UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 10, 2019

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 

 

salesforce.com, inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32224   94-3320693

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Salesforce Tower

415 Mission Street, 3 rd Fl

San Francisco, CA 94105

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 901-7000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   CRM   New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On June 10, 2019, salesforce.com, inc. (the “Company”) and Tableau Software, Inc. (“Tableau”) issued a joint press release announcing the entry into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 9, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Sausalito Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Tableau. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

On June 10, 2019, in connection with the announcement of the Merger Agreement, the Company intends to hold a conference call available to investors and the public. Details for accessing the conference call can be found in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. A presentation (the “Investor Presentation”) for reference during such call is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1    Joint Press Release issued by salesforce.com, inc. and Tableau Software, Inc., dated June 10, 2019
99.2    Investor Presentation

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking information related to the Company, Tableau and the acquisition of Tableau by the Company that involves substantial risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Forward-looking statements in this report include, among other things, statements about the potential benefits of the proposed transaction, the Company’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, the financial condition, results of operations and business of the Company or Tableau, and the anticipated timing of closing of the proposed transaction. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to the ability of the Company to consummate the proposed transaction on a timely basis or at all; the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to consummation of the proposed transaction, including having a sufficient number of Tableau’s shares being validly tendered into the exchange offer to meet the minimum condition; the Company’s ability to secure regulatory approvals on the terms expected, in a timely manner or at all; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate Tableau’s operations; the Company’s ability to implement its plans, forecasts and other expectations with respect to Tableau’s business after the completion of the transaction and realize expected synergies; the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, including the possibility that the expected benefits from the proposed transaction will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; the impact of Tableau’s business model on the Company’s ability to forecast revenue results; disruption from the transaction making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships; the negative effects of the announcement or the consummation of the proposed transaction on the market price of the Company’s common stock or on the Company’s operating results; significant transaction costs; unknown liabilities; the risk of litigation or regulatory actions related to the proposed transaction; the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction on Tableau’s business relationships, operating results, and business generally; the effect of general economic and market conditions; the impact of geopolitical events; the impact of foreign currency exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations on the Company’s results; the Company’s business strategy and the Company’s plan to build its business, including the Company’s strategy to be the leading provider of enterprise cloud computing applications and platforms; the pace of change and innovation in enterprise cloud computing services; the seasonal nature of the Company’s sales cycles; the competitive nature of the market in which the Company participates; the Company’s international expansion strategy; the Company’s service performance and security, including the resources and costs required to avoid unanticipated downtime and prevent, detect and remediate potential security breaches; the expenses associated with new data centers and third-party infrastructure providers; additional data

 

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center capacity; real estate and office facilities space; the Company’s operating results and cash flows; new services and product features; the Company’s strategy of acquiring or making investments in complementary businesses, joint ventures, services, technologies and intellectual property rights; the performance and fair value of the Company’s investments in complementary businesses through the Company’s strategic investment portfolio; the Company’s ability to realize the benefits from strategic partnerships, joint ventures and investments; the impact of future gains or losses from the Company’s strategic investment portfolio, including gains or losses from overall market conditions that may affect the publicly traded companies within the Company’s strategic investment portfolio; the Company’s ability to execute its business plans; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies; the Company’s ability to continue to grow unearned revenue and remaining performance obligation; the Company’s ability to protect its intellectual property rights; the Company’s ability to develop its brands; the Company’s reliance on third-party hardware, software and platform providers; the Company’s dependency on the development and maintenance of the infrastructure of the Internet; the effect of evolving domestic and foreign government regulations, including those related to the provision of services on the Internet, those related to accessing the Internet, and those addressing data privacy, cross-border data transfers and import and export controls; the valuation of the Company’s deferred tax assets and the release of related valuation allowances; the potential availability of additional tax assets in the future; the impact of new accounting pronouncements and tax laws; uncertainties affecting the Company’s ability to estimate its tax rate; the impact of expensing stock options and other equity awards; the sufficiency of the Company’s capital resources; factors related to the Company’s 2023 and 2028 senior notes, revolving credit facility, 2021 term loan and loan associated with 50 Fremont; compliance with the Company’s debt covenants and lease obligations; current and potential litigation involving the Company; and the impact of climate change.

