Notice of Annual Shareholders Meeting of Siemens AG | ||||||||
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1. | To receive and consider the Report of the Supervisory Board, the Corporate Governance Report
and the Compensation Report as well as the Compliance Report for fiscal year 2009 |
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2. | To receive and consider the adopted Annual Financial Statements and the approved Consolidated
Financial Statements of Siemens AG, together with Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Siemens AG and the consolidated group, including the Explanatory Report on the information
required pursuant to § 289 (4) and § 315 (4) of the German Commercial Code (HGB) as of
September 30, 2009 |
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The materials referred to in Agenda Items 1 and 2 are available for inspection on the Internet
at http://www.siemens.com/agm and at the registered offices of Siemens AG, Wittelsbacherplatz
2, 80333 Munich, and Nonnendammallee 101, 13629 Berlin. Upon request, a copy of the materials
will be sent to shareholders. In addition, the materials will be available and explained in
more detail at the Annual Shareholders Meeting. In accordance with the applicable legal
provisions, no resolution on Agenda Items 1 and 2 is proposed to be adopted as the Supervisory
Board has already approved the Annual and the Consolidated Financial Statements. |
3. | To resolve on the allocation of net income of Siemens AG to pay a dividend |
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The Supervisory Board and the Managing Board propose that the unappropriated net income of
Siemens AG for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009 amounting to 1,462,725,473.60 be
allocated as follows: |
Distribution of a dividend of 1.60 on each no-par value
share entitled to the dividend for fiscal year 2009: |
| 1,387,600,726.40 | ||
Amount carried forward: |
| 75,124,747.20 |
The amounts of both the dividend distribution and the carryforward reflect the
867,250,454 no-par value shares which are entitled to the dividend for fiscal year 2009
existing at the time of the Managing and Supervisory Boards proposal for allocation of the
net income. Should there be any change in the number of no-par value shares entitled to the
dividend for fiscal year 2009 until the date of the Annual Shareholders Meeting, the above
proposal will be amended accordingly and presented for resolution at the Annual Shareholders
Meeting, with an unchanged dividend of 1.60 on each no-par value share. |
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4. | To ratify the acts of the Managing Board |
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The Supervisory Board and the Managing Board propose that the acts of the members of the
Managing Board in fiscal year 2009 be ratified for that period. |
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It is intended that voting on the ratification of the acts of the Managing Board members at
the Annual Shareholders Meeting will be carried out for each member individually. |
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5. | To ratify the acts of the Supervisory Board |
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The Supervisory Board and the Managing Board propose that the acts of the members of the
Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2009 be ratified for that period. |
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It is intended that voting on the ratification of the acts of the Supervisory Board members at
the Annual Shareholders Meeting will be carried out for each member individually. |
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6. | To resolve on the approval of the compensation system for Managing Board members |
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The German Act on the Appropriateness of Managing Board Remuneration (VorstAG) that came into
effect on August 5, 2009 has enabled the Annual Shareholders Meeting to resolve on the
approval of the system of Managing Board member compensation. This possibility should be made
use of. |
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The resolution proposed under this item of the agenda refers to the present compensation
system which was the basis for determining the Managing Board member compensation in fiscal
year 2009. Details are presented in the Compensation Report which is an integral part of the
materials that are available for inspection on the Internet at http://www.siemens.com/agm and
at the registered offices of Siemens AG, Wittelsbacherplatz 2, 80333 Munich, and
Nonnendammallee 101, 13629 Berlin (see Agenda Items 1 and 2). Upon request, a copy of the
materials will be sent to shareholders. In addition, the materials will be available and
explained in more detail at the Annual Shareholders Meeting. |
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The Supervisory Board and the Managing Board propose that the compensation system for Managing
Board members be approved. |
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7. | To resolve on the appointment of independent auditors for the audit of the Annual and the
Consolidated Financial Statements and for the review of the Interim Financial Statements |
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The Supervisory Board, based on the Audit Committees recommendation, proposes that the
following resolutions be approved and adopted: |
(a) | Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, is appointed to
serve as independent auditors of the Annual and the Consolidated Financial Statements for
fiscal year 2010. |
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(b) | Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, is appointed to
review the Financial Statements and the Interim Managements Discussion and Analysis for
the first half of fiscal year 2010. |
8. | To resolve on the authorization to repurchase and use Siemens shares and to exclude
shareholders subscription and tender rights |
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The Supervisory Board and the Managing Board propose that the following resolution be approved
and adopted: |
(a) | The Company is authorized to repurchase up to 10% of its capital stock existing at
the date of the resolution. The aggregate of shares of stock of Siemens AG (Siemens
shares) repurchased under this authorization and any other Siemens shares previously
acquired and still held in treasury by the Company or attributable to the Company
pursuant to § 71d and § 71e of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) may at no time
exceed 10% of the then existing capital stock. |
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This authorization may be exercised in whole or in part, once or several times, by
Siemens AG or any of its consolidated subsidiaries, or by third parties on behalf of
Siemens AG or its consolidated subsidiaries. |
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This authorization shall become effective as of March 1, 2010 and remain in full force
and effect through July 25, 2011. The authorization to repurchase Siemens shares as
approved at the Annual Shareholders Meeting on January 27, 2009 shall terminate on the
effective date of this new authorization. |
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(b) | Any repurchase of Siemens shares shall be accomplished at the discretion of the
Managing Board either (1) by acquisition over the stock exchange or (2) through a public
share repurchase offer. |
(1) | If the Siemens shares are to be acquired over the stock exchange, the
purchase price paid per Siemens share (excluding incidental transaction charges)
may neither exceed the market price of Siemens stock on the trading day, as
determined during the opening auction of the Xetra trading platform (or a
comparable successor system) by more than 10% nor fall below such market price by
more than 20%. |
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(2) | If the Siemens shares are to be acquired through a public share
repurchase offer, the Company may (i) publicly issue a formal offer or (ii)
publicly solicit shareholders to submit offers. |
(i) | If a formal offer is publicly issued by the Company, the
Company will state a purchase price or purchase price range per Siemens
share. If a purchase price range is stated, the final price will be
determined |
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from all available acceptance declarations. The offer may provide for an
acceptance period, terms and conditions, and the possibility of adjusting the
purchase price range during the acceptance period if after publication of a
formal offer significant market price fluctuations occur during the
acceptance period. |
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The purchase price or purchase price range per Siemens share (excluding
incidental transaction charges) may neither exceed the average closing price
of Siemens stock in Xetra trading (or a comparable successor system) during
the last five trading days prior to the relevant date by more than 10% nor
fall below such average closing price by more than 20%. The relevant date
will be the date on which the final Managing Board decision about the formal
offer is made. In the event of an adjustment to the offer, the relevant date
will be replaced by the date on which the final Managing Board decision is
made about the adjustment. |
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If the number of Siemens shares tendered by shareholders exceeds the total
volume of shares which the Company intends to acquire, the shareholders
right to tender may be excluded to the extent that the purchase will be in
proportion to the Siemens shares tendered. Furthermore, the tender of small
lots of up to 150 Siemens shares per shareholder may receive preferential
treatment. |
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(ii) | If the Company publicly solicits submission of offers to
sell Siemens shares, the Company may state in its solicitation a purchase
price range within which offers may be submitted. The solicitation may
provide for a submission period, terms and conditions, and the possibility of
adjusting the purchase price range during the submission period if after
publication of the solicitation significant market price fluctuations occur
during the submission period. |
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Upon acceptance, the final purchase price will be determined from the
available sales offers. The purchase price per Siemens share (excluding
incidental transaction charges) may neither exceed the average closing price
of Siemens stock in Xetra trading (or a comparable successor system) during
the last five trading days prior to the relevant date by more than 10% nor
fall below this average closing price by more than 20%. The relevant date
will be the date on which the offers are accepted by Siemens AG. |
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If the number of Siemens shares offered for purchase exceeds the total volume
of shares which the Company intends to acquire, the shareholders right to
tender may be excluded to the extent that acceptance will be in proportion to
the Siemens shares offered for purchase. Furthermore, the acceptance of small
lots of up to 150 Siemens shares offered per shareholder may receive priority
consideration. |
(c) | Besides selling them over the stock exchange or through a public sales offer to all
shareholders, the Managing Board is authorized to also use Siemens shares repurchased on
the basis of this or any previously given authorization as follows: |
(1) | Such Siemens shares may be retired without an additional resolution by
the Annual Shareholders Meeting being required for such retirement or its
implementation. |
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(2) | Such Siemens shares may be used to meet the obligations under the 2001
Siemens Stock Option Plan in accordance with the resolution passed at the Annual
Shareholders Meeting on February 22, 2001. The key points of the 2001 Siemens
Stock Option Plan, as approved at the Annual Shareholders Meeting, can be examined
as an integral part of the notarized minutes of that Annual Shareholders Meeting
at the Commercial Registries in Berlin and Munich. They can also be inspected at
the registered offices of Siemens AG, Wittelsbacherplatz 2, 80333 Munich, and
Nonnendammallee 101, 13629 Berlin, and on the Internet at
http://www.siemens.com/agm. Upon request, a copy will be sent to shareholders. |
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(3) | Such Siemens shares may be offered for purchase to individuals
currently or formerly employed by the Company or any of its consolidated
subsidiaries as well as to board members of any of the Companys consolidated
subsidiaries, or they may be granted and transferred to such individuals with a
waiting period of at least two years. |
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(4) | Such Siemens shares may, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, be
offered and transferred to third parties against non-cash contributions,
particularly in connection with business combinations or the acquisition of
companies or interests therein. |
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(5) | Such Siemens shares may, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, be
sold to third parties against payment in cash if the price (excluding incidental
transaction costs) at which such Siemens shares are to be sold is not significantly
lower than the market price of Siemens stock on the trading day, as determined
during the opening auction of the Xetra trading platform (or a comparable successor
system). |
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(6) | Such Siemens shares may be used to meet obligations under convertible
bonds or warrant bonds issued by the Company or any of its consolidated
subsidiaries. |
The aggregate volume of shares used under the authorizations pursuant to Agenda Item 8
(c), subsections (5) and (6) above, issued by applying mutatis mutandis the provisions
of § 186 (3), 4th sentence, of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) (against cash
contributions not substantially below the stock market price, with shareholders
subscription rights excluded), must not exceed 10% of the capital stock existing at the
time such shares are used. This limit includes shares issued or disposed of by direct or
mutatis mutandis application of these provisions during the effective period of the
authorization until the time of its implementation. The limit also includes shares that
were or can be issued to meet obligations under convertible bonds or warrant bonds
previously issued by mutatis mutandis application of the above provision during the
effective period of the authorization. |
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(d) | The Supervisory Board is authorized to use Siemens shares acquired on the basis of
this or any previously given authorization as follows: |
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Such Siemens shares may be offered as share-based compensation by the Supervisory Board
to the members of the Managing Board of Siemens AG for purchase under the same terms and
conditions as those offered to the Companys employees, or they may be granted and
transferred with a waiting period of at least two years. The details regarding
share-based compensation for Managing Board members are determined by the Supervisory
Board. |
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(e) | The authorizations pursuant to Agenda Item 8 (c) and (d) above may be exercised
once or several times, solely or jointly, in whole or in part. |
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(f) | Shareholders subscription rights relating to repurchased Siemens shares shall be
excluded to the extent to which such shares are used in accordance with the
authorizations pursuant to Agenda Item 8 (c), subsections (2) through (6), and Agenda
Item 8 (d) above. |
9. | To resolve on the authorization to use equity derivatives in connection with the repurchase
of Siemens shares pursuant to § 71 (1), no. 8 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), and
the exclusion of shareholders subscription and tender rights |
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In addition to the authorization to be resolved under Agenda Item 8 regarding the repurchase
of Siemens shares pursuant to § 71 (1), no. 8 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), the
Company shall also be authorized to acquire Siemens shares by using equity derivatives. |
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The Supervisory Board and the Managing Board propose that the following resolution be approved
and adopted: |
(a) | In addition to the authorization to be resolved under Agenda Item 8 regarding the
acquisition of shares of stock of Siemens AG (Siemens shares) pursuant to § 71 (1), no.
8 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), the repurchase of Siemens shares pursuant
to the authorization to be resolved under Agenda Item 8 may also be completed, apart from
the ways described there, with the use of equity derivatives. This authorization may be
exercised in whole or in part, once or several times, by Siemens AG or any of its
consolidated subsidiaries, or by third parties on behalf of Siemens AG or its
consolidated subsidiaries. With the approval of the Supervisory Board, options may be
sold whereby the Company takes on the obligation of buying Siemens shares upon exercise
of the options (put options), options may be purchased and exercised whereby the
Company has the right to acquire Siemens shares upon exercise of the options (call
options), and Siemens shares may be acquired by using a combination of put and call
options. |
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In exercising this authorization, all stock repurchases based on put or call options, or
a combination of put and call options, are limited to a maximum volume of 5% of the
capital stock at the time the resolution is adopted by the Annual Shareholders Meeting.
The term of the options must be chosen in such a way that the repurchase of Siemens
shares upon exercise of the options will take place no later than July 25, 2011. |
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(b) | It must be stipulated in the option terms and conditions that the exercise of
options is to be satisfied only by using Siemens shares which were previously acquired
over the stock exchange, in compliance with the principle of equal treatment, at the then
current market price of Siemens stock in Xetra trading (or a comparable successor
system). The predetermined purchase price to be paid per Siemens share upon exercise of
the option (strike price) may neither exceed the average closing price of Siemens stock
in Xetra trading (or a comparable successor system) during the last three trading days
prior to conclusion of the relevant option contract by more than 10% nor fall below this
average closing price by more than 30% (in each case excluding incidental transaction
charges, but taking into account option premiums received or paid). |
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The option premium paid by the Company for options may not be higher, and the option
premium received by the Company for options may not be lower, |
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than the theoretical market price of the options computed in accordance with generally
accepted actuarial methods. Among other factors, the predetermined strike price must be
taken into account when determining the theoretical market price. |
In the event that Siemens shares are repurchased using equity derivatives in accordance
with the above rules, shareholders have no right to conclude such option contracts with
the Company, applying mutatis mutandis the provisions of § 186 (3), 4th sentence, of the
German Stock Corporation Act (AktG). Furthermore, shareholders also have no right to
conclude option contracts if the Company has provided for preferential treatment of
option contracts relating to a limited number of shares. |
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Shareholders will have a right to tender their shares only as far as the Company is
obligated to take delivery of such shares under the option terms and conditions. Any
further right to tender is hereby excluded. |
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(c) | The rules set out in Agenda Item 8 (c), (d), (e) and (f) shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the use of Siemens shares acquired using equity derivatives. |
10. | To resolve on the authorization of the Managing Board to issue convertible bonds and/or
warrant bonds and exclude shareholders subscription rights, and to resolve on the creation of
a Conditional Capital 2010 and related amendments to the Articles of Association |
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The authorization to issue convertible bonds and/or warrant bonds adopted at the Annual
Shareholders Meeting on January 27, 2009 includes rules for determining the conversion or
exercise price that were established as a consequence of a series of first instance and higher
court decisions and left the Company little economic margin for structuring the bonds. Recent
jurisprudence of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) and clarification of the legal and
regulatory aspects by the German legislature, however, have provided companies with more legal
security and freedom in structuring bond issues. Consequently, the authorization adopted at
the Annual Shareholders Meeting on January 27, 2009 shall be replaced by a new authorization
to issue convertible bonds and/or warrant bonds that is based on the current legal and
regulatory framework and opens up a lot more scope for the Company. As no convertible bonds
and/or warrant bonds were issued under the authorization adopted at the Annual Shareholders
Meeting on January 27, 2009, the Conditional Capital provided for in § 4 (8) of the Articles
of Association will no longer be needed and shall be replaced by a new Conditional Capital
2010. |
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The Supervisory Board and the Managing Board propose that the following resolution be approved
and adopted: |
(a) | The Managing Board shall be authorized to issue bonds in an aggregate principal
amount of up to 15,000,000,000 with conversion rights (convertible bonds) or with
warrants attached (warrant bonds), or a combination of these instruments, entitling the
holders to subscribe to up to 200,000,000 new registered shares of Siemens AG of no par
value (Siemens shares), representing a pro rata amount of up to 600,000,000 of the
capital stock (hereinafter referred to as bonds). The terms and conditions of the bonds
may also provide for mandatory conversion at the end of their term or at another point in
time, including an obligation to exercise the conversion or option rights. The bonds
shall be issued against cash or non-cash contributions. The authorization shall also
include the possibility to assume the guarantee for bonds issued by consolidated
subsidiaries of Siemens AG and to make the statements and to take the required actions
necessary for successful issuance |
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of bonds. Furthermore, the authorization shall include the possibility to grant to
holders of such bonds Siemens shares to the extent holders of convertible bonds or
warrants under warrant bonds exercise their conversion or option rights or if mandatory
conversion is effected. The authorization shall expire on January 25, 2015. The issue of
the bonds may be implemented once or several times, wholly or in part, or simultaneously
in different tranches. All partial bonds belonging to a particular tranche issued shall
rank pari passu in all respects. The pro rata amount of the capital stock represented by
the shares to be issued must not exceed the principal amount or an issue price below the
principal amount of each partial bond. |
The conversion or exercise price must not fall below 80% of the market price of Siemens
stock as quoted by the Xetra trading system (or a comparable successor system). The
calculation shall be based on the mean closing price over the ten trading days prior to
the date on which the final Managing Board resolution is reached to submit an offer for
the subscription of bonds or to the Companys notice of acceptance following a public
solicitation to submit subscription offers. In the event that subscription rights are
traded, the closing market prices during the trading days on which the subscription
rights are traded shall apply, with the exception of the last two trading days of
subscription rights trading. § 9 (1) of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) shall
remain unaffected. |
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In case of warrant bonds being issued, one or several warrants shall attach to each
partial bond entitling the holder to subscribe to Siemens shares, subject to the terms
and conditions of the warrant bonds. The pro rata amount of the capital stock
represented by the shares subscribed for on the basis of one warrant bond must not
exceed the principal amount of the warrant bond. |
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In the case of convertible bonds being issued, the holders of the convertible bonds
shall be entitled to exchange them for Siemens shares, subject to the terms and
conditions of the convertible bonds. The conversion ratio is obtained by dividing the
principal amount or the lower issue price of a convertible bond by the conversion price
stipulated for one new Siemens share. The pro rata amount of the capital stock
represented by the shares subscribed for on the basis of one convertible bond must not
exceed the principal amount or the lower issue price of the convertible bond. |
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The authorization shall also include the possibility, subject to the terms and
conditions of the bonds, to provide dilution protection and/or other adjustments under
certain circumstances. Dilution protection or other adjustments may be provided for in
particular if the Company changes its capital structure during the effective period of
the authorization (e.g. through a capital increase, a capital decrease or a stock
split), but also in connection with dividend payouts, the issue of additional
convertible and/or warrant bonds and in the case of extraordinary events that may occur
during the effective period of the authorization (e.g. control gained by a third party).
