Sabine Reichel has been appointed head of Siemens Investor Relations, effective December 1, 2015. In this capacity, she will succeed Mariel von Schumann, who is currently responsible for the company's investor relations activities in addition to heading Governance & Markets. Siemens Investor Relations will continue to be part of Governance & Markets.
- Guidance for fiscal 2015 met
- Ambitious outlook for 2016
- Substantial growth in orders expected despite weakening global economy
- Moderate revenue increase also anticipated
- Managing and Supervisory Boards propose dividend increase to €3.50
- New share buyback program of up to €3 billion over up to 36 months
- €200 million additional in employee profit sharing
Siemens has met its guidance for fiscal 2015 as planned and announced an ambitious outlook for fiscal 2016. In fiscal 2015, orders climbed six percent to €82.3 billion. Revenue was also up six percent to €75.6 billion. Excluding currency translation and portfolio effects, orders and revenue were both down one percent, roughly at the prior-year level. The book-to-bill ratio was 1.09. The profit margin for the Industrial Business was 10.1 percent. Net income totaled €7.4 billion (fiscal 2014: €5.5 billion). At €8.84, basic earnings per share were 39 percent above the prior-year figure. For fiscal 2015, Siemens had anticipated revenue on an organic basis at the prior-year level and a book-to-bill ratio of over one. An increase in basic earnings per share of at least 15 percent above the prior-year value of €6.37 had been forecast. The profit margin for the Industrial Business had been expected to be 10 percent to 11 percent.
- Fourth-quarter orders up 15% year-over-year, at €23.7 billion, and revenue 4% higher at €21.3 billion, for a book-to-bill ratio of 1.11
- Volume development includes strong currency translation tailwinds; excluding currency translation and portfolio effects, orders up 6% and revenue down 4%
- Industrial Business profit up 9%, at €2.5 billion; strong improvements in Energy Management, Wind Power and Renewables, Healthcare and Mobility, more than offset substantial declines in Power and Gas and Process Industries and Drives
- Net income lower, at €1.0 billion, due mainly to Centrally managed portfolio activities; basic earnings per share (EPS) of €1.18 compared to €1.72 in Q4 FY 2014
- Free cash flow from continuing and discontinued operations of €4.4 billion, above the high level in the fourth quarter a year ago
"We delivered what we promised, and are well positioned to deliver on our plans for the year ahead."
We released our financial figures for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 on November 12, 2015. The press conference was broadcast live.
Siemens has been awarded a 118 million USD (around 110 million euro) contract to build 13 electric locomotives for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SETPA), operator of regional and mass transit in the Philadelphia area, U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The contract includes the supply of spare parts and operation and maintenance training. An option to deliver up to an additional five locomotives is also part of the contract. The electric locomotives will be built at the Siemens rail manufacturing facility in Sacramento, California. The new vehicles are set to be delivered in early 2018.
- The latest Logo! 8 logic module series can be integrated in KNX installations
- The Logo! communication module CMK2000 connects Logo! 8 to KNX
- For automation solutions from lighting to access control
The Logo! communications module CMK2000 enables the latest Logo! 8 logic module series from Siemens to be integrated into the KNX building system bus. Logo! 8 is designed for smaller automation solutions. It can now be used in combination with the new communication module for building automation tasks, such as surveillance, access control, air-conditioning, lighting, shading and watering through to pump control. The Logo! KNX module CMK2000 communicates via Ethernet with Logo! 8. It transmits sensor data from KNX bus nodes to the logic module, where they are combined with logic functions. Logo! control commands are transmitted to KNX actuators via the communication module. 50 KNX communication objects can be configured, and linked in the Logo! program with counters, setpoints, and parameters to create automation solutions.
The three states of California, Illinois and Maryland have ordered a total of 34 diesel-electric locomotives from Siemens. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) ordered 14 locomotives to serve the Pacific Surfliner Amtrak route along the southern California coast from San Luis Obispo to San Diego via Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will expand its fleet with twelve locomotives. And the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) has ordered eight locomotives for the first time for the MARC commuter rail line that serves the cities of Baltimore, Brunswick, Frederick, Martinsburg and Washington D.C. as well as Harford County. With this order, Caltrans, IDOT and MTA have called up further locomotives from the framework contract signed in March 2014. This contract foresees the procurement of up to 222 locomotives for passenger service by a number of federal states. The locomotives will be built at the Siemens rail manufacturing plant in Sacramento, California.
- For the first time, maximum number of points in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
- CDP praises Siemens for high transparency of its environmental reporting
- Signal for COP 21: Business must take the lead in climate protection
For the first time, Siemens has achieved the highest possible score in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the world’s largest climate-protection survey. For the transparency of its reporting on the opportunities and risks associated with climate change, the company received 100 (2014: 99) out of 100 possible points. In addition, Siemens’ efforts to achieve energy efficiency and cut CO2 emissions enabled the company to reach Band A, the highest performance range. As a result, the company is also included in the Carbon Performance Leadership Index.
Atos, The Gores Group and Siemens have reached an agreement for Atos to acquire Unify, the number three world leader of integrated communication solutions. With this acquisition Atos intends to create a unique integrated proposition for unified communications and real time capabilities enhancing social collaboration, digital transformation, and business performance of its clients. The transaction is subject to employee representative's bodies' information and consultation and the approvals of the regulatory and antitrust authorities. Closing is expected in the first calendar quarter of 2016.
- Global IT agreement expanded by €3.23 billion with committed minimum volumes to reach 8.73 billion by end 2021
- Joint R&D programs and cooperation in digitalization enhanced
- Siemens extends lock-up shareholder commitment to Atos until 2020
Following a strategic review that was launched in July 2015, Atos and Siemens announced today that they have decided to further strengthen their global alliance. The two companies have decided to extend their existing IT agreement, to further develop their joint business cooperation and commercial initiatives and to enhance their existing R&D programs. Furthermore Siemens will extend its lock-up shareholder commitment in Atos until September 30, 2020. Siemens is the largest shareholder of Atos, holding 12.5 million shares or 12% of the current capital of Atos. In a separate transaction, Atos announced today its intent to acquire Unify, the number three world leader of integrated communications solutions.