Further information on these and other risk and uncertainties relating to the Company can be found in its reports filed on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and in other filings the Company makes with the SEC from time to time and available at www.sec.gov. These documents are available under the Financials heading of the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.salesforce.com/investor. The forward-looking statements included in this report are made only as of the date hereof. The Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

The exchange offer referenced in this communication has not yet commenced. This communication is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares, nor is it a substitute for any offer materials that the Company, its acquisition subsidiary or Tableau will file with the SEC. At the time the exchange offer is commenced, the Company and its acquisition subsidiary will file a tender offer statement on Schedule TO, the Company will file a registration statement on Form S-4 and Tableau will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC with respect to the exchange offer. THE EXCHANGE OFFER MATERIALS (INCLUDING AN OFFER TO EXCHANGE, A RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CERTAIN OTHER EXCHANGE OFFER DOCUMENTS) AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. TABLEAU STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT HOLDERS OF TABLEAU SECURITIES SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING EXCHANGING THEIR SECURITIES. The Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, the Offer to Exchange, the related Letter of Transmittal and certain other exchange offer documents will be made available to all Tableau stockholders at no expense to them. The exchange offer materials and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement will be made available for free on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by the Company will be available free of charge under the Financials heading of the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.salesforce.com/investor or by contacting the Company’s Investor Relations department at investor@salesforce.com. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Tableau will be available free of charge under the SEC filings heading of the Investor section of Tableau’s website at https://investors.tableau.com or by contacting Tableau’s Investor Relations department at ir@tableau.com.

In addition to the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, the Offer to Exchange, the related Letter of Transmittal and certain other exchange offer documents, the Company and Tableau file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports or other information filed by the Company and Tableau at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. The Company’s and Tableau’s filings with the SEC are also available to the public from commercial document-retrieval services and at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1    Joint Press Release issued by salesforce.com, inc. and Tableau Software, Inc., dated June 10, 2019
99.2    Investor Presentation

 

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SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

salesforce.com, inc.
By:  

/s/ Mark Hawkins

  Mark Hawkins
  President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: June 10, 2019

 

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Exhibit 99.1

John Cummings

Salesforce

Investor Relations

415-778-4188

jcummings@salesforce.com

Gina Sheibley

Salesforce

Public Relations

917-297-8988

gsheibley@salesforce.com

Derek Wong

Tableau Software

Investor Relations

206-410-2196

dwong@tableau.com

Keyana Corliss

Tableau Software

Public Relations

703-928-9804

kcorliss@tableau.com

Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Tableau

World’s #1 CRM and #1 analytics platform come together to supercharge customers’ digital transformations

Combination to accelerate Salesforce’s opportunity in the $1.8 trillion digital transformation space

Customers will be able to unlock even greater value from their data to drive smarter business decisions and more intelligent customer experiences

Tableau will be positioned to further its mission to help the world see and understand data

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and SEATTLE, Wash. — June 10, 2019 — Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), the global leader in CRM, and Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA), the leading analytics platform, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Salesforce will acquire Tableau in an all-stock transaction, pursuant to which each share of Tableau Class A and Class B common stock will be exchanged for 1.103 shares of Salesforce common stock, representing an enterprise value of $15.7 billion (net of cash), based on the trailing 3-day volume weighted average price of Salesforce’s shares as of June 7, 2019.

Comments on the News:

 

   

“We are bringing together the world’s #1 CRM with the #1 analytics platform. Tableau helps people see and understand data, and Salesforce helps people engage and understand customers. It’s truly the best of both worlds for our customers—bringing together two critical platforms that every customer needs to understand their world,” said Marc Benioff, Chairman and co-CEO, Salesforce. “I’m thrilled to welcome Adam and his team to Salesforce.”


   

“Salesforce’s incredible success has always been based on anticipating the needs of our customers and providing them the solutions they need to grow their businesses,” said Keith Block, co-CEO, Salesforce. “Data is the foundation of every digital transformation, and the addition of Tableau will accelerate our ability to deliver customer success by enabling a truly unified and powerful view across all of a customer’s data.”