Dilution protection or other adjustments may be provided by granting subscription
rights, by changing the conversion or exercise price, and by amending or introducing
cash components. |
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The Managing Board shall be authorized to determine the further terms and conditions of
bond issues or to establish such terms and conditions by mutual agreement with the
respective issuing consolidated subsidiary. The terms and conditions may inter alia
include the following aspects: |
| whether, rather than using the Companys conditional capital, consideration
should be offered in the form of Siemens shares, by |
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payment of the equivalent amount in cash or by transfer of other listed
securities; |
| whether the conversion or exercise price or the exchange ratio should be
determined at the time of bond issue or by means of future market prices within a
predetermined margin; |
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| whether and how an exchange ratio should be rounded; |
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| whether an additional cash payment or a compensation in cash should be specified
in the case of fractional amounts; |
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| how, in the case of mandatory conversions, details are to be determined
regarding the exercise, deadlines and determination of conversion or exercise
prices; |
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| whether the bonds should be issued in euros or in the legal currency of an OECD
country other than euros, subject to limitation to the euro value equivalent. |
As a matter of principle, the bonds must be offered to shareholders for subscription,
including the possibility of issuing them to banks with the obligation that they must be
offered to shareholders for subscription. However, the Managing Board shall be
authorized to exclude shareholders subscription rights with the approval of the
Supervisory Board, |
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theoretical market price computed in accordance with generally accepted actuarial
methods, and further provided that the total number of shares to be issued on the
basis of bond issues under this authorization pursuant to § 186 (3), 4th sentence,
of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) (against cash contributions, with
shareholders subscription rights being excluded), in combination with other shares
issued or sold by direct or mutatis mutandis application of this statutory
regulation during the effective period of the authorization, does not exceed 10% of
the capital stock existing at the time of the exercise of the authorization; this
limit also includes shares of stock issued up to this point in time against
non-cash contributions, under exclusion of shareholders subscription rights, on
the basis of the Authorized Capital 2009 pursuant to § 4 (7) of the Articles of
Association; |
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| to the extent that the exclusion is necessary with regard to fractional amounts
resulting from the subscription ratio; |
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| in order to grant holders of conversion or option rights on Siemens shares
subscription rights as compensation against the effects of dilution to the extent
to which they would be entitled upon exercising such rights; |
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| to the extent that the bonds were issued against non-cash contributions, in
particular within the context of business combinations or when acquiring companies
or interests therein. |
(b) | In order to grant shares of stock to holders of convertible bonds or warrant bonds
issued under the authorization pursuant to Agenda Item 10 (a) above, the capital stock
shall be conditionally increased by 600,000,000 through the issuance of up to
200,000,000 no-par value shares registered in the names of the holders (Conditional
Capital 2010). The conditional capital increase shall be effected through the issuance of
up to 200,000,000 shares of no par value registered in the names of the holders with
entitlement to dividends as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which they are issued
and only to the extent to which holders of convertible bonds or warrants under warrant
bonds issued under the authorization of the Managing Board pursuant to Agenda Item 10 (a) |
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above by Siemens AG or any of its consolidated subsidiaries until January 25, 2015
exercise their conversion or option rights and no other forms of fulfillment are used to
service these rights. The new shares of stock shall be issued at the conversion or
exercise prices determined in each case in accordance with the above-mentioned
authorization. The Managing Board shall be authorized to determine the further details
of the implementation of the conditional capital increase. |
(c) | The authorization to issue convertible bonds and/or warrant bonds adopted at the
Annual Shareholders Meeting on January 27, 2009 and the Conditional Capital 2009
provided for in § 4 (8) of the Articles of Association shall be cancelled as of the time
when the new Conditional Capital 2010 becomes effective and § 4 (8) of the Articles of
Association shall be amended to read as follows: |
8. | The capital stock is conditionally increased by EUR 600,000,000. The
conditional capital increase is to be effected through the issuance of up to
200,000,000 no-par value shares registered in the names of the holders with
entitlement to dividends as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which they are
issued and only to the extent to which holders of convertible bonds issued against
cash contributions or warrants under warrant bonds issued against cash
contributions are issued by Siemens AG or any of its consolidated subsidiaries
until January 25, 2015 in accordance with the Managing Boards authorization
adopted at the Annual Shareholders Meeting on January 26, 2010, exercise their
conversion or option rights and no other forms of fulfillment are used to service
these rights (Conditional Capital 2010). The Managing Board shall be authorized to
determine the further details of the implementation of the conditional capital
increase. |
(d) | The Supervisory Board shall be authorized to amend § 4 of the Articles of
Association depending on the use of the Conditional Capital 2010. The same shall apply in
the event that the authorization to issue convertible bonds or warrant bonds has not been
used upon expiration of the effective term of the authorization and in the event that the
Conditional Capital 2010 has not been used after expiration of all conversion or option
periods. |
11. | To resolve on amendments to the Articles of Association to reflect the provisions of a new
Act and to add flexibility to the voting process at the Annual Shareholders Meeting |
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The German Act Implementing the Shareholders Rights Directive (ARUG) provides for amendments
to the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) relating to the exercise of shareholder rights at
the Annual Shareholders Meeting. Among other things, shareholders are offered the opportunity
to participate in the Annual Shareholders Meeting by electronic means and to vote in writing
or by means of electronic communication. The decision-making power regarding the use of this
opportunity shall be transferred to the Managing Board. At the same time, the provisions of
the Articles of Association concerning live transmission of the Annual Shareholders Meeting,
attendance notification deadlines, proxy procedures, requests for amending the agenda, and
materials to be made available for inspection shall be adjusted to the new legal requirements.
Furthermore, § 21 of the Articles of Association which suggests the so-called subtraction
method as a standard method for determining voting results at the Annual Shareholders Meeting
shall be revised. This method shall no longer apply as a standard and it shall be at the
discretion of the chairman of the meeting to select an appropriate voting procedure. |
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Therefore, the Supervisory Board and the Managing Board propose that the following resolutions
be approved and adopted: |
(a) | § 18 (3) of the Articles of Association shall be amended to read as follows: |
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Shareholders whose combined shares amount to at least one twentieth of the capital
stock may request in writing the convening of a shareholders meeting, stating the
purpose and reasons for it, if the further legal prerequisites for such a request are
fulfilled. In the same way, shareholders whose combined shares represent at least
one-twentieth of the capital stock or a proportionate ownership of at least EUR 500,000
in capital stock may request that items be placed on the agenda and published, provided
that the remaining legal requirements for such a request are fulfilled. |
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(b) | § 19 of the Articles of Association shall be amended to include the following new §
19 (5): |
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The Managing Board may provide for the shareholders to participate in the 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 communication. The
Managing Board shall also determine the details of the scope and procedure which will be
made known together with the Notice of Shareholders Meeting. |
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(c) | § 19 of the Articles of Association shall be amended to include the following new §
19 (6): |
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The Managing Board may provide for the shareholders to exercise their right to vote,
without participating at the meeting, in writing or by means of electronic
communication. The Managing Board shall also determine the details of the procedure
which will be made known together with the Notice of Shareholders Meeting. |
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(d) | § 21 (6) of the Articles of Association shall be deleted in its entirety and § 19
shall be amended to include the following new § 19 (7): |
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The chairman of the meeting may permit full or partial audio-visual transmission of the
Shareholders Meeting in a form to be specified by him/her in more details. |
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(e) | § 19 (3), 3rd sentence, of the Articles of Association shall be amended to read as
follows: |
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The Notice of Shareholders Meeting may provide for a shorter period to be measured in
days. |
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(f) | § 20, 2nd and 3rd sentence, of the Articles of Association shall be deleted and
replaced by the following new § 20, 2nd through 4th sentence: |
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The proxy authorization, its revocation and the evidence of proxy authorization
vis-à-vis the Company must be provided in text form. The details regarding these proxy
authorizations, their revocation and the evidence of proxy authorization vis-à-vis the
Company will be made known together with the Notice of Shareholders Meeting, which may
also provide for a facilitated procedure. The provisions of § 135 of the German Stock
Corporation Act (AktG) shall remain unaffected. |
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(g) | § 21 (3) through § 21 (5) of the Articles of Association shall be deleted and
replaced by the following new § 21 (3): |
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The chairman of the meeting shall determine the order of agenda items to be discussed
and the sequence of voting. He shall determine the manner, procedure and further details
of the voting process and may decide that several items be put to the vote
simultaneously. |
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(h) | § 24 (3) of the Articles of Association shall be amended to include the following
new sentence 2: |
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Availability for inspection is not required if the materials are accessible on the
Companys website for the same period of time. |
12. | To resolve on the approval of settlement agreements with former board members |
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On 2 December 2009 Siemens AG entered into Settlement Agreements with former board members
against whom the Company has asserted claims for damages from and in connection with the acts
of corruption (Liability Settlements). These Liability Settlements require the approval by the
Shareholders Meeting to become effective. Further explanations regarding the Liability
Settlements can be found in the summary report of the Supervisory Board and the Managing Board
regarding Agenda Items 12 and 13. |
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The Supervisory Board and the Managing Board propose that the following resolutions be
approved and adopted: |
(a) | The Settlement Agreement between Siemens AG and Dr. Karl-Hermann Baumann dated 2
December 2009 is hereby approved. |
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The complete wording of the settlement with Dr. Baumann is attached as annex 1 to this
convention. |
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(b) | The Settlement Agreement between Siemens AG and Prof. Johannes Feldmayer dated 2
December 2009 is hereby approved. |
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The complete wording of the settlement with Prof. Feldmayer is attached as annex 2 to
this convention. |
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(c) | The Settlement Agreement between Siemens AG and Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld dated 2
December 2009 is hereby approved. |
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The complete wording of the settlement with Dr. Kleinfeld is attached as annex 3 to this
convention. |
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(d) | The Settlement Agreement between Siemens AG and Prof. Dr. Edward G. Krubasik dated
2 December 2009 is hereby approved. |
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The complete wording of the settlement with Prof. Dr. Krubasik is attached as annex 4 to
this convention. |
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(e) | The Settlement Agreement between Siemens AG and Mr. Rudi Lamprecht dated 2 December
2009 is hereby approved. |
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The complete wording of the settlement with Mr. Lamprecht is attached as annex 5 to this
convention. |
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(f) | The Settlement Agreement between Siemens AG and Prof. Dr. Heinrich v. Pierer dated
2 December 2009 is hereby approved. |
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The complete wording of the settlement with Prof. Dr. v. Pierer is attached as
annex 6 to this convention. |
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(g) | The Settlement Agreement between Siemens AG and Dr. Jürgen Radomski dated 2
December 2009 is hereby approved. |
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The complete wording of the settlement with Dr. Radomski is attached as annex 7 to this
convention. |
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(h) | The Settlement Agreement between Siemens AG and Dr. Uriel Sharef dated 2 December
2009 is hereby approved. |
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The complete wording of the settlement with Dr. Sharef is attached as annex 8 to this
convention. |
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(i) | The Settlement Agreement between Siemens AG and Prof. Dr. Klaus Wucherer dated 2
December 2009 is hereby approved. |
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The complete wording of the settlement with Prof. Dr. Wucherer is attached as annex 9 to
this convention. |
Annexes 1 to 9 form an integral part of this convention. |
13. | To resolve on the approval of a settlement agreement with D&O insurance carriers |
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Siemens AG as policyholder of a directors and officers insurance (D&O Insurance) entered
into a Settlement Agreement dated 2 December 2009 with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
AG, Zurich Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft (Deutschland), ACE European Group Limited, Liberty
Mutual Insurance Europe Limited and Swiss Re International SE as leading insurers regarding
the claims arising from the insurance policies for the years 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and
2006/2007 (Coverage Settlement). The settlement provides that the participating insurers will
pay up to EUR 100m (including previous and future coverage of defence expenses of the insured
board members) in order to settle damages from and in connection with the acts of corruption.
According to its provisions, the settlement requires the approval of the Shareholders Meeting
of Siemens AG. Further explanations regarding the Coverage Settlement can be found in the
summary report of the Supervisory Board and the Managing Board regarding Agenda Items 12 and
13. |
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The Supervisory Board and the Managing Board propose that the following resolution be approved
and adopted: |
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The Coverage Settlement between Siemens AG on the one hand and Allianz Global Corporate &
Specialty AG, Zurich Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft (Deutschland), ACE European Group
Limited, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited and Swiss Re International SE on the other
hand dated 2 December 2009 is hereby approved. |
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The complete wording of the Coverage Settlement is attached as annex 10 to this convention. |
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Annex 10 forms an integral part of this convention. |
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14. | Resolution on new rules governing Supervisory Board compensation |
The economic and financial crisis has revealed that widespread false incentives for Managing
Board and Supervisory Board compensation have, among other things, contributed to excesses in
the finance business. But corrections as regards size and term may also be necessary in the
real economy because this sector has likewise experienced unreasonable increases over the past
years, especially when compared to the income development of average employee wages and
salaries. |
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This also applies to the compensation guidelines for the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG that
were decided upon last year. A major portion of the compensation is based on short-term and
so-called long-term earnings per share. We consider this to be wrong. |
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Instead, a fixed remuneration based on the time invested should be paid as compensation. Our
proposal thus follows the rules laid down in § 17 (1) (a) of the Articles of Association of
Siemens AG that were effective prior the Annual Shareholders Meeting in 2009. These rules
contain a fixed remuneration component. We consider this reasonable, especially at a time when
sacrifices and increased commitment are demanded of employees. |
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The Verein von Belegschaftsaktionären in der Siemens AG proposes that the following
resolution be approved and adopted: |
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§ 17 of the Articles of Association of Siemens AG shall be amended to read as follows: |
1. | Each member of the Supervisory Board shall receive a fixed annual compensation of
EUR 50,000. |
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2. | The Chairman of the Supervisory Board shall receive four times and each Deputy
Chairman twice the amount to be paid pursuant to subsection 1 above. In addition, each
member of the Audit Committee and the Chairmans Committee, with the exception of the
committee chairmen, shall receive additional remuneration at the rate of one-half of the
full amount to be paid pursuant to subsection 1, while each of the chairmen of these
committees shall be additionally remunerated at the rate of the full amount to be paid
pursuant to subsection 1. Further, each member of the Compliance Committee and the
Finance and Investment Committee shall receive additional remuneration at the rate of
one-fourth of the full amount to be paid pursuant to subsection 1, while the chairmen of
these committees shall be additionally remunerated at the rate |
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of one-half of the full amount to be paid pursuant to subsection 1. The total
remuneration of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board shall not exceed five times the
full amount to be paid pursuant to subsection 1. |
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3. | Changes on the Supervisory Board and/or its committees are taken into account with
respect to remuneration in proportion to the term of office, with parts of months being
rounded up to full months. If a Supervisory Board member fails to attend a meeting of the
Supervisory Board, one-third of the overall remuneration pursuant to subsections 1 and 2
above shall be reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage of meetings the
Supervisory Board member has not attended relative to the total number of meetings held
in the fiscal year. |
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4. | In addition, an attendance fee of EUR 1,000 shall be paid to each member of the
Supervisory Board for each meeting of the Supervisory Board and its committees he or she
attends. |
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5. | The remuneration shall be payable after the close of the Annual Shareholders
Meeting and approval of the consolidated financial statements. The Company shall
reimburse the members of the Supervisory Board for expenses incurred and for sales taxes
to be paid on their remuneration. |
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6. | The fixed compensation pursuant to subsection 1 above shall be adjusted annually to
reflect the average development of wages and salaries within Siemens AG. |
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7. | In the Companys interests, the Supervisory Board members shall be included in an
insurance policy for board members and certain employees of Siemens AG and its
subsidiaries maintained by the Company that, where existing, will provide reasonable
coverage for personal liability for financial loss associated with supervisory or
management functions. The premiums for this insurance policy shall be paid by the
Company. The policy shall provide for a deductible of 10% of damages up to a maximum of
one-and-a-half times the fixed annual compensation of the Supervisory Board member. |
15. | Resolution on an amendment to § 2 of the Articles of Association of Siemens AG |
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The recent financial and economic crisis and past years developments are sufficient cause for
a redefinition of the objects of the Company. It is not only in the financial business where
we have experienced major distortions and excesses. Since the 90ies, Siemens has likewise been
oriented more and more toward the financial markets and the so-called shareholder value
principle. The aims pursued by the Company to maximize shareholder value are often short-term
in nature and contradictory to any sustainable increase in profitability. The impact on
employees often went unheeded and the consequences of management mistakes just as with BenQ
were only alleviated after public pressure was brought to bear. Currently, the SIS Group is
subject to review as a result of frequent changes in leadership and a failed business model. |
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Consequently, we call for a return to a corporate policy that considers all stakeholders
shareholders, employees, customers and suppliers and sets a clear limit to the unrealistic
return expectations of financial markets. This basic orientation, often referred to as the
stakeholder principle, should be readopted as a guideline for Siemens corporate policy. We
want a corporate policy that is oriented toward sustainability instead of short-term profit
maximization and offers future |
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prospects for customers and employees. Siemens together with its employees is definitely
in a position to implement such a corporate policy, even within the context of globalized
competition. After all, the employees of Siemens AG belong to that group of people who are
most interested in a sustainable corporate policy and in protecting the Companys status as a
going concern. |
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The Verein von Belegschaftsaktionären in der Siemens AG proposes that the following
resolution be approved and adopted: |
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§ 2 of the Articles of Association shall be amended by a subsection 3 to read as follows: |
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In making its decisions, the Company shall consider the interests of all relevant groups:
shareholders, employees, customers and suppliers. The Company shall be fully aware of its
social responsibility and commit itself to a sustainable corporate policy. The interests of
shareholders and employees shall rank pari passu with one another. |
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Name | Settlement Amount (Euro) | |||
Dr. Karl-Hermann Baumann |
1,000,000 | |||
Prof. Johannes Feldmayer |
approx. 3,000,000 | |||
Dr. Thomas Ganswindt |
1,000,000 | |||
Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld |
2,000,000 | |||
Prof. Dr. Edward G. Krubasik |
500,000 | |||
Rudi Lamprecht |
500,000 | |||
Heinz-Joachim Neubürger |
4,000,000 | |||
Prof. Dr. Heinrich v. Pierer |
5,000,000 | |||
Dr. Jürgen Radomski |
3,000,000 | |||
Dr. Uriel Sharef |
4,000,000 | |||
Prof. Dr. Klaus Wucherer |
500,000 |
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1. | Dr. Baumann was named deputy member of the Managing Board of the Company on 30 June 1987 and
a regular member on 15 November 1988 and was head of the Central Finance Division (later
Central Finance Department) and member of the Executive Committee (later Corporate Executive
Committee of the Managing Board) from 19 February 1988 to 19 February 1998. Following his
Managing Board service Dr. Baumann was a member and chairman of the Supervisory Board until 27
January 2005 as well as a member and chairman of the Audit Committee. |
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2. | In November 2006 widespread corruption practices in the Siemens Group became public. |
