UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
January 29, 2014
Commission File Number: 1-15174
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Wittelsbacherplatz 2
80333 Munich
Federal Republic of Germany
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Resolutions from the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
At the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Siemens AG on January 28, 2014, resolutions were passed on Items 2 -11 of the Agenda. The exact wording of the resolutions is set out on the Notice of Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and the Addendum thereto, furnished under cover of Siemens AG’s Form 6-K dated December 6, 2013. The following are the detailed voting results (percentages represent approximations):
Resolutions | Valid votes cast* | In % of the statutory capital stock | YES | NO | Agenda item | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Agenda item 2 (Appropration of net income) | 378,428,132 | 44.81 | % | 377,651,407 | 99.79 | % | 776,725 | 0.21 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Agenda item 3 (Ratification of the acts of the Managing Board) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Kaeser | 374,383,266 | 44.33 | % | 370,421,234 | 98.94 | % | 3,962,032 | 1.06 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Peter Löscher | 374,373,546 | 44.33 | % | 369,406,713 | 98.67 | % | 4,966,833 | 1.33 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Roland Busch | 374,364,290 | 44.33 | % | 370,394,212 | 98.94 | % | 3,970,078 | 1.06 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Brigitte Ederer | 374,353,596 | 44.33 | % | 370,351,763 | 98.93 | % | 4,001,833 | 1.07 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Klaus Helmrich | 374,369,028 | 44.33 | % | 370,402,760 | 98.94 | % | 3,966,268 | 1.06 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Barbara Kux | 374,369,130 | 44.33 | % | 369,463,178 | 98.69 | % | 4,905,952 | 1.31 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Hermann Requardt | 374,368,922 | 44.33 | % | 370,404,040 | 98.94 | % | 3,964,882 | 1.06 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Siegfried Russwurm | 374,369,689 | 44.33 | % | 370,401,929 | 98.94 | % | 3,967,760 | 1.06 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Peter Y. Solmssen | 374,367,112 | 44.33 | % | 369,466,113 | 98.69 | % | 4,900,999 | 1.31 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Michael Süß | 374,364,364 | 44.33 | % | 370,394,609 | 98.94 | % | 3,969,755 | 1.06 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Ralf P. Thomas | 374,366,314 | 44.33 | % | 370,398,171 | 98.94 | % | 3,968,143 | 1.06 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Agenda item 4 (Ratification of the acts of the Supervisory Board) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gerhard Cromme | 325,472,271 | 38.54 | % | 309,907,614 | 95.22 | % | 15,564,657 | 4.78 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Berthold Huber | 324,540,850 | 38.43 | % | 318,960,182 | 98.28 | % | 5,580,668 | 1.72 | % | approved |
Resolutions | Valid votes cast* | In % of the statutory capital stock | YES | NO | Agenda item | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Josef Ackermann | 325,457,020 | 38.54 | % | 309,956,698 | 95.24 | % | 15,500,322 | 4.76 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Lothar Adler | 324,526,939 | 38.43 | % | 318,929,630 | 98.28 | % | 5,597,309 | 1.72 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Jean-Louis Beffa | 325,440,391 | 38.54 | % | 319,937,624 | 98.31 | % | 5,502,767 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Gerd von Brandenstein | 325,442,277 | 38.54 | % | 319,939,220 | 98.31 | % | 5,503,057 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Michael Diekmann | 325,442,447 | 38.54 | % | 319,937,107 | 98.31 | % | 5,505,340 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Hans Michael Gaul | 325,441,205 | 38.54 | % | 319,943,075 | 98.31 | % | 5,498,130 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Peter Gruss | 325,439,488 | 38.54 | % | 319,940,624 | 98.31 | % | 5,498,864 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Bettina Haller | 325,437,330 | 38.54 | % | 319,936,855 | 98.31 | % | 5,500,475 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Hans-Jürgen Hartung | 325,437,170 | 38.54 | % | 319,938,352 | 98.31 | % | 5,498,818 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Robert Kensbock | 324,596,539 | 38.44 | % | 319,802,892 | 98.52 | % | 4,793,647 | 1.48 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Harald Kern | 325,440,044 | 38.54 | % | 319,936,894 | 98.31 | % | 5,503,150 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Jürgen Kerner | 325,440,627 | 38.54 | % | 319,936,192 | 98.31 | % | 5,504,435 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller | 325,444,242 | 38.54 | % | 319,942,142 | 98.31 | % | 5,502,100 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Gérard Mestrallet | 325,439,265 | 38.54 | % | 320,640,481 | 98.53 | % | 4,798,784 | 1.47 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Werner Mönius | 325,440,073 | 38.54 | % | 319,934,410 | 98.31 | % | 5,505,663 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Güler SabancI | 325,439,532 | 38.54 | % | 320,637,485 | 98.52 | % | �� | 4,802,047 | 1.48 | % | approved | |||||||||||||||||