 

   

“Joining forces with Salesforce will enhance our ability to help people everywhere see and understand data,” said Adam Selipsky, President and CEO of Tableau. “As part of the world’s #1 CRM company, Tableau’s intuitive and powerful analytics will enable millions more people to discover actionable insights across their entire organizations. I’m delighted that our companies share very similar cultures and a relentless focus on customer success. I look forward to working together in support of our customers and communities.”

Combination to Supercharge Digital Transformation

With Tableau, Salesforce will play an even greater role in driving digital transformation, enabling companies around the world to tap into data across their entire business and surface deeper insights to make smarter decisions, drive intelligent, connected customer experiences and accelerate innovation.

Companies of every size and industry are transforming how they do business in the digital age—customers and data are at the heart of those transformations. This creates an incredible opportunity for Salesforce and Tableau, as IDC projects worldwide spending on technologies and services that will enable digital transformation to reach $1.8 trillion in 2022. 1

With Customer 360, only Salesforce can provide companies with a complete, intelligent view of their customers across every touchpoint—sales, service, marketing, commerce and more. Salesforce pioneered AI for CRM with Salesforce Einstein, and today delivers AI-powered analytics for sales and marketing.

With Tableau and Einstein together, Salesforce will deliver the most intelligent and intuitive analytics and visualization platform for every department and every user at any company. Tableau will make both Customer 360 and Salesforce’s analytics capabilities stronger than ever, and enable the company to reach a much broader set of customers and users.

Tableau to Scale and Further Its Mission as Part of Salesforce

Tableau pioneered self-service analytics with an intuitive analytics platform that empowers people of any skill level to work with data. More than 86,000 organizations around the world, such as Charles Schwab, Verizon, Schneider Electric, Southwest and Netflix, rely on Tableau to help them see and understand data.

As part of Salesforce, Tableau will be positioned to scale and further its mission to help people see and understand data. Following the acquisition close, Tableau will operate independently under the Tableau brand, driving forward a continued focus on its mission, customers and community. As part of the world’s #1 CRM company, Tableau will remain headquartered in Seattle, Wash. and will continue to be led by CEO Adam Selipsky and the current leadership team.

A Shared Commitment to Empowering Communities

Salesforce and Tableau share a deep commitment to empowering their communities, enabling people of every skill level to transform their businesses, their careers, and their lives through technology. Salesforce has a growing community of more than 1.4 million Trailblazers, and the Tableau Community consists of more than 1 million passionate data enthusiasts.Together, the two communities will represent the largest group of digital business experts in the world—millions of people understanding and transforming the world through data.


Details Regarding the Proposed Tableau Acquisition

Salesforce and Tableau have entered into a definitive agreement under which Salesforce will acquire Tableau in an all-stock transaction, pursuant to which each share of Tableau Class A and Class B common stock will be exchanged for 1.103 shares of Salesforce common stock, representing an enterprise value of $15.7 billion (net of cash), based on the trailing 3-day volume weighted average price of Salesforce’s shares as of June 7, 2019. The transaction is intended to be tax free for Tableau stockholders (except with respect to cash for fractional shares).

The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies.

Under the terms of the transaction, Salesforce will commence an exchange offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Tableau. The acquisition of Tableau is expected to be completed during Salesforce’s fiscal third quarter ending October 31, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions, including the tender by Tableau stockholders of shares representing a majority of the Tableau common stock voting power, assuming all shares tendered or converted will be counted on a one-vote-per-share basis, and the receipt of regulatory approvals. Christian Chabot, Patrick Hanrahan and Christopher Stolte, the founders of Tableau, have all entered into an agreement with Salesforce in connection with the transaction, and have indicated that they intend to tender all of their shares in the exchange offer.