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The Company is of the opinion that Dr. Baumann, in his capacity as Supervisory Board
chairman and as chairman of the Audit Committee violated his supervisory duties in
connection with acts of corruption which caused major damage to the Company and may
continue to do so. Acting through its attorneys the Company informed Dr. Baumann in
letters dated 07 October 2008 and 27 August 2009 about its legal position in order to give
him the opportunity to state his position and reply to the allegations. |
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In response, the attorneys of Dr. Baumann stated his position in letters of 27 February
2009, 17 March 2009 and 06 October 2009, namely that Dr. Baumann is of the opinion that he
conducted himself in line with his duties. He emphasizes especially that based on the
information accessible to him in each case he could consider the established compliance
organization and supervision of adherence to regulations on compliance and proper payment
transactions as adequate and that there was no reason to adopt supplemental measures. |
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3. | Any responsibility of Dr. Baumann in connection with payments to Mr. Wilhelm Schelsky and to
his companies which, among others, were used to provide illegal financial support to AUB, the
independent labour representation (AUB Complex) could not be determined to date. The
investigations by the public prosecutor against Dr. Baumann in this respect have not yet been
concluded. |
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4. | Members of the Supervisory Board of the Company belong like members of the Managing Board
to the insured group of persons covered by the Companys |
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directors liability insurance with an aggregate insured amount of EUR 250m; consisting of
a base policy of EUR 50m and four excess liability policies of EUR 50m each (D&O
Insurance). On 2 December 2009 the Company entered into a settlement about the claims for
coverage with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG, Zürich Versicherung
Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), ACE European Group Limited, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe
Limited and Swiss Re International SE (collectively D&O Insurers) as lead insurers of
the D&O Insurance, which provides that in order to settle the losses arising from and in
connection with the circumstances described in paragraph 2 of the Preamble the D&O
Insurers would pay up to EUR 100m (Coverage Settlement). The Coverage Settlement is
subject to approval of the annual meeting of the Company. Once the Coverage Settlement
becomes effective claims under the D&O Insurance will exist only subject to the Coverage
Settlement. |
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5. | Even though the D&O Insurers only pay a portion of the insurance sum, the Company has agreed
to put the former board members in the position as if the insurers had paid Siemens EUR 250m
to satisfy claims for damages. However, in the opinion of the Company the losses to be
compensated exceed the insured amount of EUR 250m by far. Therefore, the Company continues to
assert damage claims against the former board members even after the D&O Insurance coverage
has been exhausted. |
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6. | In the interest of both parties, the Company and Dr. Baumann want to avoid years of dispute
about the asserted claims and arrive at an amicable solution independently from the scope of
the payments provided by the D&O Insurers and other former board members of the Company. |
(1) | Dr. Baumann agrees to compensate the Company in accordance with paragraph 2 to 6. He assumes
this payment obligation without recognition of a legal obligation to do so. Specifically, it
does not represent any acknowledgement of a liability for damages and no recognition of claims
for violations of duty asserted by the Company against Dr. Baumann. |
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(2) | The amount of the compensation payment shall be EUR 1,000,000.00 (in words: one million
euros). It is being owed regardless of the amount rendered by other former board members and
payments made by the D&O Insurers. |
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(3) | The payment is due on 01 March 2010. If a complaint is filed against the validity of the
shareholders resolution regarding the approval of this settlement, the payment only becomes
due once the complaint has been dismissed without the possibility of an appeal or is
withdrawn. In this case the amount owed shall bear annual interest as of 01 March 2010 at the
respective base rate plus 2 percentage points p.a. The interest is not charged to the extent
that the owed payment is rendered through a waiver of claims against the Company as per
paragraph 4. |
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(4) | At the discretion of Dr. Baumann the owed amount may be satisfied by monetary means or
entirely or partly by waiving any claims Dr. Baumann has against the Company. If and to the
extent Dr. Baumann chooses to discharge himself of his payment obligation by waiving claims,
such claims shall be accounted for with their value at the due date in accordance with
paragraph 3. For this purpose pension claims are assessed at the capital value determined by
the Company |
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(cash value in accordance with HGB), and claims arising out of stock awards are based on
the quoted valuation of the Siemens share at the XETRA opening on the Frankfurt stock
exchange on the due date in accordance with paragraph 3. To the extent rights to stock
awards not yet due are being waived, their actual value is applied without discounting; to
the extent that stock awards that are due are waived with regard to which the Company has
exercised a retention right the actual value will also be determined without interest
premium. |
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(5) | Once Dr. Baumann has rendered full payment, all current and future, known and unknown claims
beyond the above on the part of the Company against Dr. Baumann with the exception of
maintaining the liability claim in the amount and for the purpose of obtaining benefits from
the D&O Insurers as per § 2 paragraph 3 resulting from or in connection with acts of
corruption within the Siemens Group, regardless of the legal reason, in particular claims due
to violations of supervisory duties associated with the compliance organization and adherence
to regulations about compliance and proper money transactions, shall be paid and settled;
claims under paragraph 6 remain unaffected. |
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(6) | In connection with the AUB Complex the Company reserves the right to assert claims for
damages in the event that Dr. Baumann is given an order for punishment or is being indicted in
connection with the AUB Complex. |
(1) | The benefits paid and still to be paid by the D&O Insurers are governed by the insurance
policy and the Coverage Settlement between the Company and the D&O Insurers. |
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(2) | According to the provisions of the Coverage Settlement, the D&O Insurers will continue to
assume defence costs of Dr. Baumann subject to the insurance policy until the Coverage
Settlement becomes effective and only reclaim such payments if, on the basis of a
non-appealable decision, it has been determined that Dr. Baumann violated his duties knowingly
or intentionally in connection with the acts of corruption. For costs of defence incurred for
defending against claims by third parties following the effectiveness of the Coverage
Settlement, Dr. Baumann shall also continue to receive insurance protection from the insurers
under the aforementioned conditions subject to the Coverage Settlement out of reserves formed
for this purpose in the amount of EUR 10m. In the event that such reserve is fully exhausted,
the Company will hold Dr. Baumann harmless from any costs beyond the above incurred for the
defence against claims by third parties; however, unless the further-reaching indemnification
under § 3 paragraph 1 becomes applicable, this applies with the reservation that such monies
may be reclaimed in the event of a non-appealable court ruling that Dr. Baumann has violated
his duties negligently or intentionally with regard to the asserted claim by third parties. |
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(3) | In the event that the annual meeting does not approve the Coverage Settlement or that such
approving resolution will be declared null and void by a non-appealable decision following a
complaint, the Company, as a matter of precaution, reserves the right to file charges in a
liability action against Dr. Baumann as the defendant, if and to the extent it is required to
enforce the coverage claims against the D&O Insurers. The Company will indemnify Dr. Baumann
against the costs arising in connection with the liability suit. In economic terms the payment
to be made personally by Dr. Baumann remains in any case restricted to the amount specified in
§ 1 paragraph 2. In particular, the Company will neither execute a judgment in the liability
suit with regard to |
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principal claim, interest or costs, nor will it offset such claim against claims of Dr.
Baumann against the Company or exercise a right of retention against such claims. |
(1) | The Company shall indemnify Dr. Baumann against |
(a) | possible claims to which other including former board members or
employees of the Company or companies affiliated with the Company might be entitled
against Dr. Baumann arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within the
Siemens Group, |
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(b) | possible claims filed in Germany or abroad by stockholders against Dr.
Baumann arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens
Group, |
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(c) | possible claims against Dr. Baumann filed by companies affiliated with the
Company or customers or competitors of the Siemens Group arising from or in
connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group, and |
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(d) | possible claims by the D&O Insurers against Dr. Baumann on account of
alleged violations of responsibilities due to the negotiations and/or conclusion of
this Settlement. |
(2) | Dr. Baumann agrees to inform the Company without undue delay in writing about any claims
asserted by third parties as per paragraph 1 as well as any announcement of such an assertion
of claims. Dr. Baumann agrees not to enter into any waiver, settlement or any binding
arrangement regarding such claims without approval of the Company. The Company shall be
entitled and, to the extent legally permissible, also obligated to resort to all legal
measures in its own name or that of Dr. Baumann in order to defend against such claims or to
settle them by other means. Dr. Baumann shall support the Company in defending or settling the
matter. |
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(3) | Dr. Baumann agrees to assert any claims to which he might be entitled against third parties
(in particular other also former board members or employees of the Company) arising from
or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group only with the approval of
the Company. |
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(4) | Following the effectiveness of this Settlement, the Company shall fulfil any outstanding
claims for compensation or other claims by Dr. Baumann against the Company, with regard to
which it has exercised a right of retention, concurrently with the payments owed by Dr.
Baumann in accordance with § 1. Dr. Baumanns right under § 1 paragraph 4 to waive such claims
for the purpose of fulfilling his payment obligations remains unaffected. In the event of a
complaint against the effectiveness of the shareholders resolution regarding the approval of
this Settlement Agreement, the Company reserves any retention rights or other security rights
until such complaint has been dismissed by a non-appealable decision or has been withdrawn, if
and to the extent this appears to be appropriate from the viewpoint of the Managing Board of
the Company. The claims identified in sentence 1 shall bear annual interest from their due
date at 2 percentage points above the respective base rate p.a.; other claims for default
interest or for compensation for other damages due to late performance shall be excluded. |
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(5) | Unless otherwise agreed herein, Dr. Baumann, as a precaution, herewith waives all other
potential claims against the Company due to payments, expenses, costs or losses incurred by
him in connection with acts of corruption in the Siemens Group. To the extent that the Company
has assumed and/or reimbursed such payments, expenses, costs or losses until the day this
Settlement became effective, Dr. Baumann shall not be obligated to repay such costs. |
(1) | This Settlement becomes effective (condition precedent) upon approval of the Settlement by
the annual meeting unless a minority whose shares in total represent 10% of the capital stock
of the Company raises objections in writing (§§ 116 sentence 1, 93 paragraph 4, sentence 3
German Stock Corporation Act). The condition precedent shall be deemed lapsed if it has not
occurred by 31 January 2010. |
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(2) | The effectiveness of this Settlement Agreement shall not be contingent on the effectiveness
of the Coverage Settlement with the D&O Insurers and also not be contingent on the settlement
agreements with other former board members. |
(1) | There are no side agreements to this Settlement Agreement. Changes of this Agreement,
including the written form requirement, shall be in writing. |
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(2) | All disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by German
law. To the extent legally permissible, the place of performance and venue shall be Munich. |
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(3) | If any provision of this Agreement is or will be ineffective or unenforceable in whole or in
part or should a gap become evident in the implementation of this Agreement, the validity of
the other provisions will remain unaffected. The ineffective, unenforceable or missing
provision shall be replaced by an appropriate and legally valid provision which economically
comes closest to what the parties had in mind or would have had in mind if they had considered
the ineffectiveness, unenforceability or gap. |
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1. | Prof. Feldmayer was a member of the Managing Board of the Company from 1 May 2003 to 30
September 2007 and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee of the Managing Board from 1
August 2003 to 30 September 2007. In his function as a member of the Managing Board he was
responsible for the Logistics and Automation, Building Technologies, IT Solutions and IT
Services divisions as well as for Purchasing and Shared Services and the Germany and Europe
regional company. |
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2. | The Independent Labour Representation (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Betriebsangehöriger
AUB die Unabhängigen e.V.) (AUB) had been supported by the Company since approximately
1990 in the form of financial subsidies to its chairman Wilhelm Schelsky. Under a framework
agreement of 22 January 2001, signed by Prof. Feldmayer, the Company paid a total of EUR
35.148m (gross) until the end of 2006 to Mr. Schelsky (who did business under the name
W.E.F.S. Unternehmensberatung und Mitarbeiterschulung. On account of these circumstances Prof.
Feldmayer was given a suspended sentence by a non-appealable decision of the regional court
Nuremberg-Fürth of 2 February 2009 for fraudulent breach of trust and tax evasion. |
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The Company accuses Prof. Feldmayer of having harmed the Company by signing the framework
agreement and ordering payments and of having breached his duties as a member of the Board
of Management. Therefore, by letter of the chairman of the Supervisory Board of 29 July
2008 the Company announced its decision to assert damages against Prof. Feldmayer. |
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Prof. Feldmayer rejects these allegations and believes in particular that at the most he
could be accused of a negligent lack of control of the use of the funds by Mr. Schelsky.
He further believes that viewed from a purely economic point of view, the Company was not
harmed because the Company had economically substantially profited from AUBs activities. |
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3. | In November 2006 widespread corruption practices in the Siemens Group became public. |
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The Company is of the opinion that the members of the Corporate Executive Committee
violated their organizational and supervisory duties in connection with acts of corruption
which caused major damage to the Company and may continue to do so. Therefore, in a letter
by the chairman of the Supervisory Board of 29 July 2008, the Company has asserted damage
claims against Prof. Feldmayer. |
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Prof. Feldmayer is of the opinion that he acted in line with his duties. In particular, he
holds that based on the information accessible to him in each case, he could consider the
established compliance organization and the supervision of adherence to regulations on
compliance and proper payment transactions as adequate and that he had no reason to adopt
supplemental measures. |
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4. | The members of the Managing Board belong to the insured group of persons covered by
directors liability insurance taken out by the Company as the insured party, with an
aggregate insured amount of EUR 250m; consisting of a base policy of EUR 50m and four excess
liability policies of EUR 50m each (D&O Insurance). On 2 December 2009 the Company entered
into a settlement about the claims for coverage with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG,
Zürich |
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Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), ACE European Group Limited, Liberty Mutual
Insurance Europe Limited and Swiss Re International SE (collectively D&O Insurers) as
lead insurers of the D&O Insurance (Coverage Settlement). The Coverage Settlement is
subject to approval by the annual meeting of the Company. |
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5. | Even though the D&O Insurers only pay a portion of the insurance sum, the Company has agreed
to put the former board members in the position as if the insurers had paid Siemens EUR 250m
to satisfy claims for damages, unless the former board members violated their duties
deliberately or knowingly. However, in the opinion of the Company, the losses to be
compensated exceed the insured amount of EUR 250m by far. Therefore, the Company continues to
assert damage claims against the former board members even after the D&O Insurance coverage
has been exhausted. |
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6. | In the interest of both parties, the Company and Prof. Feldmayer want to avoid years of
dispute about the asserted claims and arrive at an amicable solution independently from the
scope of the payments provided by the D&O Insurers and other former board members of the
Company. |
(1) | Prof. Feldmayer agrees to compensate the Company by waiving claims against the Company,
subject to paragraph 2 to 5. Prof. Feldmayer assumes this obligation without recognition of
any legal obligation to do so. Specifically, it does not represent any acknowledgement of a
liability for damages and no recognition of claims for violations of duty asserted by the
Company against Prof. Feldmayer. |
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(2) | Prof. Feldmayer herewith irrevocably and completely waives the following claims against the
Company (in each case including any claims for payment of interest): |
a) | all claims under Siemens stock awards as long-term bonus, |
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b) | all claims under Siemens stock awards in accordance with the Siemens stock
awards guidelines, |
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c) | all claims under Siemens stock options, |
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d) | deferred compensation claims in the amount of EUR 700,000. |
The Company hereby accepts the waiver. The claims specified in paragraph 5, sentence 1
remain unaffected. |
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(3) | The compensation shall be owed by Prof. Feldmayer individually and regardless of the amounts
rendered by other former members of the Board of Management and payments made by the D&O
Insurers. |
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(4) | Upon the complete compensation made by Prof. Feldmayer with the exception of maintaining
the liability claim in the amount and for the purpose of obtaining benefits from the D&O
Insurers as per § 2 paragraph 3 all current and future, known or unknown claims of the
Company against Prof. Feldmayer beyond the above |
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a) | resulting from or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens
Group, regardless of the legal reason, in particular claims due to violations of
organizational and supervisory duties associated with the compliance organization and
adherence to regulations about compliance and proper payment transactions, and |
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b) | resulting from or in connection with payments by the Company or a company
affiliated with the Company to Mr. Wilhelm Schelsky and his wife, AUB and its
employees, W.E.F.S. Unternehmensberatung und Mitarbeiterschulung or to another
company of Mr. Schelsky or a party affiliated with him, and all other claims between
the parties with regard to the AUB Complex |
shall be paid and settled. |
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(5) | Conversely, Prof. Feldmayer, once the waiver set forth in paragraph 1 has taken effect, shall
have only the claims and/or vested rights against the Company under |
a) | deferred compensation, to the extent it exceeds EUR 700,000, |
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b) | the individual pension commitment of the Company, and |
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c) | the defined contribution-based Siemens old-age benefit plan (BSAV). |
All other claims against the Company shall be considered paid and settled. |
(1) | The benefits paid and still to be paid by the D&O Insurers are governed by the insurance
policy and the Coverage Settlement between the Company and the D&O Insurers. |
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(2) | According to the provisions of the Coverage Settlement, the Insurers will continue to assume
defence costs of Prof. Feldmayer subject to the insurance policy until the Coverage Settlement
becomes effective and only reclaim such payments if, on the basis of a non-appealable
decision, it has been determined that Prof. Feldmayer violated his duties knowingly or
intentionally in connection with the acts of corruption. For costs of defence incurred for
defending against claims by third parties following the effectiveness of the Coverage
Settlement, Prof. Feldmayer shall also continue to receive insurance protection from the
insurers under the aforementioned conditions subject to the Coverage Settlement out of
reserves formed for this purpose in the amount of EUR 10m. In the event that such reserve is
fully exhausted, the Company will hold Prof. Feldmayer harmless from any costs beyond the
above incurred for the defence against claims by third parties in connection with the acts of
corruption; however, unless the further-reaching indemnification under § 3 paragraph 1 becomes
applicable, this applies with the reservation that such monies may be reclaimed in the event
of a non-appealable court ruling that Prof. Feldmayer has violated his duties negligently or
intentionally with regard to the asserted third party claim. |
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(3) | In the event that the annual meeting does not approve the Coverage Settlement or that such
approving resolution will be declared null and void by a non-appealable decision following a
complaint, the Company, as a matter of precaution, reserves the right to file charges in a
liability action against Prof. Feldmayer as the defendant, if and to the extent it is required
to enforce the coverage claims against the D&O Insurers. In economic terms the payment to be |
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made personally by Prof. Feldmayer remains in any case restricted to the waiver specified
in § 1 paragraph 2. The Company will neither offset a claim determined in a liability
suit against claims of Prof. Feldmayer against the Company nor will it exercise a right of
retention against such claims. The Company shall indemnify Prof. Feldmayer against any
costs incurred in connection with the liability suit. |
(1) | The Company shall indemnify Prof. Feldmayer against |
a) | possible claims to which other including former board members or
employees of the Company or companies affiliated with the Company might be entitled
against Prof. Feldmayer arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within
the Siemens Group and/or the AUB Complex, |
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b) | possible claims filed in Germany or abroad by stockholders of the Company
against Prof. Feldmayer arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within
the Siemens Group and/or the AUB Complex, |
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c) | possible claims against Prof. Feldmayer filed by companies affiliated with
the Company or customers or competitors of the Siemens Group arising from or in
connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group and/or the AUB Complex,
and |
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d) | possible claims by the D&O Insurers against Prof. Feldmayer on account of
alleged violations of responsibilities due to the negotiations and/or conclusion of
this Settlement. |
(2) | Prof. Feldmayer agrees to inform the Company without undue delay in writing about any claims
asserted by third parties as per paragraph 1 as well as any announcement of such an assertion
of claims. Prof. Feldmayer agrees not to enter into any waiver, settlement or any binding
arrangement regarding such claims without approval of the Company. The Company shall be
entitled, in the name of Prof. Feldmayer and in maintaining his interests, to resort to all
legal measures in order to defend against such claims or to settle them by other means. Prof.
