- Audit Committee recommends proposing to 2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting that PwC be elected independent auditors for fiscal 2024
- Comprehensive tendering process in accordance with current European legal norms
- Audit contract with PwC can be extended by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting annually only through fiscal 2033
The Audit Committee
of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG has decided to recommend that the
Supervisory Board propose to the shareholders at the Annual Shareholders’
Meeting in 2024 the election of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH,
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, as independent auditors of Siemens’ financial
statements for fiscal 2024 (start: October 1, 2023). This recommendation is the
result of intensive discussions between the Supervisory Board, the Audit
Committee and the Managing Board of Siemens AG and of a comprehensive tendering
process in accordance with current European legal norms.
- Orders climbed to €22.0 billion (Q3 2021: €20.5 billion), with substantial growth at Digital Industries and Smart Infrastructure
- Since start of fiscal year, orders grew 20 percent on a comparable basis to €67.2 billion (Q1-Q3 2021: €52.3 billion)
- In Q3, revenue increased by 4 percent on a comparable basis to €17.9 billion (Q3 2021: €16.1 billion)
- Profit Industrial Business surged 27 percent to €2.9 billion (Q3 2021: €2.3 billion)
- Net loss of €1.5 billion (Q3 2021: net income of €1.5 billion) impacted by €2.7 billion impairment of stake in Siemens Energy
- Outstanding Free cash flow at Group level of €2.3 billion
- Outlook adjusted only due to impairment of Siemens Energy stake
Siemens made
significant progress as a focused technology company in the third quarter
(ended June 30, 2022). The company leveraged growth opportunities in
many key markets despite a continuing complex macroeconomic environment influenced
by economic sanctions on Russia, high inflation and effects associated with the
coronavirus pandemic. In addition, Siemens continued to avoid larger
disruptions due to supply chain risks associated with electronics components,
raw materials and logistics.
- Smart Infrastructure completes acquisition of Brightly, a leader in
cloud-based asset and maintenance management software
- Acquisition puts Siemens in pole position to address fast-growing software
market for buildings and built infrastructure
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), the frontrunner in digital buildings, has
completed the acquisition of Brightly Software, a leading U.S.-based software-as-a-service
(SaaS) provider of asset and maintenance management solutions. The acquisition elevates
SI to a leading position in the software market for buildings and built
infrastructure. It adds Brightly’s well-established cloud-based capabilities across
key sectors – education, public infrastructure, healthcare, and manufacturing –
to Siemens’ digital and software know-how in buildings. Brightly’s addition to
the Siemens portfolio accelerates the build-up of SI’s SaaS business, enabling
the companies to deliver superior performance and sustainability for built
infrastructure.
- Long-term accommodations for 160 people at Siemens headquarters in Warsaw
- First Ukrainian refugees have already moved in
- Siemens Caring Hands e.V. as a strong partner in fight against global
On the
grounds of its company headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, Siemens has opened a
center for refugees from Ukraine. To make this step possible, the company has
been renovating and remodeling large parts of the building since early March
2022. A variety of accommodations – ranging from rooms for families and for
childcare all the way to sanitary facilities – have been set up on about 2,600 square
meters of floor space. These accommodations have been designed to be suitable
for long-term residence. Siemens Caring Hands e.V. used donations primarily
made by Siemens employees to finance the remodeling work. Since July 12,
Siemens has been making these facilities available free of charge to Warsaw’s
municipal authorities, who are taking care of operating the center. The first group
of Ukrainian refugees has already moved in.
- New innovation hub for research at Siemens in Garching, Germany
- Joint research facility with Technical University of Munich in Garching’s “Isar Valley”
- Modern and open work environments in a digitally planned, sustainable building
Just nine months after construction began, a
topping-out ceremony is being celebrated for the new Siemens Technology Center
at the research campus in the university town of Garching, Germany, near
Munich. As a result, this new building – which was planned digitally and is
being built to meet stringent sustainability requirements – has thus now
reached an important milestone on the journey to Siemens’ future research activities in the
Munich area. With its modern work environments, this facility will serve as an
innovation hub that provides space for inspiration and new ideas. At this center,
more than 450 researchers from Siemens’ “Technology” unit will collaborate on
technologies of the future with around 150 employees and students from the
Technical University of Munich (TUM).
- Siemens completes sale of mail and
parcel business to Körber
- Further step in simplifying Siemens’
portfolio achieved
The sale of
Siemens Logistics’ mail and parcel business to the Körber Group closed
successfully on July 1. In February 2022, Siemens had announced the
contract signing for the sale of the mail and parcel business to the Körber
Group for €1.15 billion (enterprise value).
- Atlantia S.p.A. finalizes the
acquisition of Yunex Traffic from Siemens Mobility for €950 million
Siemens Mobility has successfully
completed the sale of Yunex Traffic to Atlantia S.p.A. for €950 million. In
January 2022, Siemens had announced the contract signing to sell the Intelligent Road Infrastructure and Traffic Solutions
Business to Atlantia S.p.A. Following the required
approvals by the relevant authorities, the transaction has closed as of
June 30, 2022.
Siemens AG has
launched an open digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator, to accelerate
digital transformation and value creation for customers of all sizes in
industry, buildings, grids and mobility. The business platform makes digital
transformation easier, faster and scalable.
- Building X is the first next generation offering designed and built as part of Siemens Xcelerator
- Modular, scalable, open smart building suite that seamlessly integrates building systems to eliminate complexity and enable net zero
- Facilitates co-creation with partners to address digitalization challenges faster
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has launched Building X, a new smart
building suite that is open, interoperable and fully cloud-based. The suite is
the first next generation offering built on the design principles of Siemens
Xcelerator, an open digital business platform launched today to accelerate
digital transformation and value creation across industry, transportation,
grids and buildings.