Financial Impact to Salesforce of the Proposed Tableau Acquisition

FY20 Revenue: The transaction is expected to increase Salesforce’s FY20 total revenue by approximately $350 million to $400 million. This estimate reflects a fair value adjustment to reduce unearned revenue and unbilled unearned revenue by approximately 30%, adjustments related to the combined customer base, and inter-company revenue elimination, as required by U.S. GAAP. FY20 Revenue is now expected to be $16.45 billion to $16.65 billion, an increase of 24% to 25% year-over-year.

FY20 non-GAAP operating margin: The transaction is expected to decrease Salesforce’s FY20 non-GAAP operating margin by approximately (75) basis points year-over-year.

FY20 non-GAAP EPS: As discussed further below, guidance updates for GAAP EPS for all periods discussed are not currently available and Salesforce expects to provide the applicable updates when the transaction has closed and the purchase accounting has been completed. The acquisition is expected to decrease FY20 non-GAAP diluted EPS by approximately ($0.37) to ($0.39). FY20 Non-GAAP EPS is now expected to be $2.51 to $2.53. This estimate assumes fully diluted share count of approximately 900 million, and a non-GAAP tax rate of 22.5%.

FY20 Operating Cash Flow: Operating Cash Flow is now expected to be in the range of 21% to 22% year-over-year.

These estimates assume a close date on or about October 1, 2019, and certain assumptions related to non-GAAP tax rates. Actual results could differ materially based on the actual transaction close date. Salesforce is not currently able to prepare an accurate forecast for the full year impact of the acquisition on GAAP EPS and will not be able to do so until the purchase accounting is concluded after the transaction closes. The impact on GAAP EPS is expected to be more significant than for non-GAAP EPS due to the additional stock-based compensation charges and the impact of other various non-cash items, including amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and income tax adjustments.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures: This press release includes information about non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP EPS and non-GAAP tax rates (collectively the “non-GAAP financial measures”). The primary purpose of using non-GAAP financial measures is to provide supplemental information that may prove useful to investors who wish to consider the impact of certain non-cash or non-recurring items on the company’s operating performance and to enable investors to evaluate the company’s results in the same way management does. Non-GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP EPS estimates exclude the impact of the following non-cash items: stock-based compensation, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, as well as income tax adjustments. The non-GAAP tax rate estimate excludes the tax adjustments and tax consequences associated with the above excluded non-cash expense items. The method used to produce non-GAAP financial measures is not computed according to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and may differ from the methods used by other companies. Non-GAAP


financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures and should be read only in conjunction with the company’s consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Advisors

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is serving as exclusive financial advisor to Salesforce and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Morrison & Foerster LLP are serving as legal counsel. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is serving as exclusive financial advisor to Tableau and Cooley LLP is serving as legal counsel.

Management Conference Call

Salesforce and Tableau will host a conference call to discuss this transaction at 5:00 a.m. (PT) / 8:00 a.m. (ET) on June 10, 2019. A live dial-in is available domestically at 866-901-SFDC or 866-901-7332 and internationally at 706-902-1764, passcode 4679837. A live audiocast of the event will be available on the Salesforce Investor Relations website at http://www.salesforce.com/investor and on Tableau’s website at https://investors.tableau.com. A replay will be available at 800-585-8367 or 855-859-2056 until midnight (ET) July 10, 2019.

About Tableau

Tableau helps people see and understand data. Tableau’s self-service analytics platform empowers people of any skill level to work with data. From individuals and non-profits to government agencies and the Fortune 500, tens of thousands of customers around the world use Tableau to get rapid insights and make impactful, data-driven decisions. See how Tableau can help you by downloading the free trial at www.Tableau.com/trial.

About Salesforce

Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: http://www.Salesforce.com.