Feldmayer shall support the Company in defending or settling the matter. |
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(3) | Prof. Feldmayer agrees to assert any claims to which he might be entitled against third
parties (in particular other also former board members or employees of the Company)
arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group and/or the AUB
Complex only with the approval of the Company. |
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(4) | Unless otherwise agreed herein, Prof. Feldmayer, as a precaution, herewith waives all
potential claims against the Company due to payments, expenses, costs or losses incurred by
him in connection with acts of corruption in the Siemens Group and/or the AUB Complex. To the
extent that the Company has assumed and/or reimbursed such payments, expenses, costs or losses
until the day this Settlement became effective, Prof. Feldmayer shall not be obligated to
repay such costs. |
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(1) | This Settlement Agreement becomes effective (condition precedent) upon approval of the
Settlement by the annual meeting unless a minority whose shares in total represent 10% of the
capital stock of the Company raises objections in writing (§ 93 paragraph 4, sentence 3 German
Stock Corporation Act). The condition precedent shall be deemed lapsed if it has not occurred
by 31 January 2010. |
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(2) | The effectiveness of this Settlement Agreement shall not be contingent on the effectiveness
of the Coverage Settlement with the D&O Insurers and also not be contingent on the settlement
agreements with other former board members. |
(1) | There are no side agreements to this Settlement Agreement. Changes of this Agreement,
including the written form requirement, shall be in writing. |
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(2) | All disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by German
law. To the extent legally permissible, the place of performance and venue shall be Munich. |
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(3) | If any provision of this Agreement is or will be ineffective or unenforceable in whole or in
part or should a gap become evident in the implementation of this Agreement, the validity of
the other provisions will remain unaffected. The ineffective, unenforceable or missing
provision shall be replaced by an appropriate and legally valid provision which economically
comes closest to what the parties had in mind or would have had in mind if they had considered
the ineffectiveness, unenforceability or gap. |
1. | Dr. Kleinfeld was a member of the Managing Board of the Company since January 2003 and a
member of the Corporate Executive Committee of the Managing Board since January 2004. From
January 2005 to June 2007 he was the Chairman of the Managing Board. |
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2. | In November 2006 widespread corruption practices in the Siemens Group became public. |
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The Company is of the opinion that the members of the Corporate Executive Committee
violated their organizational and supervisory duties in connection with the acts of
corruption which caused major damage to the Company and may continue to do so. Therefore,
in a letter by the chairman of the Supervisory Board of 29 July 2008 the Company has
asserted damage claims against Dr. Kleinfeld. |
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Dr. Kleinfeld is of the opinion that he acted in line with his duties. In particular he
holds that based on the information accessible to him in each case he could consider the
established compliance organization and the supervision of adherence to regulations on
compliance and proper payment transactions as adequate and that he had no reason to adopt
supplemental measures. |
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3. | The members of the Managing Board belong to the insured group of persons covered by
directors liability insurance taken out by the Company as the insured party, with an
aggregate insured amount of EUR 250m; consisting of a base policy of EUR 50m and four excess
liability policies of EUR 50m each (D&O Insurance). On 2 December 2009 the Company entered
into a settlement about the claims for coverage with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG,
Zürich Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), ACE European Group Limited, Liberty Mutual
Insurance Europe Limited and Swiss Re International SE (collectively D&O Insurers) as lead
insurers of the D&O Insurance (Coverage Settlement). The Coverage Settlement is subject to
approval of the annual meeting of the Company. |
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4. | In the interest of both parties, the Company and Dr. Kleinfeld want to avoid years of dispute
about the asserted claims and arrive at an amicable solution independently from of the scope
of the payments provided by the D&O Insurers and other former board members of the Company. |
(1) | Dr. Kleinfeld agrees to compensate the Company in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4. He
assumes this payment obligation without recognition of any legal obligation to do so.
Specifically, it does not represent any acknowledgement of a liability for damages and no
recognition of claims for violations of duty asserted by the Company against Dr. Kleinfeld. |
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(2) | The amount of the compensation payment shall be EUR 2m (in words: 2 million euros). It is
being owed regardless of the amounts rendered by other former members of the Managing Board
and payments made by the D&O Insurers. |
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(3) | The payment shall be due on 01 March 2010. If a complaint is filed against the validity of
the shareholders resolution regarding the approval of this settlement, the payment only
becomes due once the complaint has been dismissed without the possibility of an appeal or is
withdrawn. In this case the amount owed shall bear annual interest as of 01 March 2010 at the
respective base rate plus 2 percentage points p.a. The interest is not charged to the extent
that the owed payment is rendered through a waiver of claims against the Company as per
paragraph 4. |
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(4) | At the discretion of Dr. Kleinfeld the owed amount may be satisfied by monetary means or, to
the extent legally permissible, entirely or partly by waiving any claims Dr. Kleinfeld has
against the Company. If and to the extent Dr. Kleinfeld chooses to discharge himself of his
payment obligation by waiving claims, such claims shall be accounted for with their value at
the due date in accordance with paragraph 3. For this purpose pension claims are assessed at
the capital value (cash value in accordance with HGB based on a discount of 5%). Claims
arising out of stock awards are based on the quoted valuation of the Siemens share at the
XETRA opening on the Frankfurt stock exchange on the due date in accordance with paragraph 3.
To the extent rights to stock awards not yet due are being waived, such value is applied
without discounting; to the extent that stock awards that are due are waived with regard to
which the Company has exercised a retention right, such value will also be determined without
interest premium. Dr. Kleinfelds right to a virtual sale of the stock awards before the
payment is due under paragraph 3 remains unaffected. In this event the virtual proceeds
retained by the Company plus interest in accordance with § 3 paragraph 4 shall be offset on
the due date against the payment owed by Dr. Kleinfeld. |
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(5) | Once Dr. Kleinfeld has rendered full payment, all current and future, known and unknown
claims beyond the above on the part of the Company against Dr. Kleinfeld with the exception
of maintaining the liability claim in the amount and for the purpose of obtaining benefits
from the D&O Insurers as per § 2 paragraph 2 resulting from or in connection with acts of
corruption within the Siemens Group, regardless of the legal reason, in particular claims due
to violations of organizational and supervisory duties associated with the compliance
organization and adherence to regulations about compliance and proper payment transactions,
shall be paid and settled. |
(1) | The benefits paid and still to be paid by the D&O Insurers are governed by the insurance
policy and the Coverage Settlement between the Company and the D&O Insurers. |
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(2) | In the event that the annual meeting does not approve the Coverage Settlement or that such
approving resolution will be declared null and void by a non-appealable decision following a
complaint, the Company, as a matter of precaution, reserves the right to file charges in a
liability action against Dr. Kleinfeld as the defendant, if and to the extent it is required
to enforce the coverage claims against the D&O Insurers. In economic terms, the payment to be
made personally by Dr. Kleinfeld remains restricted in any case, to the amount specified in §
1 paragraphs 2 to 4. The Company will neither offset a claim determined in a liability suit
against claims of Dr. Kleinfeld against the Company nor will it exercise a right of retention
against such claims. |
(1) | The Company shall indemnify Dr. Kleinfeld against |
(a) | possible claims to which other including former board members or
employees of the Company or companies affiliated with the Company might be entitled
against Dr. Kleinfeld arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within
the Siemens Group, |
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(b) | possible claims filed in Germany or abroad by stockholders of the Company
against Dr. Kleinfeld arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within
the Siemens Group, |
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(c) | possible claims against Dr. Kleinfeld filed by companies affiliated with
the Company or customers or competitors of the Siemens Group arising from or in
connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group, and |
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(d) | possible claims by the D&O Insurers against Dr. Kleinfeld on account of
alleged violations of responsibilities due to the negotiations and/or conclusion of
this Settlement. |
(2) | Dr. Kleinfeld agrees to inform the Company without undue delay in writing about any claims
asserted by third parties as per paragraph 1 as well as any announcement of such an assertion
of claims. Dr. Kleinfeld agrees not to enter into any waiver, settlement or any binding
arrangement regarding such claims without approval of the Company. The Company shall be
entitled, in the name of Dr. Kleinfeld and maintaining his interests, to resort to all legal
measures in order to defend against such claims or to settle them by other means. Dr.
Kleinfeld shall support the Company in defending or settling the matter. |
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(3) | Dr. Kleinfeld agrees to assert any claims to which he might be entitled against third parties
(in particular other also former board members or employees of the Company) arising from
or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group only with the approval of
the Company. |
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(4) | Unless Dr. Kleinfeld declares a waiver in accordance with § 1, paragraphs 2 to 4, following
the effectiveness of this Settlement, the Company shall fulfil any outstanding claims for
compensation or other claims by Dr. Kleinfeld against the Company, with regard to which it has
exercised a right of retention, concurrently with the payments owed by Dr. Kleinfeld in
accordance with § 1. In the event of a complaint against the effectiveness of the
shareholders resolution regarding the approval of this Settlement Agreement, the Company
reserves any retention rights or other security rights until such complaint has been dismissed
by a non-appealable decision or been withdrawn, if and to the extent this appears to be
appropriate from the viewpoint of the Supervisory Board of the Company. The claims identified
in sentence 1 shall bear annual interest from their due date at 2 percentage points above the
respective base rate p.a.; other claims for default interest or for compensation for other
damages due to late performance shall be excluded. |
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(5) | To the extent that Dr. Kleinfeld does not opt in favour of a waiver in accordance with § 1
paragraph 4, all contractual and legal claims by Dr. Kleinfeld against the Company shall
remain unaffected and shall continue to exist without restriction. |
(1) | This Settlement Agreement becomes effective (condition precedent) upon approval of the
Settlement by the annual meeting unless a minority whose shares in total represent 10% of the
capital stock of the Company raises objections in writing (§ 93 paragraph 4, sentence 3 German
Stock Corporation Act). The condition precedent shall be deemed lapsed if it has not occurred
by 31 January 2010. |
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(2) | The effectiveness of this Settlement Agreement shall not be contingent on the effectiveness
of the Coverage Settlement with the D&O Insurers and also not be contingent on the settlement
agreements with other former board members. |
(1) | There are no side agreements to this Settlement Agreement. Changes of this Agreement,
including the written form requirement, shall be in writing. |
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(2) | All disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by German
law. To the extent legally permissible, the place of performance and venue shall be Munich. |
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(3) | If any provision of this Agreement is or will be ineffective or unenforceable in whole or in
part or should a gap become evident in the implementation of this Agreement, the validity of
the other provisions will remain unaffected. The ineffective, unenforceable or missing
provision shall be replaced by an appropriate and legally valid provision which economically
comes closest to what the parties had in mind or would have had in mind if they had considered
the ineffectiveness, unenforceability or gap. |
1. | Prof. Dr. Krubasik was a member of the Managing Board of the Company as well as the Corporate
Executive Committee of the Managing Board from January 1997 to September 2006. He was the
first external person in 25 years to be appointed to the Corporate Executive Committee. On the
Managing Board, Prof. Dr. Krubasik was responsible for six of todays industrial divisions and
for Central Technology: Industrial Solutions and Services (until 2000), Automation and Drives
(until 2000), Siemens Building Technologies (until 2002), Siemens Central Technology (until
2002), Siemens Dematic (until 2003), Siemens Transportation Systems (until 2004), Siemens
Automotive Electronics/VDO (until 2006). Starting in 2004, Prof. Dr. Krubasik additionally
assumed important functions in representing the Siemens Group in industry associations,
specifically as president of the Association for the German Electrical and Electronics
Industry (ZVEI), as president of ORGALIME, the European umbrella organization of 35 national
industry associations, as vice president of the Federal Association of German Industry e.V.
and as chairman of the Growth and Innovation Commission |
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of the CDU Economic Council e.V. Prof. Dr. Krubasik was also a member of the High Level
Group of the EU Commission on Competitiveness, Energy and the Environment. He points out
that he actively engaged against corruption in the company and in particular in the
divisions led by him through compliance audits and regular personal communication. |
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2. | In November 2006, widespread corruption practices in the Siemens Group became public. |
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The Company is of the opinion that the members of the Corporate Executive Committee
violated their organizational and supervisory duties in connection with the acts of
corruption which caused major damage to the Company and may continue to do so. Therefore,
in a letter by the chairman of the Supervisory Board of 29 July 2008, the Company has
asserted damage claims against Prof. Dr. Krubasik. |
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Prof. Dr. Krubasik is of the opinion that he acted in line with his duties. In particular,
he holds that based on the information accessible to him in each case, he could consider
the established compliance organization and the supervision of adherence to regulations on
compliance and proper payment transactions as adequate and that he had no reason to adopt
supplemental measures. |
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3. | The members of the Managing Board belong to the insured group of persons covered by
directors liability insurance taken out by the Company as the insured party, with an
aggregate insured amount of EUR 250m, consisting of a base policy of EUR 50m and four excess
liability policies of EUR 50m each (D&O Insurance). On 2 December 2009, the Company entered
into a settlement about the claims for coverage with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG,
Zürich Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), ACE European Group Limited, Liberty Mutual
Insurance Europe Limited and Swiss Re International SE (collectively D&O Insurers) as lead
insurers of the D&O Insurance (Coverage Settlement). The Coverage Settlement is subject to
approval of the annual meeting of the Company. |
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4. | In the interest of both parties, the Company and Prof. Dr. Krubasik want to avoid years of
dispute about the asserted claims and arrive at an amicable solution, independently from the
scope of the payments provided by the D&O Insurers and other former board members of the
Company. |
(1) | Prof. Dr. Krubasik agrees to compensate the Company in accordance with paragraph 2 to 4. He
assumes this payment obligation without recognition of any legal Obligation to do so.
Specifically, it does not represent any acknowledgement of a liability for damages and no
recognition of claims for violations of duty asserted by the Company against Prof. Dr.
Krubasik. |
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(2) | The amount of the compensation payment shall be EUR 500,000 (in words: five hundred thousand
euros). It is being owed regardless of the amounts rendered by other former members of the
Managing Board and payments made by the D&O Insurers. |
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(3) | The payment shall be due on 01 March 2010. If a complaint is filed against the validity of
the shareholders resolution regarding the approval of this settlement, |
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the payment only becomes due once the complaint has been dismissed without the possibility
of an appeal or is withdrawn. In this case, the amount owed shall bear annual interest as
of 01 March 2010 at the respective base rate plus 2 percentage points p.a. This interest
is not charged to the extent that the owed payment is rendered through a waiver of claims
against the Company as per paragraph 4. |
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(4) | At the discretion of Prof. Dr. Krubasik, the owed amount may be satisfied by monetary means
or entirely or partly by waiving any claims Prof. Dr. Krubasik has against the Company. If and
to the extent Prof. Dr. Krubasik chooses to discharge himself of his payment obligation by
waiving claims, such claims shall be accounted for with their value at the due date in
accordance with paragraph 3. For this purpose, claims arising out of stock awards are based on
the quoted valuation of the Siemens share at the XETRA opening on the Frankfurt stock exchange
on the due date in accordance with paragraph 3. To the extent rights to stock awards not yet
due are being waived, their current value is applied without discounting; to the extent that
stock awards that are due are waived with regard to which the Company has exercised a
retention right, the current value will also be determined without interest premium. Otherwise
any interest payment under § 3, paragraph 4 shall remain unaffected. |
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(5) | Once Prof. Dr. Krubasik has rendered full payment, all current and future, known and unknown
claims beyond the above on the part of the Company against Prof. Dr. Krubasik with the
exception of maintaining the liability claim in the amount and for the purpose of obtaining
benefits from the D&O Insurers as per § 2 paragraph 3 resulting from or in connection with
acts of corruption within the Siemens Group, regardless of the legal reason, in particular
claims due to violations of organizational and supervisory duties associated with the
compliance organization and adherence to regulations about compliance and proper payment
transactions, shall be paid and settled. |
(1) | The benefits paid and still to be paid by the D&O Insurers are governed by the insurance
policy and the Coverage Settlement between the Company and the D&O Insurers. |
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(2) | According to the provisions of the Coverage Settlement, the Insurers will continue to assume
defence costs of Prof. Dr. Krubasik subject to the insurance policy until the Coverage
Settlement becomes effective and only reclaim such payments if, on the basis of a
non-appealable decision, it has been determined that Prof. Dr. Krubasik violated his duties
knowingly or intentionally in connection with the acts of corruption. For costs of defence
incurred for defending against claims by third parties in connection with the acts of
corruption or without such connection following the effectiveness of the Coverage Settlement
(Third Party Claims), Prof. Dr. Krubasik shall also continue to receive insurance protection
from the Insurers under the aforementioned conditions subject to the Coverage Settlement out
of reserves formed for this purpose in the amount of EUR 10m. In the event that such reserve
is fully exhausted, the Company will hold Prof. Dr. Krubasik harmless from any costs beyond
the above incurred for the defence against Third Party Claims; however, unless the
further-reaching indemnification under § 3 paragraph 1 becomes applicable, this applies with
the reservation that such monies may be reclaimed in the event of a non-appealable court
ruling that Prof. Dr. Krubasik has violated his duties negligently or intentionally with
regard to the asserted Third Party Claims. |
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(3) | In the event that the annual meeting does not approve the Coverage Settlement or that such
approving resolution will be declared null and void by a non-appealable decision following a
complaint, the Company, as a matter of precaution, reserves the right to file charges in a
liability action against Prof. Dr. Krubasik as the defendant, if and to the extent it is
required to enforce the coverage claims against the D&O Insurers. In economic terms, the
payment to be made personally by Prof. Dr. Krubasik remains restricted in any case to the
amount specified in § 1 paragraph 2. In particular, the Company will neither execute a
judgement in the liability suit against Prof. Dr. Krubasik with regard to principal claim,
interest or costs, nor will it offset such claim against claims of Prof. Dr. Krubasik against
the Company or exercise a right of retention against such claims. The Company shall indemnify
Prof. Dr. Krubasik against costs arising in connection with the liability suit. |
(1) | The Company shall indemnify Prof. Dr. Krubasik against |
a) | possible claims to which other including former board members or
employees of the Company or companies affiliated with the Company might be entitled
against Prof. Dr. Krubasik arising from or in connection with acts of corruption
within the Siemens Group, |
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b) | possible claims filed in Germany or abroad by stockholders of Siemens AG
against Prof. Dr. Krubasik arising from or in connection with acts of corruption
within the Siemens Group, |
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c) | possible claims against Prof. Dr. Krubasik filed by companies affiliated
with the Company or customers or competitors of the Siemens Group arising from or in
connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group, and |
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d) | possible claims by the D&O Insurers against Prof. Dr. Krubasik on account
of alleged violations of responsibilities due to the negotiations and/or conclusion
of this Settlement. |
(2) | Prof. Dr. Krubasik agrees to inform the Company without undue delay in writing about any
claims asserted by third parties as per paragraph 1 as well as any announcement of such an
assertion of claims. Prof. Dr. Krubasik agrees not to enter into any waiver, settlement or any
binding arrangement regarding such claims without approval of the Company. The Company shall
be entitled, in the name of Prof. Dr. Krubasik and maintaining his interests, to resort to all
legal measures in order to defend against such claims or to settle them by other means. Prof.
