (“SAP AG”), together with its subsidiaries (collectively, “SAP,” the “Group”, or the “Company”), have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The quarterly financial statements comprise an abbreviated profit and loss statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement and development of equity statement. The interim financial statements as per March 31, 2003 were prepared in accordance with the same accounting and measurement principles as those applied in the consolidated financial statements as per December 31, 2002, outlined in detail in the notes to those financial statements. For further information, refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2002 filed with the SEC.

CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS AND BALANCE SHEETS — UNAUDITED

Scope of Consolidation The following table summarizes the change in the number of companies included in the consolidated financial statements:

Number of Companies Consolidated in the Financial Statements

Six companies, in which SAP directly holds between 20% and 50% of the voting rights or has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies (“associated companies”), are accounted for using the equity method.

The impact of changes in the scope of companies included in the consolidated financial statements during the first quarter of 2003 has an immaterial effect on the comparability of the consolidated financial statements presented.

Stock-based compensation SFAS 123 requires disclosure of pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per share as if the Company had accounted for its stock-based awards granted to employees using the fair value method. The fair value of the Company’s stock-based awards was estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

The fair value of the Company’s stock-based awards granted in the first Quarter of 2003 under SAP SOP 2002 amounts to € 32 per option and was calculated using the following weighted average assumptions:

The following table illustrates the effect on net income if the fair-value-based method had been applied to all outstanding and unvested awards in each period.

Net Income

Earnings per Share

Convertible bonds and stock options granted to employees under SAP’s stock-based compensation programs are included in the diluted earnings per share calculations to the extent they have a dilutive effect. The dilutive impact is calculated using the treasury stock method. The number of outstanding awards as of March 31, 2003 amounts to approximately 14.5 million. For further information to our stock-based compensation plans we refer to our annual report 2002 on Form 20-F filed with the SEC.

Subscribed Capital At March 31, 2003, SAP AG had 314,981,057 no-par ordinary shares issued with a calculated nominal value of € 1 per share.

The number of ordinary shares increased by 18,451 (corresponding to € 18,451) resulting from the exercise of stock options granted under the LTI 2000 Plan.

Treasury Stock As of March 31, 2003, SAP had acquired 4, 405 thousand of its own shares, representing € 4,405 thousand or 1.4% of capital stock. In the first quarter of 2003 889 thousand shares in aggregate were acquired under the buyback program at an average price of approximately € 79.49 per share, representing € 889 thousand or 0.3% of capital stock. Although treasury stock is legally considered to be outstanding, SAP has no dividend or voting rights associated with treasury stock.

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In order to settle stock options granted under the LTI 2000 Plan, SAP acquired an additional 27 thousand of its own shares in the first quarter of 2003, representing 0.01% of the total shares outstanding at March 31, 2003, at an average market price of € 71.46 per share. Such shares were transferred to employees during the year at an average price of € 55.97 per share.

In the first quarter of 2003, SAP AG acquired an additional 56 thousand of its own ordinary shares, representing 0.02% of the total shares outstanding at March 31, 2003, at an average market price of € 80.15 per share in conjunction with its employee discounted stock purchase programs. Such shares were transferred to employees during the year at an average price of € 69.08 per share.

Certain of SAP AG’s foreign subsidiaries purchased an additional 171 thousand ADRs (each ADR represents one-fourth of an ordinary share), at an average price of US$21 per ADR. Such ADRs were distributed to employees during the year at an average price of US$17.72 per ADR by an administrator. The Company held no ADRs at March 31, 2003.

Deferred Income The increase of deferred income is primarily due to maintenance prepayments. Amounts will be recognized as maintenance revenue over time and therefore the item deferred income generally shows a much lower amount at the end of the year.

Segment Information The segment information for the first quarter of 2003 and 2002 is as following:

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Q1 2002