 

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Source: IDC Semiannual Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide, April 2019

Additional Information and Where to Find It

The exchange offer referenced in this communication has not yet commenced. This communication is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares, nor is it a substitute for any offer materials that Salesforce, its acquisition subsidiary or Tableau will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). At the time the exchange offer is commenced, Salesforce and its acquisition subsidiary will file a tender offer statement on Schedule TO, Salesforce will file a registration statement on Form S-4 and Tableau will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC with respect to the exchange offer. THE EXCHANGE OFFER MATERIALS (INCLUDING AN OFFER TO EXCHANGE, A RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CERTAIN OTHER EXCHANGE OFFER DOCUMENTS) AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. TABLEAU STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT HOLDERS OF TABLEAU SECURITIES SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING EXCHANGING THEIR SECURITIES. The Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, the Offer to Exchange, the related Letter of Transmittal and certain other exchange offer documents will be made available to all Tableau stockholders at no expense to them. The exchange offer materials and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement will be made available for free on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Salesforce will be available free of charge under the Financials heading of the Investor Relations section of Salesforce’s website at www.salesforce.com/investor or by contacting Salesforce’s Investor Relations department at investor@salesforce.com. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Tableau will be available free of charge under the SEC filings heading of the Investor section of Tableau’s website at https://investors.tableau.com or by contacting Tableau’s Investor Relations department at ir@tableau.com.


In addition to the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, the Offer to Exchange, the related Letter of Transmittal and certain other exchange offer documents, Salesforce and Tableau file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports or other information filed by Salesforce and Tableau at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Salesforce’s and Tableau’s filings with the SEC are also available to the public from commercial document-retrieval services and at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication contains forward-looking information related to Salesforce, Tableau and the acquisition of Tableau by Salesforce that involves substantial risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Forward-looking statements in this communication include, among other things, statements about the potential benefits of the proposed transaction, Salesforce’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, the financial condition, results of operations and business of Salesforce or Tableau, and the anticipated timing of closing of the proposed transaction. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to the ability of Salesforce to consummate the proposed transaction on a timely basis or at all; the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to consummation of the proposed transaction, including having a sufficient number of Tableau’s shares being validly tendered into the exchange offer to meet the minimum condition; Salesforce’s ability to secure regulatory approvals on the terms expected, in a timely manner or at all; Salesforce’s ability to successfully integrate Tableau’s operations; Salesforce’s ability to implement its plans, forecasts and other expectations with respect to Tableau’s business after the completion of the transaction and realize expected synergies; the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, including the possibility that the expected benefits from the proposed transaction will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; the impact of Tableau’s business model on Salesforce’s ability to forecast revenue results; disruption from the transaction making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships; the negative effects of the announcement or the consummation of the proposed transaction on the market price of Salesforce’s common stock or on Salesforce’s operating results; significant transaction costs; unknown liabilities; the risk of litigation or regulatory actions related to the proposed transaction; the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction on Tableau’s business relationships, operating results, and business generally; the effect of general economic and market conditions; the impact of geopolitical events; the impact of foreign currency exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations on Salesforce’s results; Salesforce’s business strategy and Salesforce’s plan to build its business, including Salesforce’s strategy to be the leading provider of enterprise cloud computing applications and platforms; the pace of change and innovation in enterprise cloud computing services; the seasonal nature of Salesforce’s sales cycles; the competitive nature of the market in which Salesforce participates; Salesforce’s international expansion strategy; Salesforce’s service performance and security, including the resources and costs required to avoid unanticipated downtime and prevent, detect and remediate potential security breaches; the expenses associated with new data centers and third-party infrastructure providers; additional data center capacity; real estate and office facilities space; Salesforce’s operating results and cash flows; new services and product features; Salesforce’s strategy of acquiring or making investments in complementary businesses, joint ventures, services, technologies and intellectual property rights; the performance and fair value of Salesforce’s investments in complementary businesses through Salesforce’s strategic investment portfolio; Salesforce’s ability to realize the benefits from strategic partnerships, joint ventures and investments; the impact of future gains or losses from Salesforce’s strategic investment portfolio including gains or losses from overall market conditions that may affect the publicly traded companies within Salesforce’s strategic investment portfolio; Salesforce’s ability to execute its business plans; Salesforce’s ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies; Salesforce’s ability to continue to grow unearned revenue and remaining performance obligation; Salesforce’s ability to protect its intellectual property rights; Salesforce’s ability to develop its brands; Salesforce’s reliance on third-party hardware, software and platform providers; Salesforce’s dependency on the development and maintenance of the infrastructure of the Internet; the effect of evolving domestic and foreign government regulations, including those related to the provision of services on the Internet, those related to accessing the Internet, and those addressing data privacy, cross-border data transfers and import and export controls; the valuation of Salesforce’s deferred tax assets and the release of related valuation allowances; the potential