Dr. Krubasik shall support the Company in defending or settling the matter. |
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(3) | Prof. Dr. Krubasik agrees to assert any claims to which he might be entitled against third
parties (in particular other also former board members or employees of the Company)
arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group only with the
approval of the Company. |
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(4) | Following the effectiveness of this Settlement, the Company shall fulfil any outstanding
claims for compensation or other claims by Prof. Dr. Krubasik against the Company, with regard
to which it has exercised a right of retention, concurrently with the payments owed by Prof.
Dr. Krubasik in accordance with § 1. Prof. Dr. Krubasiks right under § 1 paragraph 4 to waive
such claims for the |
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purpose of fulfilling his payment obligations remains unaffected. In the event of a
complaint against the effectiveness of the shareholders resolution regarding the approval
of this Settlement Agreement, the Company reserves any retention rights or other security
rights until such complaint has been dismissed by a non-appealable decision or has been
withdrawn, if and to the extent this appears to be appropriate from the viewpoint of the
Supervisory Board of the Company. The claims identified in sentence 1 shall bear annual
interest from their due date at 2 percentage points above the respective base rate p.a.;
other claims for default interest or for compensation for other damages due to late
performance shall be excluded. |
(5) | Unless otherwise agreed herein, Prof. Dr. Krubasik, as a precaution, herewith waives all
potential claims, if any, against the Company due to payments, expenses, costs or losses
incurred by him in connection with acts of corruption in the Siemens Group. To the extent that
the Company has assumed and/or reimbursed such payments, expenses, costs or losses until the
day this Settlement became effective, Prof. Dr. Krubasik shall not be obligated to repay such
costs. |
(1) | This Settlement Agreement becomes effective (condition precedent) upon approval of the
Settlement by the annual meeting unless a minority whose shares in total represent 10% of the
capital stock of the Company raises objections in writing (§ 93 paragraph 4, sentence 3 German
Stock Corporation Act). The condition precedent shall be deemed lapsed if it has not occurred
by 31 January 2010. |
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(2) | The effectiveness of this Settlement Agreement shall not be contingent on the effectiveness
of the Coverage Settlement with the D&O Insurers and also not be contingent on the settlement
agreements with other former board members. |
(1) | There are no side agreements to this Settlement Agreement. Changes of this Agreement,
including the written form requirement, shall be in writing. |
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(2) | All disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by German
law. To the extent legally permissible, the place of performance and venue shall be Munich. |
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(3) | If any provision of this Agreement is or will be ineffective or unenforceable in whole or in
part, or should a gap become evident in the implementation of this Agreement, the validity of
the other provisions will remain unaffected. The ineffective, unenforceable or missing
provision shall be replaced by an appropriate and legally valid provision which economically
comes closest to what the parties had in mind or would have had in mind if they had considered
the ineffectiveness, unenforceability or gap. |
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1. | Mr. Rudi Lamprecht was a deputy member of the Managing Board of the Company from 26 April
2000 to 30 September 2004 and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee of the Managing
Board from 1 October 2004 to 31 December 2007. During his term as a deputy member of the
Managing Board, Mr. Lamprecht was chairman of the Division board for the Information and
Communication Mobile Division. From the time he was appointed a member of the Corporate
Executive Committee until he retired from the Managing Board, Mr. Lamprecht was responsible,
among others, for the Osram, Strategic Equity Investments and Siemens Home and Office
Communications units, and the CIS countries, Near and Middle East and Africa regions. |
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2. | In November 2006, widespread corruption practices in the Siemens Group became public. |
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The Company is of the opinion that the members of the Corporate Executive Committee
violated their organizational and supervisory duties in connection with the acts of
corruption which caused major damage to the Company and may continue to do so. Therefore, in a letter by the chairman of the Supervisory Board of 29 July 2008, the Company has asserted damage claims against Mr. Lamprecht. |
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Mr. Lamprecht is of the opinion that he acted in line with his duties. In particular, he
holds that based on the information accessible to him in each case, he could consider the
established compliance organization and the supervision of adherence to regulations on
compliance and proper payment transactions as adequate and that he had no reason to adopt
supplemental measures. |
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3. | The members of the Managing Board belong to the insured group of persons covered by
directors liability insurance taken out by the Company as the insured party, with an
aggregate insured amount of EUR 250m, consisting of a base policy of EUR 50m and four excess
liability policies of EUR 50m each (D&O Insurance). On 2 December 2009, the Company entered
into a settlement about the claims for coverage with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG,
Zürich Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), ACE European Group Limited, Liberty Mutual
Insurance Europe Limited and Swiss Re International SE (collectively D&O Insurers) as lead
insurers of the D&O Insurance (Coverage Settlement). The Coverage Settlement is subject to
approval of the annual meeting of the Company. |
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4. | In the interest of both parties, the Company and Mr. Lamprecht want to avoid years of dispute
about the asserted claims and arrive at an amicable solution independently from the scope of
the payments provided by the D&O Insurers and other former board members of the Company. |
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(1) | Mr. Lamprecht agrees to compensate the Company in accordance with paragraph 2 to 4. He
assumes this payment obligation without recognition of any legal obligation to do so.
Specifically, it does not represent any acknowledgement of a liability for damages and no
recognition of claims for violations of duty asserted by the Company against Mr. Lamprecht. |
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(2) | The amount of the compensation payment shall be EUR 500,000 (in words: five hundred thousand
euros). It is being owed regardless of the amounts rendered by other former members of the
Managing Board and payments made by the D&O Insurers. |
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(3) | The payment shall be due on 01 March 2010. If a complaint is filed against the validity of
the shareholders resolution regarding the approval of this settlement, the payment only
becomes due once the complaint has been dismissed without the possibility of an appeal or is
withdrawn. In this case, the amount owed shall bear annual interest as of 01 March 2010 at the
respective base rate plus 2 percentage points p.a. This interest is not charged to the extent
that the owed payment is rendered through a waiver of claims against the Company as per
paragraph 4. |
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(4) | At the discretion of Mr. Lamprecht, the owed amount may be satisfied by monetary means or
entirely or partly by waiving any claims Mr. Lamprecht has against the Company. If and to the
extent Mr. Lamprecht chooses to discharge himself of his payment obligation by waiving claims,
such claims shall be accounted for with their value at the due date in accordance with
paragraph 3. For this purpose, claims arising out of stock awards are based on the quoted
valuation of the Siemens share at the XETRA opening on the Frankfurt stock exchange on the due
date in accordance with paragraph 3. To the extent rights to stock awards not yet due are
being waived, their current value is applied without discounting; to the extent that stock
awards that are due are waived with regard to which the Company has exercised a retention
right, the current value will also be determined without interest premium. Otherwise any
interest payment under § 3, paragraph 4 shall remain unaffected. |
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(5) | Once Mr. Lamprecht has rendered full payment, all current and future, known and unknown
claims beyond the above on the part of the Company against Mr. Lamprecht with the exception
of maintaining the liability claim in the amount and for the purpose of obtaining benefits
from the D&O Insurers as per § 2 paragraph 3 resulting from or in connection with acts of
corruption within the Siemens Group, regardless of the legal reason, in particular claims due
to violations of organizational and supervisory duties associated with the compliance
organization and adherence to regulations about compliance and proper payment transactions,
shall be paid and settled. |
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(1) | The benefits paid and still to be paid by the D&O Insurers are governed by the insurance
policy and the Coverage Settlement between the Company and the D&O Insurers. |
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(2) | According to the provisions of the Coverage Settlement, the Insurers will continue to assume
defence costs of Mr. Lamprecht subject to the insurance policy until the Coverage Settlement
becomes effective and only reclaim such payments if, on the basis of a non-appealable
decision, it has been determined that Mr. Lamprecht violated his duties knowingly or
intentionally in connection with the acts of corruption. For costs of defence incurred for
defending against claims by third parties in connection with the acts of corruption or without
such connection following the effectiveness of the Coverage Settlement (Third Party Claims),
Mr. Lamprecht shall also continue to receive insurance protection from the Insurers under the
aforementioned conditions subject to the Coverage Settlement out of reserves formed for this
purpose in the amount of EUR 10m. In the event that such reserve is fully exhausted, the
Company will hold Mr. Lamprecht harmless from any costs beyond the above incurred for the
defence against Third Party Claims; however, unless the further-reaching indemnification under
§ 3 paragraph 1 becomes applicable, this applies with the reservation that such monies may be
reclaimed in the event of a non-appealable court ruling that Mr. Lamprecht has violated his
duties negligently or intentionally with regard to the asserted Third Party Claims. |
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(3) | In the event that the annual meeting does not approve the Coverage Settlement or that such
approving resolution will be declared null and void by a non-appealable decision following a
complaint, the Company, as a matter of precaution, reserves the right to file charges in a
liability action against Mr. Lamprecht as the defendant, if and to the extent it is required
to enforce the coverage claims against the D&O Insurers. In economic terms, the payment to be
made personally by Mr. Lamprecht remains restricted in any case to the amount specified in § 1
paragraph 2. In particular, the Company will neither execute a judgement in the liability suit
against Mr. Lamprecht with regard to principal claim, interest or costs, nor will it offset
such claim against claims of Mr. Lamprecht against the Company or exercise a right of
retention against such claims. The Company shall indemnify Mr. Lamprecht against costs arising
in connection with the liability suit. |
(1) | The Company shall indemnify Mr. Lamprecht against |
a) | possible claims to which other including former board members or
employees of the Company or companies affiliated with the Company might be entitled
against Mr. Lamprecht arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within
the Siemens Group, |
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b) | possible claims filed in Germany or abroad by stockholders of Siemens AG
against Mr. Lamprecht arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within
the Siemens Group, |
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c) | possible claims against Mr. Lamprecht filed by companies affiliated with
the Company or customers or competitors of the Siemens Group arising
from or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group, and |
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d) | possible claims by the D&O Insurers against Mr. Lamprecht on account of
alleged violations of responsibilities due to the negotiations and/or conclusion of
this Settlement. |
(2) | Mr. Lamprecht agrees to inform the Company without undue delay in writing about any claims
asserted by third parties as per paragraph 1 as well as any announcement of such an assertion
of claims. Mr. Lamprecht agrees not to enter into any waiver, settlement or any binding
arrangement regarding such claims without approval of the Company. The Company shall be
entitled, in the name of Mr. Lamprecht and maintaining his interests, to resort to all legal
measures in order to defend against such claims or to settle them by other means. Mr.
Lamprecht shall support the Company in defending or settling the matter. |
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(3) | Mr. Lamprecht agrees to assert any claims to which he might be entitled against third parties
(in particular other also former board members or employees of the Company) arising from
or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group only with the approval of
the Company. |
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(4) | Following the effectiveness of this Settlement, the Company shall fulfil any outstanding
claims for compensation or other claims by Mr. Lamprecht against the Company, with regard to
which it has exercised a right of retention, concurrently with the payments owed by Mr.
Lamprecht in accordance with § 1. Mr. Lamprechts right under § 1 paragraph 4 to waive such
claims for the purpose of fulfilling his payment obligations remains unaffected. In the event
of a complaint against the effectiveness of the shareholders resolution regarding the
approval of this Settlement Agreement, the Company reserves any retention rights or other
security rights until such complaint has been dismissed by a non-appealable decision or been
withdrawn, if and to the extent this appears to be appropriate from the viewpoint of the
Supervisory Board of the Company. The claims identified in sentence 1 shall bear annual
interest from their due date at 2 percentage points above the respective base rate p.a.; other
claims for default interest or for compensation for other damages due to late performance
shall be excluded. |
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(5) | Unless otherwise agreed herein, Mr. Lamprecht, as a precaution, herewith waives all potential
claims, if any, against the Company due to payments, expenses, costs or losses incurred by him
in connection with acts of corruption in the Siemens Group. To the extent that the Company has
assumed and/or reimbursed such payments, expenses, costs or losses until the day this
Settlement became effective, Mr. Lamprecht shall not be obligated to repay such costs. |
(1) | This Settlement Agreement becomes effective (condition precedent) upon approval of the
Settlement by the annual meeting unless a minority whose shares in total represent 10% of the
capital stock of the Company raises objections in writing (§ 93 paragraph 4, sentence 3 German
Stock Corporation Act). The condition precedent shall be deemed lapsed if it has not occurred
by 31 January 2010. |
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(2) | The effectiveness of this Settlement Agreement shall not be contingent on the effectiveness
of the Coverage Settlement with the D&O Insurers and also not be contingent on the settlement
agreements with other former board members. |
(1) | There are no side agreements to this Settlement Agreement. Changes of this Agreement,
including the written form requirement, shall be in writing. |
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(2) | All disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by German
law. To the extent legally permissible, the place of performance and venue shall be Munich. |
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(3) | If any provision of this Agreement is or will be ineffective or unenforceable in whole or in
part, or should a gap become evident in the implementation of this Agreement, the validity of
the other provisions will remain unaffected. The ineffective, unenforceable or missing
provision shall be replaced by an appropriate and legally valid provision which economically
comes closest to what the parties had in mind or would have had in mind if they had considered
the ineffectiveness, unenforceability or gap. |
1. | Prof. Dr. von Pierer was the chairman of the Managing Board of the Company from October 1992
to January 2005. Subsequently he was the chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Company
until 2007. Prior to his appointment to the Managing Board he held different positions at the
Company since 1969. |
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2. | In November 2006 widespread corruption practices in the Siemens Group became public which
were subject and target of comprehensive investigations by the Company and public prosecutors. |
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The Company is of the opinion that the members of the Corporate Executive Committee
violated their organizational and supervisory duties in connection with these incidents
(hereafter acts of corruption) and that major damage was caused and may continue to be
caused to the Company. Therefore the Company has asserted damage claims against Prof. Dr.
von Pierer. In addition, the |
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Company holds the view that Prof. Dr. von Pierer has also violated his duties as the
chairman of the Supervisory Board in connection with the acts of corruption. |
Prof. Dr. von Pierer opposes the Companys view and defends himself against the raised
allegations. He is of the opinion that he acted in line with his duties both in his
function as the chairman of the Managing Board and as the chairman of the Supervisory
Board. In particular, he holds that in each case he could consider the established
compliance organization and the supervision of adherence to regulations on compliance and
proper payment transactions as adequate and that he had no reason to adopt supplemental
measures. |
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3. | The members of the Managing Board and the Supervisory Board belong to the insured group of
persons covered by directors liability insurance taken out by the Company as the insured
party, with an aggregate insured amount of EUR 250m; consisting of a base policy of EUR 50m
and four excess liability policies of EUR 50m each (D&O Insurance). On 2 December 2009 the
Company entered into a settlement about the claims for coverage with Allianz Global Corporate
& Specialty AG, Zürich Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), ACE European Group Limited,
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited and Swiss Re International SE (collectively D&O
Insurers) as lead insurers of the D&O Insurance (Coverage Settlement). The Coverage
Settlement is subject to approval of the annual meeting of the Company. Prof. Dr. von Pierer
has not consented to the Coverage Settlement. |
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4. | Even though the D&O Insurers only pay a portion of the insurance sum, the Company has agreed
to put the former board members in the position as if the insurers had paid Siemens EUR 250m
to satisfy claims for damages, unless the former board members violated their duties
intentionally or knowingly. However, in the opinion of the Company the losses to be
compensated exceed the insured amount of EUR 250m by far. Prof. Dr. von Pierer also opposes to
the Companys opinion in this respect. |
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5. | In the interest of both parties, the Company and Prof. Dr. von Pierer do not want to resolve
the matter in dispute through years of litigation in court. In particular, Prof. Dr. von
Pierer wants to avoid a court dispute with litigation and cost risks which could threaten his
existence. |
(1) | Prof. Dr. von Pierer agrees to compensate the Company in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4.
He assumes this payment obligation without recognition of any legal obligation to do so and
without prejudice. Specifically, it does not represent any acknowledgement of a liability for
damages and no recognition of claims for violations of duty asserted by the Company against
Prof. Dr. von Pierer. |
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(2) | The amount of the compensation payment shall be EUR 5,000,000 (in words: five million euros).
It is being owed regardless of the amounts rendered by other former board members and payments
made by the D&O Insurers. |
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(3) | The payment shall be due in three instalments on 01 March of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012.
The first instalment amounts to EUR 1.700.000 (in words one million seven hundred thousand
euros), the second and the third instalment each amount to EUR 1.650.000 (in words: one
million six hundred fifty thousand |
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euros). If a complaint is filed against the validity of the shareholders resolution
regarding the approval of this settlement, the first instalment only becomes due once the
complaint has been dismissed without the possibility of an appeal or is withdrawn and the
Company has notified Prof. Dr. von Pierer thereof. In this case, the second instalment
shall become due one year after notification of the dismissal without possibility of an
appeal or withdrawal of the complaint and the third instalment two years thereafter. The
amounts owed shall, irrespectively of their due date, bear annual interest as of 01 March
2010 until the date of payment at the respective base rate plus 2 percentage points p.a.
