Form 6-K

 

 

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)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ¨ No x

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-


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


LOGO

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