availability of additional tax assets in the future; the impact of new accounting pronouncements and tax laws; uncertainties affecting Salesforce’s ability to estimate its tax rate; the impact of expensing stock options and other equity awards; the sufficiency of Salesforce’s capital resources; factors related to Salesforce’s 2023 and 2028 senior notes, revolving credit facility, 2021 term loan and loan associated with 50 Fremont; compliance with Salesforce’s debt covenants and lease obligations; current and potential litigation involving Salesforce; and the impact of climate change.

Further information on these and other risk and uncertainties relating to Salesforce can be found in its reports filed on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and in other filings Salesforce makes with the SEC from time to time and available at www.sec.gov. These documents are available under the Financials heading of the Investor Relations section of Salesforce’s website at www.salesforce.com/investor. The forward-looking statements included in this communication are made only as of the date hereof. Salesforce and Tableau assume no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

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Salesforce & Tableau Announcement of Definitive Agreement to Acquire Tableau June 10, 2019 Exhibit 99.2


SLIDE 1

Call Participants Mark Hawkins President & Chief Financial Officer, Salesforce Marc Benioff Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer, Salesforce Adam Selipsky President & Chief Executive Officer, Tableau Bret Taylor President & Chief Product Officer, Salesforce


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Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains forward-looking information related to Salesforce, Tableau and the acquisition of Tableau by Salesforce that involves substantial risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Forward-looking statements in this presentation include, among other things, statements about the potential benefits of the proposed transaction, Salesforce’s and Tableau’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, the financial condition, results of operations and business of Salesforce or Tableau, and the anticipated timing of closing of the proposed transaction. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to the ability of Salesforce to consummate the proposed transaction on a timely basis or at all; the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to consummation of the proposed transaction, including having a sufficient number of Tableau’s shares being validly tendered into the exchange offer to meet the minimum condition; Salesforce’s ability to secure regulatory approvals on the terms expected, in a timely manner or at all; Salesforce’s ability to successfully integrate Tableau’s operations; Salesforce’s ability to implement its plans, forecasts and other expectations with respect to Tableau’s business after the completion of the transaction and realize expected synergies; the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, including the possibility that the expected benefits from the proposed transaction will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; the impact of Tableau’s business model on Salesforce’s ability to forecast revenue results; disruption from the transaction making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships; the negative effects of the announcement or the consummation of the proposed transaction on the market price of Salesforce’s common stock or on Salesforce’s operating results; significant transaction costs; unknown liabilities; the risk of litigation or regulatory actions related to the proposed transaction; the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction on Tableau’s business relationships, operating results, and business generally; the effect of general economic and market conditions; the impact of geopolitical events; the impact of foreign currency exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations on Salesforce’s results; Salesforce’s business strategy and Salesforce’s plan to build its business, including Salesforce’s strategy to be the leading provider of enterprise cloud computing applications and platforms; the pace of change and innovation in enterprise cloud computing services; the seasonal nature of Salesforce’s sales cycles; the competitive nature of the market in which Salesforce participates; Salesforce’s international expansion strategy; Salesforce’s service performance and security, including the resources and costs required to avoid unanticipated downtime and prevent, detect and remediate potential security breaches; the expenses associated with new data centers and third-party infrastructure providers; additional data center capacity; real estate and office facilities space; Salesforce’s operating results and cash flows; new services and product features; Salesforce’s strategy of acquiring or making investments in complementary businesses, joint ventures, services, technologies and intellectual property rights; the performance and fair value of Salesforce’s investments in complementary businesses through Salesforce’s strategic investment portfolio; Salesforce’s ability to realize the benefits from strategic partnerships, joint ventures and investments; the impact of future gains or losses from Salesforce’s strategic investment portfolio including gains or losses from overall market conditions that may affect the publicly traded companies within Salesforce’s strategic investment portfolio; Salesforce’s ability to execute its business plans; Salesforce’s ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies; Salesforce’s ability to continue to grow unearned revenue and remaining performance obligation; Salesforce’s ability to protect its intellectual property rights; Salesforce’s ability to develop its brands; Salesforce’s reliance on third-party hardware, software and platform providers; Salesforce’s dependency on the development and maintenance of the infrastructure of the Internet; the effect of evolving domestic and foreign government regulations, including those related to the provision of services on the Internet, those related to accessing the Internet, and those addressing data privacy, cross-border data transfers and import and export controls; the valuation of Salesforce’s deferred tax assets and the release of related valuation allowances; the potential availability of additional tax assets in the future; the impact of new accounting pronouncements and tax laws; uncertainties affecting Salesforce’s ability to estimate its tax rate; the impact of expensing stock options and other equity awards; the sufficiency of Salesforce’s capital resources; factors related to Salesforce’s 2023 and 2028 senior notes, revolving credit facility, 2021 term loan and loan associated with 50 Fremont; compliance with Salesforce’s debt covenants and lease obligations; current and potential litigation involving Salesforce; and the impact of climate change. Further information on these and other risk and uncertainties relating to Salesforce can be found in its reports filed on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and in other filings Salesforce makes with the SEC from time to time and available at www.sec.gov. These documents are available under the Financials heading of the Investor Relations section of Salesforce’s website at www.salesforce.com/investor. The forward-looking statements included in this communication are made only as of the date hereof. Salesforce assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Financial metrics are based on ASC606 standard throughout this presentation.