Prof. Dr. Pierer is entitled to make payments in full or in part before their due date. |
(4) | At the discretion of Prof. Dr. von Pierer the owed amount may be satisfied by monetary means
or entirely or partly by waiving any claims Prof. Dr. von Pierer has against the Company. If
and to the extent Prof. Dr. von Pierer chooses to discharge himself of his payment obligation
by waiving claims, such claims shall accounted for with their value at the respective due date
in accordance with paragraph 3. Claims arising out of stock awards are based on the quoted
valuation of the Siemens share at the XETRA opening on the Frankfurt stock exchange on the
respective due date in accordance with paragraph 3. To the extent rights to stock awards not
yet due are being waived, their current value is applied without discounting; to the extent
that stock awards that are due are waived with regard to which the Company has exercised a
retention right, the current value will also be determined without interest premium. Prof. Dr.
von Pierers right to a virtual sale of the stock awards before the payment is due under
paragraph 3 remains unaffected. In this event the virtual proceeds retained by the Company
plus interest in accordance with § 3 paragraph 4 shall be offset on the due date against the
payment owed by Prof. Dr. von Pierer. |
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(5) | Once Prof. Dr. von Pierer has rendered full payment, all current and future, known and
unknown claims beyond the above on the part of the Company against Prof. Dr. von Pierer, both
in his function as chairman of the Managing Board and as chairman of the Supervisory Board
with the exception of maintaining the liability claim in the amount and for the purpose of
obtaining benefits from the D&O Insurers as per § 2 paragraph 3 resulting from or in
connection with acts of corruption and improper payments within the Siemens Group, regardless
of the legal reason, in particular claims due to violations of organizational and supervisory
duties associated with the compliance organization and adherence to regulations about
compliance and proper payment transactions, shall be paid and settled. |
(1) | The benefits paid and still to be paid by the D&O Insurers are governed by the insurance
policy and the Coverage Settlement between the Company and the D&O Insurers. |
|
(2) | According to the provisions of the Coverage Settlement, the Insurers will continue to assume
defence costs of Prof. Dr. von Pierer subject to the insurance policy until the Coverage
Settlement becomes effective and only reclaim such payments if, on the basis of a
non-appealable decision, it has been determined that Prof. Dr. von Pierer violated his duties
knowingly or intentionally (within the meaning of the insurance policy) in connection with the
acts of corruption. For costs of defence incurred for defending against claims by third
parties in connection with the acts of corruption or without such connection following the
effectiveness of the Coverage Settlement, Prof. Dr. von Pierer shall also continue to receive
insurance protection from the Insurers under the aforementioned conditions |
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subject to the Coverage Settlement out of reserves formed for this purpose in the amount
of EUR 10m. In the event that such reserve is fully exhausted, the Company will hold Prof.
Dr. von Pierer harmless from any costs beyond the above incurred for the defence against
claims by third parties ; however, unless the further-reaching indemnification under § 3
paragraph 1 becomes applicable, this applies with the reservation that such monies may be
reclaimed in the event of a non-appealable court ruling that Prof. Dr. von Pierer has
violated his duties negligently or intentionally with regard to the asserted third party
claims. |
(3) | In the event that the annual meeting does not approve the Coverage Settlement or that such
approving resolution will be declared null and void by a non-appealable decision following a
complaint, the Company, as a matter of precaution, reserves the right to file charges in a
liability action against Prof. Dr. von Pierer as the defendant, if and to the extent it is
required to enforce the coverage claims against the D&O Insurers. In economic terms, the
payment to be made personally by Prof. Dr. von Pierer remains restricted in any case to the
amount specified in § 1 paragraph 2. To the extent exceeding the payments set out in § 1
paragraph 2, the Company will neither offset a claim determined in a liability suit against
claims of Prof. Dr. von Pierer against the Company nor will it exercise a right of retention
against such claims. The Company shall indemnify Prof. Dr. von Pierer against costs arising in
connection with the liability suit. |
(1) | The Company shall indemnify Prof. Dr. von Pierer against |
a) | possible claims to which other including former board members or
employees of the Company or companies affiliated with the Company might be entitled
against Prof. Dr. von Pierer arising from or in connection with acts of corruption
within the Siemens Group, |
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b) | possible claims filed in Germany or abroad by stockholders of Siemens AG
against Prof. Dr. von Pierer arising from or in connection with acts of corruption
within the Siemens Group, |
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c) | possible claims against Prof. Dr. von Pierer filed by companies affiliated
with the Company or customers or competitors of the Siemens Group arising from or in
connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group, |
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d) | possible claims by the D&O Insurers against Prof. Dr. von Pierer on account
of alleged violations of responsibilities due to the negotiations and/or conclusion
of this Settlement and |
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e) | defence costs incurred in proceedings which have been or will be initiated
against Prof. Dr. von Pierer by foreign and/or domestic authorities in connection
with the acts of corruption within Siemens Group, with the reservation that such
monies may be reclaimed in case of a non-appealable court ruling establishing a
negligent or intentional breach of duty, to the extent such costs are not covered
under § 2 paragraph 2. |
(2) | Prof. Dr. von Pierer agrees to inform the Company without undue delay in writing about any
claims asserted by third parties as per paragraph 1 as well as any announcement of such an
assertion of claims. Prof. Dr. von Pierer agrees not to enter into any waiver, settlement or
any binding arrangement regarding such |
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claims without approval of the Company. The Company shall be entitled, in the name of
Prof. Dr. von Pierer and maintaining his interests, to resort to all legal measures in
order to defend against such claims or to settle them by other means. Prof. Dr. von Pierer
shall support the Company in defending or settling the matter. |
(3) | Prof. Dr. von Pierer agrees to assert any claims to which he might be entitled against third
parties (in particular other also former board members or employees of the Company)
arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group only with the
approval of the Company. |
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(4) | Following the effectiveness of this Settlement, the Company shall fulfil any outstanding
claims for compensation or other claims by Prof. Dr. von Pierer against the Company, with
regard to which it has exercised a right of retention, concurrently with the payments owed by
Prof. Dr. von Pierer in accordance with § 1. Prof. Dr. von Pierers right under § 1 paragraph
4 to waive such claims for the purpose of fulfilling his payment obligations remains
unaffected. In the event of a complaint against the effectiveness of the shareholders
resolution regarding the approval of this Settlement Agreement, the Company reserves any
retention rights or other security rights until such complaint has been dismissed by a
non-appealable decision or has been withdrawn, if and to the extent this appears to be
appropriate from the viewpoint of the Supervisory Board of the Company. The claims identified
in sentence 1 shall bear annual interest from their due date at 2 percentage points above the
respective base rate p.a.; other claims for default interest or for compensation for other
damages due to late performance shall be excluded. |
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(5) | Unless otherwise agreed herein, Prof. Dr. von Pierer, as a precaution, herewith waives all
potential claims, if any, against the Company due to payments, expenses, costs or losses
incurred by him in connection with acts of corruption in the Siemens Group. To the extent that
the Company has assumed and/or reimbursed such payments, expenses, costs or losses until the
day this Settlement became effective, Prof. Dr. von Pierer shall not be obligated to repay
such costs. |
(1) | This Settlement Agreement becomes effective (condition precedent) upon approval of the
Settlement by the annual meeting, unless a minority whose shares in total represent 10% of the
capital stock of the Company raises objections in writing (§ 93 paragraph 4, sentence 3 AktG).
The condition precedent shall be deemed lapsed if it has not occurred by 31 January 2010. |
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(2) | The effectiveness of this Settlement Agreement shall not be contingent on the effectiveness
of the Coverage Settlement with the D&O Insurers and also shall not be contingent on the
settlement agreements with other former board members. |
(1) | There are no side agreements to this Settlement Agreement. Changes of this Agreement,
including the written form requirement, shall be in writing. |
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(2) | All disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by German
law. To the extent legally permissible, the place of performance and venue shall be Munich. |
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(3) | If any provision of this Agreement is or will be ineffective or unenforceable in whole or in
part or should a gap become evident in the implementation of this Agreement, the validity of
the other provisions will remain unaffected. The ineffective, unenforceable or missing
provision shall be replaced by an appropriate and legally valid provision which economically
comes closest to what the parties had in mind or would have had in mind if they had considered
the ineffectiveness, unenforceability or gap. |
1. | Dr. Radomski was a member of the Managing Board of the Company from June 1994 to the end of
2007 and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee of the Managing Board since November
1994. He was responsible for the Med division and Osram GmbH. Until mid-2003 he was charged
with the Europe region and, as of September 2003 to 31 December 2007, with Personnel (CP). |
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2. | In November 2006, widespread corruption practices in the Siemens Group became public. |
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The Company is of the opinion that the members of the Corporate Executive Committee
violated their organizational and supervisory duties in connection with the acts of
corruption which caused major damage to the Company and may continue to do so. Therefore,
in a letter by the chairman of the Supervisory Board of 29 July 2008, the Company has
asserted damage claims against Dr. Radomski. |
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Dr. Radomski is of the opinion that he acted in line with his duties. In particular, he
holds that based on the information accessible to him in each case, he could consider the
established compliance organization and the supervision of adherence to regulations on
compliance and proper payment transactions as adequate and that he had no reason to adopt
supplemental measures. |
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3. | The members of the Managing Board belong to the insured group of persons covered by
directors liability insurance taken out by the Company as the insured party, with an
aggregate insured amount of EUR 250m, consisting of a base policy of EUR 50m and four excess
liability policies of EUR 50m each (D&O |
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Insurance). On 2 December 2009, the Company entered into a settlement about the claims
for coverage with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG, Zürich Versicherung
Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), ACE European Group Limited, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe
Limited and Swiss Re International SE (collectively D&O Insurers) as lead insurers of
the D&O Insurance (Coverage Settlement). The Coverage Settlement shall be subject to the
approval of the annual meeting of the Company. |
4. | In the opinion of the Company, the losses to be compensated exceed the insured amount of EUR
250m by far. Therefore, the Company continues to assert damage claims against the former board
members even after the D&O Insurance coverage has been exhausted. |
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5. | In the interest of both parties, the Company and Dr. Radomski want to avoid years of dispute
about the asserted claims and arrive at an amicable solution, independently from the scope of
the payments provided by the D&O Insurers and other former board members of the Company. |
(1) | Dr. Radomski agrees to compensate the Company in accordance with paragraph 2 to 4. He assumes
this payment obligation without recognition of any legal obligation to do so. Specifically, it
does not represent any acknowledgement of a liability for damages and no recognition of claims
for violations of duty asserted by the Company against Dr. Radomski. |
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(2) | The amount of the compensation payment shall be EUR 3,000,000 (in words: three million
euros). It is being owed regardless of the amounts rendered by other former members of the
Managing Board and payments made by the D&O Insurers. |
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(3) | The payment shall be due on 01 March 2010. If a complaint is filed against the validity of
the shareholders resolution regarding the approval of this settlement, the payment only
becomes due once the complaint has been dismissed without the possibility of an appeal or is
withdrawn. In this case, the amount owed shall bear annual interest as of 01 March 2010 at the
respective base rate plus 2 percentage points p.a. This interest is not charged to the extent
that the owed payment is rendered through a waiver of claims against the Company as per
paragraph 4. |
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(4) | At the discretion of Dr. Radomski, the owed amount may be satisfied by monetary means or
entirely or partly by waiving any claims Dr. Radomski has against the Company. If and to the
extent Dr. Radomski chooses to discharge himself of his payment obligation by waiving claims,
such claims shall be accounted for with their value at the due date in accordance with
paragraph 3. For this purpose, claims arising out of stock awards are based on the quoted
valuation of the Siemens share at the XETRA opening on the Frankfurt stock exchange on the due
date in accordance with paragraph 3. To the extent rights to stock awards not yet due are
being waived, their current value is applied without discounting; to the extent that stock
awards that are due are waived with regard to which the Company has exercised a retention
right, the current value will also be determined without interest premium. Dr. Radomskis
right to a virtual sale of the stock awards before the payment is due under paragraph 3
remains unaffected. In this event, the virtual proceeds retained by the Company plus |
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interest in accordance with § 3 paragraph 4 shall be offset on the due date against the
payment owed by Dr. Radomski. |
(5) | Once Dr. Radomski has rendered full payment, all current and future, known and unknown claims
beyond the above on the part of the Company against Dr. Radomski with the exception of
maintaining the liability claim in the amount and for the purpose of obtaining benefits from
the D&O Insurers as per § 2 paragraph 3 resulting from or in connection with acts of
corruption within the Siemens Group, regardless of the legal reason, in particular claims due
to violations of organizational and supervisory duties associated with the compliance
organization and adherence to regulations about compliance and proper payment transactions,
shall be paid and settled. |
(1) | The benefits paid and still to be paid by the D&O Insurers are governed by the insurance
policy and the Coverage Settlement between the Company and the D&O Insurers. |
|
(2) | According to the provisions of the Coverage Settlement, the Insurers will continue to assume
defence costs of Dr. Radomski subject to the insurance policy until the Coverage Settlement
becomes effective and only reclaim such payments if, on the basis of a non-appealable
decision, it has been determined that Dr. Radomski violated his duties knowingly or
intentionally in connection with the acts of corruption. For costs of defence incurred for
defending against claims by third parties in connection with the acts of corruption or without
such connection following the effectiveness of the Coverage Settlement, Dr. Radomski shall
also continue to receive insurance protection from the Insurers under the aforementioned
conditions subject to the Coverage Settlement out of reserves formed for this purpose in the
amount of EUR 10m. In the event that such reserve is fully exhausted, the Company will hold
Dr. Radomski harmless from any costs beyond the above incurred for the defence against claims
by third parties; however, unless the further-reaching indemnification under § 3 paragraph 1
becomes applicable, this applies with the reservation that such monies may be reclaimed in the
event of a non-appealable court ruling that Dr. Radomski has violated his duties negligently
or intentionally with regard to the asserted third party claims. |
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(3) | In the event that the annual meeting does not approve the Coverage Settlement or that such
approving resolution will be declared null and void by a non-appealable decision following a
complaint, the Company, as a matter of precaution, reserves the right to file charges in a
liability action against Dr. Radomski as the defendant, if and to the extent it is required to
enforce the coverage claims against the D&O Insurers. In economic terms, the payment to be
made personally by Dr. Radomski remains restricted in any case to the amount specified in § 1
paragraph 2. In particular, the Company will neither execute a judgment in the liability suit
against Dr. Radomski with regard to principal claim, interest or costs, nor will it offset
such claim against claims of Dr. Radomski against the Company or exercise a right of retention
against such claims. The Company shall indemnify Dr. Radomski against costs arising in
connection with the liability suit. |
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(1) | The Company shall indemnify Dr. Radomski against |
a) | possible claims to which other including former board members or
employees of the Company or companies affiliated with the Company might be entitled
against Dr. Radomski arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within the
Siemens Group, |
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b) | possible claims filed in Germany or abroad by stockholders of Siemens AG
against Dr. Radomski arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within the
Siemens Group, |
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c) | possible claims against Dr. Radomski filed by companies affiliated with the
Company or customers or competitors of the Siemens Group arising from or in
connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group, and |
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d) | possible claims by the D&O Insurers against Dr. Radomski on account of
alleged violations of responsibilities due to the negotiations and/or conclusion of
this Settlement. |
(2) | Dr. Radomski agrees to inform the Company without undue delay in writing about any claims
asserted by third parties as per paragraph 1, as well as any announcement of such an assertion
of claims. Dr. Radomski agrees not to enter into any waiver, settlement or any binding
arrangement regarding such claims without approval of the Company. The Company shall be
entitled, in the name of Dr. Radomski and maintaining his interests, to resort to all legal
measures in order to defend against such claims or to settle them by other means. Dr. Radomski
shall support the Company in defending or settling the matter. |
|
(3) | Dr. Radomski agrees to assert any claims to which he might be entitled against third parties
(in particular other also former board members or employees of the Company) arising from
or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group only with the approval of
the Company. |
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(4) | Following the effectiveness of this Settlement, the Company shall fulfil any outstanding
claims for compensation or other claims by Dr. Radomski against the Company, with regard to
which it has exercised a right of retention, concurrently with the payments owed by Dr.
Radomski in accordance with § 1. Dr. Radomskis right under § 1 paragraph 4 to waive such
claims for the purpose of fulfilling his payment obligations remains unaffected. In the event
of a complaint against the effectiveness of the shareholders resolution regarding the
approval of this Settlement Agreement, the Company reserves any retention rights or other
security rights until such complaint has been dismissed by a non-appealable decision or has
been withdrawn, if and to the extent this appears to be appropriate from the viewpoint of the
Supervisory Board of the Company. The claims identified in sentence 1 shall bear annual
interest from their due date at 2 percentage points above the respective base rate p.a.; other
claims for default interest or for compensation for other damages due to late performance
shall be excluded. |
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(5) | Unless otherwise agreed herein, Dr. Radomski, as a precaution, herewith waives all potential
claims, if any, against the Company due to payments, expenses, costs or losses incurred by him
in connection with acts of corruption in the Siemens Group. To the extent that the Company has
assumed and/or reimbursed such payments, expenses, costs or losses until the day this
Settlement became effective, Dr. Radomski shall not be obligated to repay such costs. |
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(1) | This Settlement Agreement becomes effective (condition precedent) upon approval of the
Settlement Agreement by the annual meeting unless a minority whose shares in total represent
10% of the capital stock of the Company raises objections in writing (§ 93 paragraph 4,
sentence 3 German Stock Corporation Act). The condition precedent shall be deemed lapsed if it
has not occurred by 31 January 2010. |
(2) | The effectiveness of this Settlement Agreement shall not be contingent on the effectiveness
of the Coverage Settlement with the D&O Insurers and also not be contingent on the settlement
agreements with other former board members. |
(1) | There are no side agreements to this Settlement Agreement. Changes of this Agreement,
including the written form requirement, shall be in writing. |
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(2) | All disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by German
law. To the extent legally permissible, the place of performance and venue shall be Munich. |
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(3) | If any provision of this Agreement is or will be ineffective or unenforceable in whole or in
part, or should a gap become evident in the implementation of this Agreement, the validity of
the other provisions will remain unaffected. The ineffective, unenforceable or missing
provision shall be replaced by an appropriate and legally valid provision which economically
comes closest to what the parties had in mind or would have had in mind if they had considered
the ineffectiveness, unenforceability or gap. |
1. | Dr. Sharef was a member of the Managing Board of the Company since July 2000 and a member of
the Corporate Executive Committee of the Managing Board since October 2000. He was responsible
for the PG and PTD divisions and the Americas region. Prior to his appointment to the Managing
Board he was, |
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among others, between 1978 and 1982 active as the head of the Siemens subsidiaries in Calí
and Medellín (Columbia) and, between 1985 and 1995 at Siemens S.A. Columbia (as of 1991 as
CEO), and, starting in 1994, as a member of the Board of the regional company in Venezuela
and, as of 1995, of the Board of the regional company Andina (Peru and Ecuador). In the
period from 1996 and July 2000 he was the CEO of PTD. |
2. | In November 2006 widespread corruption practices in the Siemens Group became public. |
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The Company is of the opinion that the members of the Corporate Executive Committee
violated their organizational and supervisory duties in connection with the acts of
corruption which caused major damage to the Company and may continue to do so. Therefore,
in a letter by the chairman of the Supervisory Board of 29 July 2008, the Company has
asserted liability claims against Dr. Sharef. |
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Dr. Sharef is of the opinion that he acted in line with his duties. In particular, he
holds that based on the information accessible to him in each case he could consider the
established compliance organization and supervision of adherence to regulations on
compliance and proper payment transactions as adequate and that he had no reason to adopt
supplemental measures. |
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3. | The members of the Managing Board belong to the insured group of persons covered by
directors liability insurance taken out by the Company as the insured party, with an
aggregate insured amount of EUR 250m; consisting of a base policy of EUR 50m and four excess
liability policies of EUR 50m each (D&O Insurance). On 2 December 2009 the Company entered
into a settlement about the claims for coverage with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG,
Zürich Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), ACE European Group Limited, Liberty Mutual
Insurance Europe Limited and Swiss Re International SE (collectively D&O Insurers) as lead
insurers of the D&O Insurance (Coverage Settlement). The Coverage Settlement is subject to
approval of the annual meeting of the Company. |
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4. | Even though the D&O Insurers only pay a portion of the insurance sum, the Company has agreed
to put the former board members in the position as if the insurers had paid Siemens EUR 250m
to satisfy claims for damages, unless the former board members violated their duties
intentionally or knowingly. However, in the opinion of the Company the losses to be
compensated exceed the insured amount of EUR 250m by far. Therefore, the Company continues to
assert damage claims against the former board members even after the D&O Insurance coverage
has been exhausted. |
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5. | In the interest of both parties, the Company and Dr. Sharef want to avoid years of dispute
about the asserted claims and arrive at an amicable solution independently from the scope of
the payments provided by the D&O Insurers and other former board members of the Company. |
(1) | Dr. Sharef agrees to compensate the Company in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4. He assumes
this payment obligation without recognition of any legal obligation to do so. Specifically, it
does not represent any acknowledgement of a |
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liability for damages and no recognition of claims for violations of duty asserted by the
Company against Dr. Sharef. |
(2) | The amount of the compensation payment shall be EUR 4,000,000 (in words: four million euros).
