Siemens Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Miscellaneous 06.05.2014 22:03 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Supervisory Board of Siemens AG today has approved the Siemens - Vision 2020 as adopted by the Managing Board on May, 5 2014. In the future, Siemens AG will position itself along electrification, automation and digitalization, where it has identified growth fields in which it sees its maximum long-term potential. The company is orienting its resource allocation toward these growth fields and has announced the first concrete measures in this connection. Siemens is acquiring the Rolls-Royce Energy aero-derivative gas turbine and compressor business and thereby strengthening its position in the growing oil and gas industry as well as in the field of decentralized power generation. The purchase price is £785 million or about EUR950 million. In addition, as part of the transaction, Siemens will get exclusive access to future Rolls-Royce aero-turbine technology developments in the 4 to 85 megawatt power output range as well as preferred access to supply and engineering services. For this 25 year duration agreement, Siemens will pay Rolls-Royce an additional £200 million, or about EUR240 million. The transaction is expected to close before the end of December 2014, subject to regulatory approvals. As part of its realignment, Siemens AG is preparing to publicly list its audiology activities. As of October 1, 2014, the organization will be streamlined by eliminating the Sector level and bundling business into nine Divisions instead of the current 16. In addition, the healthcare business will be separately managed in the future. This will give Healthcare greater flexibility on the medical engineering market, which is characterized by fundamental changes and paradigm shifts. In addition, the company's support functions - for example, human resources and communications - are to be streamlined and centrally managed in the future. These measures, which are expected to increase productivity by some EUR1 billion a year, are to be fully effective by the end of fiscal 2016. To optimize cost development sustainably, the company has set a new target for total cost productivity. Starting in fiscal 2015, it is to total three to five percent a year. 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Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout this and other documents may not add up precisely to the totals provided and percentages may not precisely reflect the absolute figures. 06.05.2014 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Wittelsbacherplatz 2 80333 München und Berlin Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 636-00 Fax: +49 (0)89 636-52000 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.siemens.com ISIN: DE0007236101 WKN: 723610 Indices: DAX, EURO STOXX 50 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart; London, NYSE, SIX End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------