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Additional Information and Where to Find it The exchange offer referenced in this communication has not yet commenced.  This communication is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares, nor is it a substitute for any offer materials that Salesforce and its acquisition subsidiary will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  At the time the exchange offer is commenced, Salesforce and its acquisition subsidiary will file a tender offer statement on Schedule TO, Salesforce will file a registration statement on Form S-4 and Tableau will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC with respect to the exchange offer. THE EXCHANGE OFFER MATERIALS (INCLUDING AN OFFER TO EXCHANGE, A RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CERTAIN OTHER EXCHANGE OFFER DOCUMENTS) AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Tableau STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT HOLDERS OF Tableau SECURITIES SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING EXCHANGING THEIR SECURITIES.  The Offer to Exchange, the related Letter of Transmittal and certain other exchange offer documents, as well as the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, will be made available to all holders of Tableau stock at no expense to them.  The exchange offer materials and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement will be made available for free at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Salesforce will be available free of charge on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Information section of Salesforce’s website at www.salesforce.com/investor or by contacting Salesforce’s Investor Relations department at investor@salesforce.com. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Tableau will be available free of charge on the Investor section of Tableau's website at https://investors.tableau.com or by contacting Tableau’s Investor Relations department at ir@tableau.com. In addition to the Offer to Exchange, the related Letter of Transmittal and certain other exchange offer documents, as well as the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, Salesforce and Tableau file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC.  You may read and copy any reports or other information filed by Salesforce and Tableau at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room.  Salesforce’s and Tableau's filings with the SEC are also available to the public from commercial document-retrieval services and at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Non-GAAP Financial Measures This presentation includes information about non-GAAP diluted earnings per share and non-GAAP operating margin (collectively the “non-GAAP financial measures”). These non-GAAP financial measures are measurements of financial performance that are not prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and computational methods may differ from those used by other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures and should be read only in conjunction with the company’s consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP measures when planning, monitoring, and evaluating the company’s performance. The primary purpose of using non-GAAP measures is to provide supplemental information that may prove useful to investors and to enable investors to evaluate the company’s results in the same way management does. Management believes that supplementing GAAP disclosure with non-GAAP disclosure provides investors with a more complete view of the company’s operational performance and allows for meaningful period-to-period comparisons and analysis of trends in the company’s business. Further, to the extent that other companies use similar methods in calculating non-GAAP measures, the provision of supplemental non-GAAP information can allow for a comparison of the company’s relative performance against other companies that also report non-GAAP operating results. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share excludes, to the extent applicable, the impact of the following items: stock-based compensation, amortization of purchased intangibles, gains on strategic investments, as well as income tax adjustments. These items are excluded because the decisions that give rise to them are not made to increase revenue in a particular period, but instead for the company’s long-term benefit over multiple periods.