It is being owed regardless of the amounts rendered by other former members of the Managing
Board and payments made by the D&O Insurers. |
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(3) | The payment shall be due on 01 March 2010. If a complaint is filed against the validity of
the shareholders resolution regarding the approval of this settlement, the payment only
becomes due once the complaint has been dismissed without the possibility of an appeal or is
withdrawn. In this case, the amount owed shall bear annual interest as of 01 March 2010 at the
respective base rate plus 2 percentage points p.a. This interest is not charged to the extent
that the owed payment is rendered through a waiver of claims against the Company as per
paragraph 4. |
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(4) | At the discretion of Dr. Sharef, the owed amount may be satisfied by monetary means or
entirely or partly by waiving any claims Dr. Sharef has against the Company. If and to the
extent Dr. Sharef chooses to discharge himself of his payment obligation by waiving claims,
such claims shall be accounted for with their value at the due date in accordance with
paragraph 3. For this purpose claims arising out of stock awards are based on the quoted
valuation of the Siemens share at the XETRA opening on the Frankfurt stock exchange on the due
date in accordance with paragraph 3. To the extent rights to stock awards not yet due are
being waived, their current value is applied without discounting; to the extent that stock
awards that are due are waived with regard to which the Company has exercised a retention
right, the current value will also be determined without interest premium. Dr. Sharefs right
to a virtual sale of the stock awards before the payment is due under paragraph 3 remains
unaffected. In this event the virtual proceeds retained by the Company plus interest in
accordance with § 3 paragraph 4 shall be offset on the due date against the payment owed by
Dr. Sharef. |
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(5) | Once Dr. Sharef has rendered full payment, all current and future, known and unknown claims
beyond the above on the part of the Company against Dr. Sharefwith the exception of
maintaining the liability claim in the amount and for the purpose of obtaining benefits from
the D&O Insurers as per § 2 paragraph 3resulting from or in connection with acts of
corruption within the Siemens Group, regardless of the legal reason, in particular claims due
to violations of organizational and supervisory duties associated with the compliance
organization and adherence to regulations about compliance and proper payment transactions,
shall be paid and settled. |
(1) | The benefits paid and still to be paid by the D&O Insurers are governed by the insurance
policy and the Coverage Settlement between the Company and the D&O Insurers. |
(2) | According to the provisions of the Coverage Settlement, the Insurers will continue to assume
defense costs of Dr. Sharef subject to the insurance policy until the Coverage Settlement
becomes effective and only reclaim such payments if, on the basis of a non-appealable
decision, it has been determined that Dr. Sharef violated his duties knowingly or
intentionally in connection with the acts of corruption. For costs of defense incurred for
defending against claims by third |
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parties in connection with the acts of corruption or without such connection following the
effectiveness of the Coverage Settlement, Dr. Sharef shall also continue to receive
insurance protection from the Insurers under the aforementioned conditions subject to the
Coverage Settlement out of reserves formed for this purpose in the amount of EUR 10m. In
the event that such reserve is fully exhausted, the Company will hold Dr. Sharef harmless
from any costs beyond the above incurred for the defense against claims by third parties;
however, unless the further-reaching indemnification under § 3 paragraph 1 becomes
applicable, this applies with the reservation that such monies may be reclaimed in the
event of a non-appealable court ruling that Dr. Sharef has violated his duties negligently
or intentionally with regard to the asserted third party claims. |
(3) | In the event that the annual meeting does not approve the Coverage Settlement or that such
approving resolution will be declared null and void by a non-appealable decision following a
complaint, the Company, as a matter of precaution, reserves the right to file charges in a
liability action against Dr. Sharef as the defendant, if and to the extent it is required to
enforce the coverage claims against the D&O Insurers. In economic terms, the payment to be
made personally by Dr. Sharef remains restricted in any case to the amount specified in § 1
paragraph 2. The Company will neither offset a claim determined in a liability suit against
claims of Dr. Sharef against the Company nor will it exercise a right of retention against
such claims. The Company shall indemnify Dr. Sharef against costs arising in connection with
the liability suit. |
(1) | The Company shall indemnify Dr. Sharef against |
a) | possible claims to which other including former board members or
employees of the Company or companies affiliated with the Company might be entitled
against Dr. Sharef arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within the
Siemens Group, |
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b) | possible claims filed in Germany or abroad by stockholders of Siemens AG
against Dr. Sharef arising from or in connection with acts of corruption within the
Siemens Group, |
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c) | possible claims against Dr. Sharef filed by companies affiliated with the
Company or customers or competitors of the Siemens Group arising from or in
connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group, and |
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d) | possible claims by the D&O Insurers against Dr. Sharef on account of
alleged violations of responsibilities due to the negotiations and/or conclusion of
this Settlement. |
(2) | Dr. Sharef agrees to inform the Company without undue delay in writing about any claims
asserted by third parties as per paragraph 1 as well as any announcement of such an assertion
of claims. Dr. Sharef agrees not to enter into any waiver, settlement or any binding
arrangement regarding such claims without approval of the Company. The Company shall be
entitled, in the name of Dr. Sharef and maintaining his interests, to resort to all legal
measures in order to defend against such claims or to settle them by other means. Dr. Sharef
shall support the Company in defending or settling the matter. |
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(3) | Dr. Sharef agrees to assert any claims to which he might be entitled against third parties
(in particular otheralso formerboard members or employees of the Company) arising from or
in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group only with the approval of the
Company. |
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(4) | Following the effectiveness of this Settlement, the Company shall fulfill any outstanding
claims for compensation or other claims by Dr. Sharef against the Company, with regard to
which it has exercised a right of retention, concurrently with the payments owed by Dr. Sharef
in accordance with § 1. Dr. Sharefs right under § 1 paragraph 4 to waive such claims for the
purpose of fulfilling his payment obligations remains unaffected. In the event of a complaint
against the effectiveness of the shareholders resolution regarding the approval of this
Settlement Agreement, the Company reserves any retention rights or other security rights until
such complaint has been dismissed by a non-appealable decision or has been withdrawn, if and
to the extent this appears to be appropriate from the viewpoint of the Supervisory Board of
the Company. The claims identified in sentence 1 shall bear annual interest from their due
date at 2 percentage points above the respective base rate p.a.; other claims for default
interest or for compensation for other damages due to late performance shall be excluded. |
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(5) | Unless otherwise agreed herein, Dr. Sharef, as a precaution, herewith waives all potential
claims, if any, against the Company due to payments, expenses, costs or losses incurred by him
in connection with acts of corruption in the Siemens Group. To the extent that the Company has
assumed and/or reimbursed such payments, expenses, costs or losses until the day this
Settlement became effective, Dr. Sharef shall not be obligated to repay such costs. |
(1) | This Settlement Agreement becomes effective (condition precedent) upon approval of the
Settlement by the annual meeting unless a minority whose shares in total represent 10% of the
capital stock of the Company raises objections in writing (§ 93 paragraph 4, sentence 3 AktG).
The condition precedent shall be deemed lapsed if it has not occurred by 31 January 2010. |
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(2) | The effectiveness of this Settlement Agreement shall not be contingent on the effectiveness
of the Coverage Settlement with the D&O Insurers and also not be contingent on the settlement
agreements with other former board members. |
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(3) | The Settlement Agreement shall lapse retroactively (condition subsequent) if Dr. Sharef
should be sentenced by a non-appealable decision or order for summary punishment for bribery
or as an accessory to bribery in connection with the acts of corruption within the Siemens
Group. |
(1) | There are no side agreements to this Settlement Agreement. Changes of this Agreement,
including the written form requirement, shall be in writing. |
(2) | All disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by German
law. To the extent legally permissible, the place of performance and venue shall be Munich. |
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(3) | If any provision of this Agreement is or will be ineffective or unenforceable in whole or in
part, or should a gap become evident in the implementation of this Agreement, the validity of
the other provisions will remain unaffected. The ineffective, unenforceable or missing
provision shall be replaced by an appropriate and legally valid provision which economically
comes closest to what the parties had in mind or would have had in mind if they had considered
the ineffectiveness, unenforceability or gap. |
1. | Prof. Dr. Wucherer was a member of the Managing Board of the Company since 1999 and a member
of the Corporate Executive Committee since 2000; he retired from both positions at the end of
2007. He was responsible for the A&D, ATD (later renamed I&S), TS (as of 01 October 2004)
divisions and the Top+ internal program as well as for the Asia and Australia regions. Prior
to that, he was active, among others, on the A&D Division Board (eventually as its chairman),
head of several business areas and units in Erlangen and Nuremberg, as well as director of the
Technical Department of Siemens S.A., Brazil (19831986). |
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2. | In November 2006 widespread corruption practices in the Siemens Group became public. |
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The Company is of the opinion that the members of the Corporate Executive Committee
violated their organizational and supervisory duties in connection with the acts of
corruption which caused major damage to the Company and may continue to do so. Therefore,
in a letter by the chairman of the Supervisory Board of 29 July 2008, the Company has
asserted liability claims against Prof. Dr. Wucherer. |
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Prof. Dr. Wucherer is of the opinion that he acted in line with his duties. In particular,
he holds that based on the information accessible to him in each case he could consider
the established compliance organization and the supervision of adherence to regulations on
compliance and proper payment transactions as adequate and that he had no reason to adopt
supplemental measures. |
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3. | The members of the Managing Board belong to the insured group of persons covered by
directors liability insurance taken out by the Company as the insured party, with an
aggregate insured amount of EUR 250m; consisting of a base policy of EUR 50m and four excess
liability policies of EUR 50m each (D&O |
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Insurance). On 2 December 2009 the Company entered into a settlement about the claims for
coverage with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG, Zürich Versicherung
Aktiengesellschaft (Germany), ACE European Group Limited, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe
Limited and Swiss Re International SE (collectively D&O Insurers) as lead insurers of
the D&O Insurance (Coverage Settlement). The Coverage Settlement shall be subject to the
approval of the annual meeting of the Company. |
4. | In the interest of both parties, the Company and Prof. Dr. Wucherer want to avoid years of
dispute about the asserted claims and arrive at an amicable solution independently from the
scope of the payments provided by the D&O Insurers and other former board members of the
Company. |
(1) | Prof. Dr. Wucherer agrees to compensate the Company in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4. He
assumes this payment obligation without recognition of any legal obligation to do so.
Specifically, it does not represent any acknowledgement of a liability for damages and no
recognition of claims for violations of duty asserted by the Company against Prof. Dr.
Wucherer. |
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(2) | The amount of the compensation payment shall be EUR 500,000 (in words: five hundred thousand
euros). It is being owed regardless of the amounts rendered by other former members of the
Managing Board and payments made by the D&O Insurers. |
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(3) | The payment shall be due on 01 March 2010. If a complaint is filed against the validity of
the shareholders resolution regarding the approval of this settlement, the payment only
becomes due once the complaint has been dismissed without the possibility of an appeal or is
withdrawn. In this case the amount owed shall bear annual interest as of 01 March 2010 at the
respective base rate plus 2 percentage points p.a. This interest shall not be charged to the
extent that the owed payment is rendered through a waiver of claims against the Company as per
paragraph 4. |
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(4) | At the discretion of Prof. Dr. Wucherer, the owed amount may be satisfied by monetary means
or entirely or partly by waiving any claims Prof. Dr. Wucherer has against the Company. If and
to the extent Prof. Dr. Wucherer chooses to discharge himself of his payment obligation by
waiving claims, such claims shall be accounted for with their value at the due date in
accordance with paragraph 3. For this purpose claims arising out of stock awards are based on
the quoted valuation of the Siemens share at the XETRA opening on the Frankfurt stock exchange
on the due date in accordance with paragraph 3. To the extent rights to stock awards not yet
due are being waived, their current value is applied without discounting; to the extent that
stock awards that are due are waived with regard to which the Company has exercised a
retention right, the current value will also be determined without interest premium.
Otherwise, any interest payment under § 3, paragraph 4 remains unaffected. |
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(5) | Once Prof. Dr. Wucherer has rendered full payment, all current and future, known and unknown
claims beyond the above on the part of the Company against Prof. Dr. Wucherer with the
exception of maintaining the liability claim in the amount and for the purpose of obtaining
benefits from the D&O Insurers as per § 2 paragraph 3resulting from or in connection with
acts of corruption within the |
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Siemens Group, regardless of the legal reason, in particular claims due to violations of
organizational and supervisory duties associated with the compliance organization and
adherence to regulations about compliance and proper payment transactions, shall be paid
and settled. |
(1) | The benefits paid and still to be paid by the D&O Insurers are governed by the insurance
policy and the Coverage Settlement between the Company and the D&O Insurers. |
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(2) | According to the provisions of the Coverage Settlement, the Insurers will continue to assume
defence costs of Prof. Dr. Wucherer subject to the insurance policy until the Coverage
Settlement becomes effective and only reclaim such payments if, on the basis of a
non-appealable decision, it has been determined that Dr. Wucherer violated his duties
knowingly or intentionally in connection with the acts of corruption. For costs of defence
incurred for defending against claims by third parties in connection with the acts of
corruption or without such connection following the effectiveness of the Coverage Settlement
(Third-Party Claims), Prof. Dr. Wucherer shall also continue to receive insurance protection
from the Insurers under the aforementioned conditions subject to the Coverage Settlement out
of reserves formed for this purpose in the amount of EUR 10m. In the event that such reserve
is fully exhausted, the Company will hold Prof. Dr. Wucherer harmless from any costs beyond
the above incurred for the defence against Third-Party Claims; however, unless the
further-reaching indemnification under § 3 paragraph 1 becomes applicable, this applies with
the reservation that such monies may be reclaimed in the event of a non-appealable court
ruling that Prof. Dr. Wucherer has violated his duties negligently or intentionally with
regard to the asserted Third-Party Claims. |
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(3) | In the event that the annual meeting does not approve the Coverage Settlement or that such
approving resolution will be declared null and void by a non-appealable decision following a
complaint, the Company, as a matter of precaution, reserves the right to file charges in a
liability action against Prof. Dr. Wucherer as the defendant, if and to the extent it is
required to enforce the coverage claims against the D&O Insurers. In economic terms, the
payment to be made personally by Dr. Wucherer remains restricted in any case to the amount
specified in § 1 paragraph 2. In particular, the Company will neither execute a judgement in
the liability suit against Prof. Dr. Wucherer with regard to principal claim, interest or
costs, nor will it offset such claim against claims of Prof. Dr. Wucherer against the Company
or exercise a right of retention against such claims. The Company shall indemnify Prof. Dr.
Wucherer against costs arising in connection with the liability suit. |
(1) | The Company shall indemnify Prof. Dr. Wucherer against |
a) | possible claims to which other including former board members or
employees of the Company or companies affiliated with the Company might be entitled
against Prof. Dr. Wucherer arising from or in connection with acts of corruption
within the Siemens Group, |
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b) | possible claims filed in Germany or abroad by stockholders of Siemens AG
against Prof. Dr. Wucherer arising from or in connection with acts of corruption
within the Siemens Group, |
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c) | possible claims against Prof. Dr. Wucherer filed by companies affiliated
with the Company or customers or competitors of the Siemens Group arising from or in
connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group, and |
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d) | possible claims by the D&O Insurers against Prof. Dr. Wucherer on account
of alleged violations of responsibilities due to the negotiations and/or conclusion
of this Settlement. |
(2) | Prof. Dr. Wucherer agrees to inform the Company without undue delay in writing about any
claims asserted by third parties as per paragraph 1 as well as any announcement of such an
assertion of claims. Dr. Wucherer agrees not to enter into any waiver, settlement or any
binding arrangement regarding such claims without approval of the Company. The Company shall
be entitled, in the name of Prof. Dr. Wucherer and maintaining his interests, to resort to all
legal measures in order to defend against such claims or to settle them by other means. Prof.
Dr. Wucherer shall support the Company in defending or settling the matter. |
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(3) | Prof. Dr. Wucherer agrees to assert any claims to which he might be entitled against third
parties (in particular otheralso formerboard members or employees of the Company) arising
from or in connection with acts of corruption within the Siemens Group only with the approval
of the Company. |
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(4) | Following the effectiveness of this Settlement, the Company shall fulfil any outstanding
claims for compensation or other claims by Prof. Dr. Wucherer against the Company, with regard
to which it has exercised a right of retention, concurrently with the payments owed by Prof.
