- Acts of Managing and Supervisory Boards ratified by large majority
- Dividend proposal of €3.00 per share endorsed
- Osram spinoff approved
Voting at the company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting, the shareholders of Siemens AG have ratified the acts of the Managing and Supervisory Boards for fiscal 2012. As recommended by the Managing and Supervisory Boards, the shareholders also approved by large majorities a dividend payout of €3.00 per share and the planned spinoff of Osram.
- Gerhard Cromme reelected Supervisory Board Chairman
- Ten new shareholder representatives elected to Supervisory Board
At the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Siemens AG on Wednesday, ten shareholder representatives were elected to the company's Supervisory Board. Their election had been proposed in the previously published agenda. At the Supervisory Board meeting held immediately following the Annual Shareholders' Meeting, Gerhard Cromme was reelected Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
We released our first quarter results for fiscal 2013 on January 23, 2013. The press conference was broadcast live on the internet.
- Revenue slightly above prior-year level
- Book-to-bill ratio again above 1
- Total Sectors profit up four percent
- No economic tailwinds expected in fiscal 2013
Siemens is starting fiscal 2013 with solid figures. Compared to the same period last year, revenue increased slightly in the first quarter due to the good order backlog. Although new orders declined moderately year-over-year, the book-to-bill ratio was again above 1, having been below 1 for the previous three quarters in a row. Total Sectors profit rose four percent. "In an uncertain economic environment, we got off to a solid start in fiscal 2013. For the rest of the year as well, we don't expect any tailwinds from the global economy to help us reach our ambitious goals. Our full attention is on implementing our Siemens 2014 program," said Siemens President and CEO Peter Löscher.
"In an uncertain economic environment, we got off to a solid start in fiscal 2013. For the rest of the year as well, we don't expect any tailwinds from the global economy to help us reach our ambitious goals. Our full attention is on implementing our Siemens 2014 program."
- 34,67 percent of voting capital represented
- Mars rover Curiosity major attraction
- Event completely powered by green electricity
The Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Siemens AG was well attended again this year. Despite wintry conditions, roughly 8,100 shareholders were present in Munich's Olympiahalle at noon on Wednesday. Some 8,800 shareholders attended the annual event last year. A total of about 34,67 percent of Siemens' voting capital was represented at this year's Annual Shareholders' Meeting. More than 15,000 shareholders had ordered tickets for the event, and over 80,000 had exercised their voting rights by proxy or absentee ballot. Many opted for the convenient alternative of participating in the Annual Shareholders' Meeting and exercising or transferring their voting rights via PC.
Siemens held its Annual Shareholders' Meeting at the Olympia Hall in Munich on January 23, 2013.
- 98.21 percent of shareholders at Annual Shareholders' Meeting approve spinoff
- Siemens shareholders to receive one additional share of OSRAM Licht AG for every ten Siemens shares
- Initial listing on stock exchanges in Frankfurt and Munich in April at the earliest
At today's Annual Shareholders' Meeting in Munich, shareholders of Siemens AG voted overwhelmingly to approve Osram's planned spinoff. The measure was endorsed by 98.21 percent of the valid votes cast. A 75 percent majority was required.
On Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 the Desiro RUS type regional train was sent off on its first trip with passengers on board. The start button was pressed by Valentin Gapanovich, Senior Vice President of Russian Railways (RZD), Dmitry Pegov, General Director of High-Speed Passenger Service at RZD, Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of the St. Petersburg Region, and Jochen Eickholt, CEO of the Siemens Rail Systems Division. The train – named "Lastochka" (Little Swallow) in Russia – departed from Moscow Station in St. Petersburg and traveled via Chudovo to Veliky Novgorod. In future, the train will offer a daily service on this route as well as on the St Petersburg–Chudovo–Bologoye route during the winter timetable. Passenger service in Sochi and Kazan is also planned to start by the end of the 2013.
"When RZD and Siemens commenced production of the Latochka series at the Siemens plant in Krefeld, Germany, in April 2011, we were aiming to put the new regional trains into service by autumn 2013 – a very ambitious plan at that time, in our opinion. But we managed to ship the first trains sooner and to complete the testing and homologation phase considerably earlier than planned. This is why we are now able to commence revenue passenger service in January 2013. I am certain that Lastochka will also overcome all the challenges it encounters in operation in Sochi," said Jochen Eickholt.
To mark the 195th birthday of Werner von Siemens, the Siemens Historical Institute (SHI) is now offering his autobiography in German and English as a so-called iPad app. Eight short stories recreate the adventures of Werner von Siemens, for example in Egypt or the Red Sea, where he was shipwrecked. The individual episodes focus on the inventions and entrepreneurial achievements as well as the exciting life of the electricity pioneer. These entertainingly written memoirs can now be read free of charge on an iPad or at www.siemens.com/recollections.