Siemens 2014 Annual Report Download - page 138

108 A. To our Shareholders 131 B. Corporate Governance
132 B. Corporate Governance Report
136 B. Corporate Governance statement pursuant to
Section a of the German Commercial Code
(part of the Combined Management Report)
138 B. Compliance Report
(part of the Combined Management Report)
144 B. Compensation Report
(part of the Combined Management Report)
165 B. Takeover-relevant information (pursuant to
Sections  para.  and  para.  of the
German Commercial Code) and explanatory report
(part of the Combined Management Report)
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meeting through electronic communications – in particular, via
the Internet – and enables shareholders who are unable to
attend the meeting to vote by proxy. Furthermore, shareholders
may exercise their right to vote in writing or by means of elec-
tronic communications (absentee voting). The Managing Board
may enable shareholders to participate in the Annual Share-
holders’ Meeting without the need to be present at the venue
and without a proxy and to exercise some or all of their rights
fully or partially by means of electronic communications.
Shareholders may submit proposals regarding the proposals of
the Managing and Supervisory Boards and may contest deci-
sions of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. Shareholders
owning Siemens stock with an aggregate notional value of
€ , or more may also demand the judicial appointment
of special auditors to examine specific issues. The reports, doc-
uments and information required by law, including the Annual
Report, may be downloaded from our website. The same
applies to the agenda for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
and to any counterproposals or shareholders’ nominations that
require disclosure.
As part of our investor relations activities, we inform our inves-
tors comprehensively about developments within the Company.
For communication purposes, Siemens makes extensive use of
the Internet. We publish quarterly, half-yearly and annual
reports, earnings releases, ad hoc announcements, analyst pre-
sentations, shareholder letters and press releases as well as the
financial calendar for the current year, which contains the pub-
lication dates of significant financial communications and the
date of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, at WWW.SIEMENS.
COM/ INVESTORS. Details of our investor relations activities are
provided in chapter A. THE SIEMENS SHARE/INVESTOR RELATIONS
on pages  -  of this Annual Report.
Our Articles of Association, the Bylaws for the Supervisory
Board, the Bylaws for the most important Supervisory Board
committees, the Bylaws for the Managing Board, all our Decla-
rations of Conformity with the Code and a variety of other
corporate-governance-related documents are posted on our
website at: WWW.SIEMENS.COM/CORPORATE-GOVERNANCE.
B. Corporate Governance statement pursuant to Section a
of the German Commercial Code
The Corporate Governance statement pursuant to Section a
of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) is an
integral part of the Combined Management Report. In accord-
ance with Section  para.  sentence  of the German
Commercial Code, the disclosures made within the scope of
Section a of the German Commercial Code are not subject
to the audit by the auditors.
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY WITH THE GERMAN
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE
The Managing Board and the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG
approved the following Declaration of Conformity pursuant to
Section  of the German Stock Corporation Act as of Octo-
ber , :
“Declaration of Conformity by the Managing Board and the
Supervisory Board of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft with the
German Corporate Governance Code
Siemens AG complies and will continue to comply with
the currently applicable recommendations of the German
Corporate Governance Code (“Code”), published by the
Federal Ministry of Justice in the official section of the
Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger).
Since making its last Declaration of Conformity dated May ,
, Siemens AG has complied with the recommendations
of the Code with the one exception noted therein (contrary
to Section .., paragraph , sentence  of the Code, Jim
Hagemann Snabe, who is a member of the Supervisory
Board of Siemens AG and a former member of the Executive
Board of SAP AG, held four supervisory board positions at
other publicly listed companies). This exception has been
eliminated since Mr. Snabe resigned his position on the
Executive Board of SAP AG, effective May , .
Berlin and Munich, October , 
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
The Managing Board The Supervisory Board“