Joe Kaeser (56), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Siemens AG since 2006, was designated the new President and CEO of Siemens AG, effective August 1, 2013. A new CFO will be appointed very shortly. The current CEO Peter Löscher will resign his position at the end of the day today and leave the Managing Board of Siemens AG by mutual consent. These changes were unanimously approved by the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG at its meeting today. Siemens held a press conference to announce the appointment of Joe Kaeser as the new CEO of Siemens AG and the publication of our financial figures for the third quarter of fiscal year 2013 on July 31, 2013 at 2:30 PM CEST.
We released our third quarter results for fiscal 2013 on July 31, 2013. The press conference was broadcast live on the internet.
Together with Munich Mayor Christian Ude, Siemens President and CEO Peter Löscher has laid the foundation stone for the company's new headquarters building, which will be completed on Wittelsbacherplatz in Munich by the end of 2015. The future inner-city complex will provide employees with a 21st-century working environment and be freely accessible to the general public at ground level. Siemens has set the highest standards for sustainability for its new headquarters, and will fulfill the criteria for minimum energy consumptions in buildings.
We released our results for the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2013 on May 02, 2013. The conference call was broadcast live on the internet.
We released our first quarter results for fiscal 2013 on January 23, 2013. The press conference was broadcast live on the internet.
Siemens held its Annual Shareholders' Meeting at the Olympia Hall in Munich on January 23, 2013.
Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire Invensys Rail, the rail automation business of Invensys for approximately €2.2 billion (£1.742 billion). At the same time, the company plans to divest its baggage handling, postal and parcel sorting activities. Both planned transactions are part of the recently launched "Siemens 2014" company program, which amongst others, is aimed at strengthening the company's core activities.
We released our financial figures for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 on November 08, 2012. The press conference was broadcast live on the internet.
We released our third quarter results for fiscal 2012 on July 26, 2012. The conference call was broadcast live on the internet.
We released our results for the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2012 on April 25, 2012. The conference call was broadcast live on the internet.