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Additional Information
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C.4.1.3 SHARE OWNERSHIP AND SHARE TRANS-
ACTIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE MANAGING AND
SUPERVISORY BOARDS
As of September 30, 2015, the Managing Board’s current mem-
bers held a total of 161,167 Siemens shares representing 0.02 %
of the capital stock of Siemens AG, which totaled 881,000,000
shares.
As of the same date, the Supervisory Board’s current members
held Siemens shares representing less than 0.01 % of the capital
stock of Siemens AG, which totaled 881,000,000 shares. These
figures do not include the 10,878,836 shares (as of Septem-
ber 30, 2015) or 1.23 % of the capital stock of Siemens AG, which
totaled 881,000,000 shares, over which the von Siemens-
Vermögensverwaltung GmbH (vSV) has voting control under
powers of attorney based on an agreement between – among
others – members of the Siemens family, including Dr. Natalie
von Siemens, and vSV. These shares are voted together by vSV,
taking into account the proposals of a family partnership estab-
lished by the family’s members or of one of its governing bodies.
Pursuant to Section 15a of the German Securities Trading Act
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz), members of the Managing Board
and the Supervisory Board are legally required to disclose the
purchase or sale of shares of Siemens AG or of financial instru-
ments based thereon if the total value of such transactions
entered into by a board member or any closely associated per-
son reaches or exceeds € 5,000 in any calendar year. All trans-
actions reported to Siemens AG in accordance with this re-
quirement have been duly published and are available on the
Company’s website at:
WWW.SIEMENS.COM/DIRECTORS-DEALINGS
C.4.1.4 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING AND
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Shareholders exercise their rights in the Annual Shareholders’
Meeting. An ordinary Annual Shareholders’ Meeting normally
takes place within the first four months of each fiscal year. The
Annual Shareholders’ Meeting decides, among other things,
on the appropriation of unappropriated net income, the ratifi-
cation of the acts of the Managing and Supervisory Boards,
and the appointment of the independent auditors. Amend-
ments to the Articles of Association and measures that change
the Company’s capital stock are approved at the Annual Share-
holders’ Meeting and are implemented by the Managing Board.
The Managing Board facilitates shareholder participation in
this meeting through electronic communications – in particu-
lar, via the Internet – and enables shareholders who are un-
able to attend the meeting to vote by proxy. Furthermore,
shareholders may exercise their right to vote in writing or by
means of electronic communications (absentee voting). The
Managing Board may enable shareholders to participate in the
Annual Shareholders’ 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 communi-
cations. Shareholders may submit proposals regarding the pro-
posals of the Managing and Supervisory Boards and may con-
test decisions of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.
Shareholders owning Siemens stock with an aggregate no-
tional value of € 100,000 or more may also demand the judicial
appointment of special auditors to examine specific issues.
The reports, documents and information required by law, in-
cluding the Annual Report, may be downloaded from our web-
site. The same applies to the agenda for the Annual Sharehold-
ers’ 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 interim and annual reports, earnings
releases, ad hoc announcements, analyst presentations, letters
to shareholders and press releases as well as the financial calen-
dar for the current year, which contains the publication dates of
significant financial communications and the date of the Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting, at: WWW.SIEMENS.COM/INVESTORS
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
Declarations 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