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Transaction Overview Based on Salesforce three-day VWAP of $158.64 as of June 7, 2019 Guidance provided June 10, 2019 Strategic Rationale Salesforce and Tableau will supercharge customers’ digital transformations — enabling them to unlock data across their entire company and surface deeper insights to make smarter decisions, drive intelligent customer experiences and accelerate innovation Transaction Consideration 100% stock consideration which is intended to be tax-free for the Tableau shareholders 1.103 shares of Salesforce common stock for each share of Tableau common stock Enterprise value of approximately $15.7 billion1 Salesforce Updated FY20 Financial Guide2 Revenue: $16.45 billion to $16.65 billion, 24% to 25% year-over-year growth Non-GAAP diluted EPS: $2.51 to $2.53 per share Operating cash flow: 21% to 22% year-over-year growth Non-GAAP operating margin: (75) bps year-over-year decrease Management & Governance Tableau will continue to be led by current CEO Adam Selipsky and the current leadership team. The company will remain focused on their mission of helping people see and understand data Expected Closing Expected to close in our Q3 FY20 ending October 31, 2019 Subject to acceptance by majority of outstanding Tableau shares, receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary conditions +


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The #1 CRM with the #1 analytics platform Combination of Industry-Leading Companies The #1 CRM enabling companies to connect with their customers in whole new ways A pioneer of self-service analytics with the #1 analytics platform that helps people see and understand data


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Industry Leaders with Powerful Growth Opportunity Note: Salesforce fiscal year ends January 31 and Tableau fiscal year ends December 31 1. Revenue and revenue growth rate reflect high-end of Salesforce guidance range for FY20 provided on June 4, 2019 2. Revenue and revenue growth rate reflect high-end of Tableau guidance range for FY19 provided on May 2, 2019 3. Industry analysts 37,000+ Employees $ 16.25B FY 2020E Revenue1 150,000+ 22% FY 2020E Revenue Growth Rate1 Customers 12% CRM Market CAGR CY18-223 Employees $ 1.40B CY 2019E Revenue2 21% CY 2019E Revenue Growth Rate2 86,000+ 4,200+ Customer accounts 11% Modern BI Market CAGR CY18-223


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Strategically Aligned Across Vision, Culture & Values 1. Grants and hours are cumulative through Q1 FY20. Grants are made from Salesforce Foundation 2. Commitment to fund $100 million in software, training and financial support between October 2018 and 2025. Organizations supported as of May 31, 2019 3. Data visualizations that have been published to Tableau Public Vibrant User Community Strong Philanthropic Involvement Focus on Customer Success & Innovation CRM Trailblazers globally Charitable grants1 Committed donations2 Vizzes3 published in Tableau Public Analytics platform #1 #1 1.4M 2M+ $288M+ $100M Trailhead badges Volunteer hours1 13M 4M+ Organizations supported2 Tableau community members 1M+ 7K+


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Tableau’s Modern Analytics Platform Desktop Browser Mobile Embedded Data Access Deployment Security & Compliance Extensibility & APIs Data Prep Governance Content Discovery Analytics Collaboration On-Premises Cloud Hosted Windows Linux Mac Multi-Tenant


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Tableau Provides Analytics at Scale Analytics for everyone Analytics in any app and process Organization-wide deployments Self-service data management


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Companies of all sizes leverage Tableau to see and understand data Leading Companies Rely on Tableau Media & Gaming Financial Services Retail & Consumer Goods Travel & Transportation Public Sector & Education Healthcare & Life Sciences Services & Agencies Technology


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Salesforce Customer 360 AI BUILDER Blockchain IoT MOBILE Vision VOICE SECURITY Customer 360 Platform Customer 360 APIs * 11 *Subject to the closing of the proposed acquisition of Tableau


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