Håkan Samuelsson | 325,439,622 | 38.54 | % | 319,928,123 | 98.31 | % | 5,511,499 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Rainer Sieg | 325,439,646 | 38.54 | % | 319,938,051 | 98.31 | % | 5,501,595 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Birgit Steinborn | 325,440,062 | 38.54 | % | 319,933,777 | 98.31 | % | 5,506,285 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Lord Iain Vallance of Tummel | 325,440,918 | 38.54 | % | 319,927,642 | 98.31 | % | 5,513,276 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Sibylle Wankel | 325,440,002 | 38.54 | % | 319,936,529 | 98.31 | % | 5,503,473 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Werner Wenning | 325,445,477 | 38.54 | % | 319,944,350 | 98.31 | % | 5,501,127 | 1.69 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Agenda item 5 (Approval of the system of Managing Board compensation) | 376,740,531 | 44.61 | % | 353,706,401 | 93.89 | % | 23,034,130 | 6.11 | % | approved |
Resolutions | Valid votes cast* | In % of the statutory capital stock | YES | NO | Agenda item | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Agenda item 6 (Appointment of independent auditors) | 378,528,573 | 44.82 | % | 377,937,803 | 99.84 | % | 590,770 | 0.16 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Agenda item 7 (By-election to the Supervisory Board) | 377,550,997 | 44.71 | % | 372,164,622 | 98.57 | % | 5,386,375 | 1.43 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Agenda item 8 (Creation of an Authorized Capital 2014) | 371,853,631 | 44.03 | % | 329,465,450 | 88.60 | % | 42,388,181 | 11.40 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Agenda item 9 (Issue of convertible bonds and/or warrant bonds and creation of a Conditional Capital 2014) | 377,467,339 | 44.70 | % | 344,956,251 | 91.39 | % | 32,511,088 | 8.61 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Agenda item 10 (Cancelation of Conditional Capital no longer required) | 377,939,811 | 44.75 | % | 377,603,789 | 99.91 | % | 336,022 | 0.09 | % | approved | ||||||||||||||||||
Agenda item 11 (Adjustment of Supervisory Board compensation) | 377,477,995 | 44.70 | % | 365,431,899 | 96.81 | % | 12,046,096 | 3.19 | % | approved |
* | Equals the number of shares for which valid votes have been cast |
Dividend announcement
WKN 723610 / ISIN DE0007236101
The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on January 28, 2014 resolved that the unappropriated net income of Siemens AG for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013 amounting to €2,643,000,000.00 shall be used to pay a dividend of €3.00 on each share of no par value entitled to receive a dividend. The amount attributable to the treasury stock held by the Company on the date of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will be carried forward.
The dividend will be paid from January 29, 2014 onward, in general after deduction of 25% withholding tax and a 5.5% solidarity surcharge on the withholding tax (totaling 26.375%) and, if applicable, church tax on the withholding tax. Payment of the dividend will be effected by the depository banks via Clearstream Banking AG.
The withholding tax and the solidarity surcharge will not be deducted from payments to domestic shareholders who have submitted to their depositary bank either a non-assessment certification (“Nichtveranlagungsbescheinigung”) or a tax exemption form (“Freistellungsauftrag”) with sufficient exemption volume.
In the case of foreign shareholders, the withholding tax, including the solidarity surcharge, may be reduced on submission of an application for refund in accordance with the applicable double taxation treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the respective country.
Berlin and Munich, January 2014
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
The Managing Board
The above announcement, appearing in the German Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger), prepared for the convenience of English-speaking readers, is a translation of the German original. For purposes of interpretation the German text shall be authoritative and final.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | ||||||
Date: January 29, 2014 | /s/ | DR. WERNER SCHICK | ||||
Name: | Dr. Werner Schick | |||||
Title: | Chief Counsel - Corporate/Capital Markets |
/s/ | KAREN A. WALTER | |||||
Name: | Karen A. Walter | |||||
Title: | Senior Counsel - Governance & Markets |