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Press Release20 June 2016Siemens AGMunich

New Siemens building is also a place to encounter art

Bronze sculpture created by Georg Baselitz graces atrium of new head-quarters
Sculpture group "The Wings," created by Daniel Libeskind, links Siemens locations in Munich, Berlin and Erlangen

Visitors arriving at the new Siemens headquarters in Munich will be greeted by the impressive sight of the bronze sculpture "Schwesterngruppe" (Group of Sisters), created by Georg Baselitz. Freely accessible to the public, the sculpture forms part of the company's new, open building concept. Georg Baselitz himself says of his work: "What you see is memory on a monumental scale: in this case, my sister and her friends walking arm-in-arm across the village square. The tradition of the Three Graces, from Ancient Greece via Botticelli to the present day, is one of the themes of this work. To the best of my knowledge, there has never been a group of figures with interlinked arms in the history of sculpture."

Bronze sculpture created by Georg Baselitz graces atrium of new head-quarters
Sculpture group "The Wings," created by Daniel Libeskind, links Siemens locations in Munich, Berlin and Erlangen

Wings sculpture set up in front of new Siemens headquarters

Sculpture "The Wings" by the American architect Daniel Libeskind

Bronze sculpture "Schwesterngruppe" inaugurated at the new Siemens Headquarters

Baselitz sculpture "Schwesterngruppe" in the Siemens headquarters

Joe Kaeser, President and CEO of Siemens AG, declared at the official unveiling of the artwork: "Our new headquarters is place where encounters occur – including encounters with art. We're very pleased that works by important contemporary art-ists are being showcased in the public section of our new headquarters."

A second artwork, which stands in direct context to the new Siemens headquarters building, is a sculpture called "The Wings," created by architect and artist Daniel Libeskind. Located directly on Munich's Oskar-von-Miller-Ring, it provides a visible point of reference to the new axis linking the city center with the museum district. With two further copies of the sculpture being installed at Siemens' largest location (Erlangen) and the site where the company was founded (Berlin), "The Wings" sym-bolizes a bridge that connects historically important Siemens locations.

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Feature: New corporate Headquarters, Munich

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, relia-bility and internationality for more than 165 years. The company is active in more than 200 countries, fo-cusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world's largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is No. 1 in offshore wind turbine construction, a leading supplier of gas and steam turbines for power generation, a major provider of power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2015, which ended on September 30, 2015, Siemens generated revenue of €75.6 billion and net income of €7.4 billion. At the end of September 2015, the company had around 348,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.

Yashar Azad

Siemens AG

Wittelsbacherplatz 2
80333 Munich
Germany

+49 (89) 636-37970

yashar.azad@siemens.com

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