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Urgently
needed help for local heat and power supply
- First
cogeneration unit already on the way to Ukraine
- Commitment
part of Siemens’ wide-ranging support for Ukraine
Siemens is
donating several high-performance cogeneration units to Ukraine to supply the country
with urgently needed heat and power. This equipment is particularly important
for buildings such as hospitals, schools and kindergartens since large parts of
Ukraine’s vital infrastructure have been destroyed by Russia. Distributed cogeneration
units can make a contribution to partially restoring this infrastructure.
Further to the announcement on 19 February 2025, in response to strong market demand from investors, Siemens AG now intends to sell approximately 26.5 million ordinary shares in Siemens Healthineers AG through a sale to institutional investors. This is an increase of approximately 20 percent above the approximately 22 million ordinary shares announced earlier today.
As previously announced, Siemens decided today to sell ordinary shares in Siemens Healthineers AG and accordingly has launched the sale of approximately 22 million ordinary shares in Siemens Healthineers AG representing approximately 2 percent of Siemens Healthineers AG’s issued share capital.
Siemens has completed the sale of 26.5 million ordinary shares in Siemens Healthineers AG, thereby raising gross proceeds of approx. €1.45 billion. The sale followed a private placement of the shares by way of an accelerated bookbuilding process exclusively to qualified investors.
- Takes over March 1, reporting to CEO
Roland Busch
Siemens AG
has appointed Christiane Ribeiro Guimarães Höfer (47) as the new global Head of
Communications at Siemens AG. She will report to Roland Busch, President and
CEO of Siemens AG, effective March 1. Ribeiro succeeds Lynette Jackson, who has
held the role since October 2021 and has decided to leave the company to pursue
a new opportunity.
- Revenue grew 3 percent on a comparable basis to €18.4 billion (Q1 2024: €17.7 billion)
- Orders in Q1 2025 declined 8 percent on a comparable basis to €20.1 billion (Q1 2024: €21.6 billion)
- Profit Industrial Business totaled €2.5 billion (Q1 2024: €2.7 billion); profit margin Industrial Business was 14.1 percent (Q1 2024: 15.8 percent)
- Free cash flow at Group level rose sharply to €1.6 billion (Q1 2024: €1.0 billion)
- Net income soared 52 percent to €3.9 billion (Q1 2024: €2.5 billion), benefiting from a €2.1 billion gain (after tax) from the sale of Innomotics
- Outlook for fiscal 2025 confirmed
- Virtual Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to vote on dividend proposal of €5.20 per share for fiscal 2024 (fiscal 2023: €4.70)
Siemens had
a successful start to fiscal 2025 with a strong performance in the first quarter
(ended December 31, 2024) and generated positive momentum for further
growth.
- Progressive dividend policy with €0.50 increase over prior year
- Annual Shareholders’ Meeting approves two-year extension of Supervisory Board Chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe’s term of office
- Mark Schneider elected as a new member of Supervisory Board and potential successor as chairman
- Early extension of term of office for Audit Committee Chairman Werner Brandt; two Supervisory Board members reelected
- Large majority at Annual Shareholders’ Meeting ratifies the acts of the Managing and Supervisory Boards
At the
Siemens AG Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held today, the
shareholders decided by a large majority of 99.87 percent to approve the Managing and
Supervisory Boards’ proposal for the distribution of a dividend of €5.20
per share for fiscal 2024. As a result, Siemens has raised its dividend €0.50
compared to the prior year and continues to pursue its progressive dividend
policy. The number of people following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
worldwide peaked at 4,673. 63.35 percent of the voting stock was
represented.
- Siemens to become preferred supplier and technology partner for Guofu Hydrogen’s production of electrolyzers and green hydrogen
- Agreement includes Siemens Xcelerator industrial automation, buildings, and electrification solutions for the hydrogen industry
- The collaboration also includes plans to jointly develop a hydrogen partner ecosystem
The technology company
Siemens, China-based Guofu Hydrogen, a leading supplier of integrated solutions
for hydrogen energy, and RCT GH Hydrogen, a Germany-based supplier of hydrogen
systems and services, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to
collaborate on advancing the hydrogen value chain. The partnership marks a
significant step forward in the global expansion of green hydrogen technology
as it focuses on the development and manufacture of electrolyzers and green
hydrogen production.
Siemens Digital Industries Software today
announced that it has signed an exclusive OEM agreement for its EDA business to
bring Alphawave Semi’s portfolio of high-speed interconnect silicon IP to
market through its sales channel. This includes Alphawave Semi’s
industry-leading IP platforms for connectivity and memory protocols such as
Ethernet, PCIe, CXL, HBM, and UCIe (Die-to-Die) implementations. Beyond the IP sales channel agreement, both companies will
collaborate to deliver comprehensive Spec to Silicon Solutions by jointly
engaging with customers and leveraging their respective capabilities and
strengths.