- Progressive dividend policy with €0.45 increase over prior year
- High approval rates for all agenda items
At the Siemens AG Annual Shareholders’ Meeting that was held today, the shareholders decided by a large majority of 99.91 percent to approve
the Managing and Supervisory Boards’ proposal that a dividend of €4.70 per
share be distributed for fiscal 2023. As a result, Siemens has raised the
dividend €0.45 compared to the prior year and has continued to pursue its
progressive dividend policy in an impressive manner. In addition, the Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting voted by large majorities to ratify the acts of the
members of the Managing and Supervisory Boards for fiscal 2023. The number of
people following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting worldwide peaked at more than 4,395. Around 147 questions were asked during
this year’s event, and about 64.38 percent
of the voting stock was represented.
S&P
Global Ratings announced today that it has upgraded its long-term issuer rating
on Siemens AG to AA- from A+, the outlook remaining stable. According to
S&P Global Ratings, “Siemens AG continues to
successfully transform its industrial portfolio by focusing on high margin
businesses that have leading market positions and benefit from secular trends
like digitalization and decarbonization, while also divesting its lower margin
or more volatile businesses.”
For the past
15 years, the rating agency has maintained an A+ rating for Siemens AG.“The upgrade
in our rating underlines once again Siemens AG’s financial strength. We
are pleased that S&P Global Ratings has given fitting recognition
to our outstanding cash performance and strong operating results. Our AA- rating
puts us well ahead of our peers and is a pleasant privilege”, said Ralf P. Thomas,
Chief Financial Officer of Siemens AG.
- Siemens one of few companies out of 21,000 to secure a place in the CDP Climate Change A List
- CDP rating recognizes Siemens’ strong approach in the area of climate change
In recognition
of its environmental leadership and comprehensive disclosure in the area of
climate change, Siemens has been included by the CDP on its annual Climate
Change A List, the highest possible performance ranking. CDP is a leading organization
evaluating corporate action on climate strategies. The non-profit assessed more
than 21,000 companies on the basis of data reported in its 2023 climate change
questionnaire. Siemens is one of the few companies to have received an “A” rating.
- Siemens and UL Solutions demonstrate a transformative shift from relying
solely on physical tests to reliable integrating digital simulations.
- Reduced costs, accelerated time-to-market and seamless integration of
digital modeling tools will redefine the future of verification.
- Siemens’ digital twin technology breaks through traditional testing
boundaries, serving as a testament to the industrial metaverse’s potential
for reshaping product development possibilities.
For the first time ever, an industrial product has been certified for the United States
after parts of the required tests were conducted through digital simulation. That
simulation was verified and validated with physical testing. This remarkable
achievement is a global first in a national safety-certification process. To make this
advance possible, Siemens collaborated with UL Solutions, an esteemed global
leader in applied safety science. The result is a testimony to the remarkable
accuracy and reliability of modern digital twin simulations. It marks a step forward
into a future in which digital twins and the industrial metaverse streamlines product
development, enhances innovation, safety and accelerates time-to-market.
Jim Hagemann Snabe, Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of Siemens AG, is recovering from a leg injury that will
prevent him from being physically present at this year’s annual shareholders’
meeting in Munich. As foreseen by the governance process in such cases, Second
Deputy Chairman Werner Brandt will be the Chair of the annual shareholders’
meeting on February 8, 2024.
"I regret that I won't be able to
exchange personally with our shareholders at this year’s annual shareholders’
meeting and I am grateful that Werner Brandt will fill in while I get back to
full strength", said Jim Hagemann Snabe.
- Siemens to integrate Amazon Bedrock into its Mendix low-code development platform to allow customers to create new and upgrade existing applications with the power of generative AI
- Access to Amazon Bedrock’s advanced generative AI technologies will help customers accelerate digitalization and tackle skilled labor shortages
- Mendix is an industry leader in low-code development with 50M end-users and more than 200,000 applications running on AWS across industrial, finance and other sectors
Siemens and Amazon Web
Services (AWS) are strengthening their partnership and making it easier for
businesses of all sizes and industries to build and scale generative artificial
intelligence (AI) applications. Domain experts in fields such as engineering
and manufacturing, as well as logistics, insurance or banking will be able to
create new and upgrade existing applications with the most advanced generative
AI technology. To make this possible, Siemens is integrating Amazon Bedrock - a
service that offers a choice of high-performing foundation models from leading
AI companies via a single API, along with security, privacy, and responsible AI
capabilities - with Mendix, the leading low-code platform that is part of the
Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.
- Together with customers and partners including Sony, AWS, Red Bull Racing, Unlimited Tomorrow, and Blendhub, Siemens highlights how technology is transforming the everyday
- Siemens partners with Sony to introduce new solution for immersive engineering that combines Sony head mounted display with Siemens Xcelerator software
- AWS and Siemens to make generative AI more accessible to application developers through combination of AWS Bedrock and Mendix Low-Code platform
- Siemens enhances Siemens Xcelerator open business platform with new capabilities to combine real and digital worlds and drive digital transformation across industries
Siemens
unveiled innovations that are combining the real world and the digital worlds
to redefine reality as it opened CES 2024, the world’s leading technology gathering.
Siemens announced new partnerships and breakthroughs in AI and immersive
engineering to enable the industrial metaverse, and highlighted how these
technologies are empowering the world’s innovators to thrive using its open
digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator.
- Zsolt Sluitner to hand over leadership
of the business as of March 1, 2024
- Jörg Vocke has been working at
Siemens for 20 years and has many years of experience in Siemens Real Estate’s business
- Current focus areas: Sustainable and
value-oriented growth as well as transformation of global office and production
locations
Effective
March 1, 2024, Jörg Vocke (55) will become the new CEO of Siemens Real
Estate (SRE), the real estate company of Siemens. In this role, he will report
directly to Ralf P. Thomas, Chief Financial Officer and member of the
Managing Board of Siemens AG. As a corporate real estate manager, SRE is
responsible for Siemens’ global real estate portfolio and continuously drives
the further development of this portfolio in a sustainable, socially
responsible and value-oriented manner. SRE also plays a key role in Siemens’ €2
billion global investment strategy for getting production locations fit for the
future.
- Further 8 percent
stake transferred to Siemens Pension-Trust e. V.
- Transfer strengthens Siemens’
pension assets in Germany
- Move reduces Siemens’ investment in Siemens
Energy AG to 17.1 percent from 25.1 percent
- Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Thomas to resign
from the supervisory board of Siemens Energy AG
Today, on December 18, 2023, Siemens AG is transferring an 8 percent stake in Siemens Energy AG to Siemens Pension-Trust
e. V. As a result, Siemens AG’s stake in Siemens Energy AG is declining to
17.1 percent. With this move, Siemens is executing its previously announced
plans to further reduce its investment in Siemens Energy. By transferring the
shares to Siemens Pension‑Trust e.V., Siemens is strengthening
its pension assets in Germany.