Dr. Wucherer in accordance with § 1. Prof. Dr. Wucherers right under § 1 paragraph 4 to waive
such claims for the purpose of fulfilling his payment obligations remains unaffected. In the
event of a complaint against the effectiveness of the shareholders resolution regarding the
approval of this Settlement Agreement, the Company reserves any retention rights or other
security rights until such complaint has been dismissed by a non-appealable decision or has
been withdrawn, if and to the extent this appears to be appropriate from the viewpoint of the
Supervisory Board of the Company. The claims identified in sentence 1 shall bear annual
interest from their due date at 2 percentage points above the respective base rate p.a.; other
claims for default interest or for compensation for other damages due to late performance
shall be excluded. |
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(5) | Unless otherwise agreed herein, Prof. Dr. Wucherer, as a precaution, herewith waives all
potential claims, if any, against the Company due to payments, expenses, costs or losses
incurred by him in connection with acts of corruption in the Siemens Group. To the extent that
the Company has assumed and/or reimbursed such payments, expenses, costs or losses until the
day this Settlement became effective, Prof. Dr. Wucherer shall not be obligated to repay such
costs. |
(1) | This Settlement Agreement becomes effective (condition precedent) upon approval of the
Settlement by the annual meeting unless a minority whose shares in total represent 10% of the
capital stock of the Company raises objections in |
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writing (§ 93 paragraph 4, sentence 3 German Stock Corporation Act). The condition
precedent shall be deemed lapsed if it has not occurred by 31 January 2010. |
(2) | The effectiveness of this Settlement Agreement shall not be contingent on the effectiveness
of the Coverage Settlement with the D&O Insurers and also not be contingent on the settlement
agreements with other former board members. |
(1) | There are no side agreements to this Settlement Agreement. Changes of this Agreement,
including the written form requirement, shall be in writing. |
(2) | All disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by German
law. To the extent legally permissible, the place of performance and venue shall be Munich. |
(3) | If any provision of this Agreement is or will be ineffective or unenforceable in whole or in
part or should a gap become evident in the implementation of this Agreement, the validity of
the other provisions will remain unaffected. The ineffective, unenforceable or missing
provision shall be replaced by an appropriate and legally valid provision which economically
comes closest to what the parties had in mind or would have had in mind if they had considered
the ineffectiveness, unenforceability or gap. |
1. | Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG, Fritz-Schäffer-Str. 9, 81737 Munich |
2. | Zurich Versicherung AG (Germany), Solmsstrasse 27-37, 60252 Frankfurt |
3. | ACE European Group Limited,
Directorate for Germany, Lurgiallee 10, 60439 Frankfurt |
4. | Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited, 3rd Floor, Two Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London,
EC3R 7YE, England |
5. | Swiss Re International SE., Mythenquai 50/60, 8022 Zurich, Switzerland |
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6. | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Wittelsbacherplatz 2, 80333 Munich, represented by the Managing
Board and Supervisory Board |
(1) | Allianz, Zurich, ACE, Liberty and SRI are the lead insurers in various insurance consortia
which concluded with Siemens liability insurance policies covering directors and officers for
the 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 insurance years with an aggregate insured sum of Euro
250m (D&O Insurance). The D&O Insurance consists of a basic coverage with an insured sum of
Euro 50m as well as 4 excess liability insurance policies, also with insured amounts of Euro
50 m each, each linked to the insured sums of the preceding layers, namely: |
(a) | Basic Contract No. IHV 70/493/7999060 Insured amount: Euro 50 m Lead insurer: Allianz (50%) Co-insurers: XL Insurance, Company Limited, Directorate for Germany, Munich (20%); ACE (20%); Liberty (10%) |
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(b) | First excess policy No. 802.380.091.070 Insured amount: Euro 50 m xs Euro 50 m Lead insurer: Zurich (35%) Co-insurers: Allied World Assurance Company (Europe) Ltd., Dublin (AWAC) (30%); Allianz (20%); CNA Insurance Company Ltd., Directorate for Germany, Frankfurt (15%) |
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(c) | Second excess policy No. 30 GE 600349 Insured amount: Euro 50 m xs Euro 100 m Lead insurer: ACE (30%) Co-insurers: Allianz (30%); Houston Casualty Company Europe Seguros y Reaseguros S. A, Madrid (HCC) (30%); SRI (10%) |
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(d) | Third excess policy No. CO 276249-003 Insured amount: Euro 50 m xs Euro 150 m Lead insurer: Liberty (30%) Co-insurers: Allianz (20%); SRI (20%); Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, London (20%); AWAC (10%) |
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(e) | Fourth excess policy No. MH 34012.6 Insured amount: Euro 50 m xs Euro 200 m Lead insurer: SRI (40%) |
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Co-insurers: Allianz (20%); Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, London (20%); HDI
Industrie Versicherungs-AG, Hannover (15%); HCC (5%) |
The insurance protection is based on the D&O terms and conditions of the basic
contract No. IHV 70/493/7999060 for the coverage period 2006/2007 and in accordance with
the insurance agreement formed with each individual insurer. |
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(2) | In November 2006 widespread corruption and associated financing practices (such as the
establishment of secret accounts, fictitious invoices, etc.) within the Siemens Group became
publicly known (referred to collectively in the following as acts of corruption). Siemens is
of the opinion that the members of the Corporate Executive Committee of the Managing Board at
least violated their organizational and supervisory duties in connection with the acts of
corruption, which caused considerable damage to the company and may continue to do so.
Therefore, in a letter by the chairman of the Supervisory Board dated 29 July 2008, Siemens
has asserted damage claims against the former members of the Corporate Executive Committee
Prof. Johannes Feldmayer, Dr. Thomas Ganswindt, Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld, Prof. Dr. Edward G.
Krubasik, Rudi Lamprecht, Heinz-Joachim Neubürger, Prof. Dr. Heinrich von Pierer, Dr. Jürgen
Radomski, Dr. Uriel Sharef, and Prof. Dr. Klaus Wucherer. In a letter dated 07 October 2008 by
its attorneys, the Siemens Managing Board announced its decision to assert damage claims
against the former chairmen of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Karl Baumann and Prof. Heinrich von
Pierer, on account of breach of their supervisory duties in connection with the acts of
corruption. The former members of the Managing Board and chairmen of the Supervisory Board are
identified hereafter as Former Board Members. |
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The Former Board Members are of the opinion that they acted in line with their duties
and hold, among other things, that on the basis of the information available to them in
each case they could consider the established compliance organization and the supervision
of adherence to regulations on compliance and the proper payment transactions as adequate. |
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All Former Board Members currently receive provisional insurance protection from the basic
contract, in the form of defence coverage, in connection with the allegations by Siemens
described above. |
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(3) | With its legal action of 30 December 2008, Siemens claims compensation of damages due to
embezzlement against Dr. Michael Christoforakos, former head of Siemens A.E., as well as
others, in connection with acts of corruption in Greece in the regional court Munich I (File
No.: 6 O 23415/08). The latter objects to the allegations made against him and the claim for
damages that has been asserted. The coverage inquiry made in this context has not yet been
decided on. There are reservations regarding the coverage that are similar to those cited
below under paragraph 7, with the difference that Siemens itself accuses Dr. Christoforakos of
a knowing/intentional breach of duty as within the meaning of § 2 paragraph 2 (hereinafter,
paragraphs cited without specification always refer to this Coverage Settlement). |
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(4) | In early 2007, the public prosecutors office in Nuremberg-Fürth initiated investigative
proceedings, among others against the Former Board Members of Siemens Prof. Johannes Feldmayer
and Dr. Günter Wilhelm, under Group File No. 501 Js 65/07, in connection with financial
payments for the support of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Betriebsangehöriger (AUB). In
this matter, Prof. Feldmayer was sentenced to two years probation for offences including
fraudulent breach of trust by a non-appealable judgment of the regional court Nuremberg-Fürth
dated 24 November 2008 (File No.: 5 Kls 501 Js 1777/08). In the context of these incidents,
Siemens has asserted damage claims in the |
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amount of approximately Euro 50m against the two Former Board Members by a letter of the
chairman of the Supervisory Board dated 29 July 2008. |
The Insurers have ultimately denied insurance coverage for Prof. Feldmayer. Dr.
Wilhelm is currently granted provisional coverage for defence against claims by
Siemens under civil law. The investigative proceeding against Dr. Wilhelm has not yet
been concluded. There are reservations about the coverage similar to those cited below
under paragraph 7. |
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(5) | Siemens assesses the aggregate damage incurred in connection with the acts of corruption up
to this time at approximately Euro 2.5 billion, including monetary fines and forfeiture
payments imposed by German and U.S. judicial authorities in the amount of approximately Euro
1.2 billion. In respect of the allegations by Siemens described in paragraph 2, the Insurers
have expressed doubts with regard to the liability of the insured persons on the merits and in
terms of amount. The Insurers are examining, on the one hand, to what extent the Former Board
Members are obligated to pay damages to Siemens and, on the other hand, whether insurance
protection is available at all. |
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Additional coverage inquiries by insured persons in connection with the circumstances
described under paragraphs 2 to 4 are possible but have not yet occurred. |
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(6) | Siemens has proposed to the Former Board Members to reach consensus on settlement agreements
with respect to the allegations in paragraph 2 which shall be submitted for approval by the
Annual Meeting of Siemens in January 2010 (Liability Settlements). The key elements provide
that the Former Board Members who are prepared to settle shall, without recognizing any
liability for damages and without acknowledgment of the violations they were charged with,
render individually specified sums to Siemens and shall agree not to draw on the D&O insurance
coverage for this purpose. In addition, the company reserves the right to file additional
claims against the Former Board Members in so far as it may be necessary for the subsequent
enforcement of claims against the Insurers. In the event that this Coverage Settlement is
invalid, the Insurers reserve the right to raise objections to this procedure. Any claims of
the company arising from or in connection with the acts of corruption in the Siemens Group
beyond the above against Former Board Members participating in the settlement shall be deemed
compensated and settled by the respective Liability Settlement. |
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The Insurers have confirmed to the attorneys of various insured parties that their
execution of the heads of terms agreement (status: 13.08.2009) with Siemens shall not be
considered a violation of their contractual responsibilities. However, this confirmation
did expressly not contain an assurance of insurance coverage. The Insurers confirmed to
Siemens with regard to all other Former Board Members named in paragraph 2 of the Preamble
also without addressing the issue of insurance coverage that an execution of the
heads of terms agreement (status: 03.07.2009) shall not be considered a violation of the
contractual responsibilities of the respective insured person. |
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To date, of the Former Board Members Mr. Krubasik, Mr. Lamprecht and Mr. Wucherer have
arrived at an agreement with Siemens on the heads of terms of an intended liability
settlement. Siemens expects additional Former Board Members to join this agreement;
however, the company also cannot rule out that no agreement will be reached with certain
Former Board Members and that, instead, Siemens will file damage claims in court against
such Former Board Members. |
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(7) | Intensive discussions have taken place between the Insurers and Siemens regarding the
settlement of the claims described under paragraph 2 above. With respect to both the damages
described under paragraph 2 and the circumstances referred to under paragraphs 3 and 4, the
Insurers see indications that coverage may be denied on the merits, among others, because of
pre-contractual knowledge and/or fraudulent/intentional violations of duties and/or that
certain rights by unilateral declaration can be exercised, which would lead to retroactive
rescission of the D&O insurance. Siemens does not share these concerns and considers the
Insurers obligated to provide coverage without any restrictions for the claims specified in
paragraph 2. |
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The Parties have arrived at the conviction that is it both in their mutual
interest and in the well-understood interest of the Former Board Members to arrive at
an agreement between the company and the Insurers which pursues, in particular, three
objectives, namely |
| to avoid court litigation between Siemens, the insured individuals and the
Insurers regarding insurance protection for the asserted claims and to bring the
opposite views regarding the coverage issues to a mutually agreeable conclusion, |
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| to avoid that Siemens needs to pursue an action for damages against those
Former Board Members who settled with Siemens in order to establish their liability as
a precondition for the obligation to provide coverage on the part of the Insurers, |
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| to put those Former Board Members who do not wish to settle with Siemens in a
position as if the full insured sum had been paid. |
For this purpose Siemens and the Insurers hereby enter into a settlement regarding the
coverage claims under the insurance policies set forth in paragraph 1, which governs the
agreement on all facts mentioned in this Preamble and all possible claims for coverage that
are directly or indirectly related thereto as described hereinafter (Coverage
Settlement). This Coverage Settlement settles points of dispute between Siemens and the
Insurers, which endanger the existence of the D&O insurance as such. Any liability on the
part of the insured persons is neither acknowledged nor determined by the Coverage
Settlement. The Insurers have sent the executed Letter of Intent (dated 12/16/19/23/27
October and 10 November 2009, hereinafter: LoI) to the Former Board Members in advance and
provided them with an opportunity to comment on the key points of agreement. |
(1) | The Insurers shall, subject to the following provisions, pay up to Euro 100m as settlement
(Settlement Amount). |
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(2) | Payments made by the Insurers as preliminary defence coverage pursuant to § 2, as well as
future such payments made until the Coverage Settlement becomes legally effective pursuant to
§ 6, shall be credited against the Settlement Amount. |
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(3) | From the Settlement Amount, a provision in the amount of Euro 10m shall be made for future
payments following the effective date of this Coverage Settlement. The use and accounting for
this reserve are governed by § 3. |
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(4) | The Insurers, as individual debtors, shall pay to Siemens, in accordance with the following
allocation of the Settlement Amount to the individual layers of the D&O insurance and their
respective participation ratio in the individual layers, pro-rata shares in a total amount of
the Settlement Amount as per paragraph 1, reduced by the payments to be credited in accordance
with paragraph 2 and the provision to be formed in accordance with paragraph 3. |
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The pro-rata amounts are due and payable on 01 March 2010. If a complaint is filed against
the validity of the shareholders resolution regarding the approval of this settlement, the
payment only becomes due once the complaint has been dismissed without the possibility of
appeal or withdrawn. In this case, the amount owed shall bear interest as from 01 March
2010 at the respective base rate plus 2 percentage points p.a. |
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(5) | All payments payable by the Insurers under the foregoing paragraphs 1 to 4, shall be owed |
| by the Insurers participating in the basic policy at a rate of 40%, |
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| by the Insurers participating in the first excess policy at a rate of 30%, |
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| by the Insurers participating in the second excess policy at a rate of
13.75%, |
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| by the Insurers participating in the third excess policy at a rate of 8.75%, |
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| by the Insurers participating in the fourth excess policy at a rate of 7.5%. |
The allocation of the amounts accruing to the basic contract and the excess
policies respectively among the Insurers participating in the respective policy shall
be governed by the participation ratios agreed in the basic contract and the excess
policies. The calculation of the payment amounts to be rendered by the individual
Insurers shall be based on a total amount of Euro 100m; the payments under paragraph 2
shall be credited against the payment obligation under the basic contract. |
(1) | The Insurers of the basic contract granted preliminary coverage to Former Board Members for
the out-of-court defence against damage claims asserted by Siemens and, on that basis, paid
defence costs in the amount of approximately Euro 5.5m until the day of execution of this
Coverage Settlement. |
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(2) | If it is determined by a non-appealable court decision that individual Former Board Members
intentionally or knowingly (within in the meaning of the D&O policy provisions of the base
contract No. IHV 70/493/7999060 for the 2006/2007 insurance period) violated their duties in
connection with circumstances described in the Preamble , the Insurers, subject to the
contractual provisions set forth in paragraph 1 of the Preamble, shall be entitled to ask for
reimbursement of the defence costs paid to the respective Former Board Members. The decision
on whether and to what extent repayment of defence costs will be demanded shall be at the
discretion of the Insurers for which Allianz shall organize the handling. |
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The repayments shall be added to the provision for future insurance benefits (§ 3). Costs
for the enforcement of the repayment shall be debited to the provision for future insurance
benefits. |
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(3) | The right of the Insurers to demand repayment of defence costs shall expire for the benefit
of the insured persons ten years after this Coverage Settlement takes effect. The relevant
date shall be the date of receipt of the demand for repayment. |
(1) | From the provision to be formed in accordance with § 1 paragraph 3 in the amount of Euro 10m,
insurance coverage will be granted only subject to the contractual terms set forth in
paragraph 1 of the Preamble and the provisions of this paragraph 1. Accordingly the insurance
coverage covers only the court and out-of-court defence of unfounded, as well as the
satisfaction of justified claims |
a) | that are asserted against Former Board Members based on or in connection with
the acts of corruption in the Siemens Group described in the Preamble, or |
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b) | that have no connection with the acts of corruption in the Siemens Group
described in the Preamble, to the extent no insurance protection exists under other
D&O insurance policies. |
Cost reimbursement under paragraph 1 lit. a) regarding the court defence of Former
Board Members against whom claims have been raised by Siemens is available within the
framework of the statutory regulations governing attorney fees (RVG). |
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Apart from this, § 2 paragraphs 2 and 3 apply mutatis mutandis. |
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(2) | The provision shall be managed by Allianz, which, acting on behalf of all Insurers, shall
decide on all claims that are asserted. Allianz shall have the right to settle claims pursuant
to paragraph 1 if the claims are justified in the judgment of Allianz or, in the event of a
dispute, if an amicable settlement or other favourable solution can be achieved. |
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To the extent Allianz has decided that payments are to be made, it shall request that the
other Insurers transfer to Allianz the respective pro-rata amounts owed in accordance with
§ 1 paragraph 5. |
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(3) | The provision shall be settled as of 31 December 2011. Any provision amount not used by that
time shall become due and payable to the Insurers on the one hand and to Siemens on the other
hand in equal amounts. |
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(4) | In the event that after the final settlement of the provision insurance payments are still
outstanding pursuant to paragraph 1, each of the Insurers and Siemens shall be obligated to
make available half of the required funds up to a maximum of the provision amount not used
by 31 December 2011. The payment shares of the individual Insurers among each other shall be
governed by § 1 paragraph 5. |
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(1) | The Parties agree that all insurance policies of the D&O insurance referred to in paragraph 1
of the Preamble shall be retroactively terminated upon effectiveness of this Coverage
Settlement (§ 6). The Parties further agree that, irrespective of the provisions in sentence
1, due to the provisions contained in § 4 the insured amounts shall be deemed fully exhausted
(Euro 250m) by payment of the Settlement Amount. Therefore Siemens, all insured persons and
insured companies shall have no claims under the insurance policies of the D&O insurance
referred to in paragraph 1 of the Preamble, irrespective of whether and to what amount such
claims ever existed. Claims for future payments or for repayments may be asserted only as
provided in this Coverage Settlement. |
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(2) | In the event that despite the provisions in paragraph 1 insured parties, insured companies or
third parties assert claims against the Insurers under or in connection with the D&O
insurance, whether in court or out of court (Coverage Dispute), the Insurers shall inform
Siemens thereof without undue delay and shall defend themselves against such claims as
provided in the following paragraphs. |
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In the event of any Coverage Disputes Siemens shall, irrespective of the existence of the
standstill agreements, assist the Insurers on a factual basis and, at the Insurers
request, provide any available documents that are necessary for an appropriate legal
defence, unless this would be contrary to confidentiality obligations of Siemens.
Irrespective of the existence and effectiveness of this Coverage Settlement (§ 6), the
Insurers reserve the right in Coverage Disputes to raise any objections against the
coverage against the insured persons, companies and third parties who file claims against
the Insurers, and to exercise any other rights in this respect. |
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(3) | Siemens shall indemnify the Insurers from such claims in a manner that Siemens shall assume
both any claims successfully asserted against the Insurers as well as the in-court and
reasonable out-of-court legal defence costs regarding the asserted claims and shall indemnify
and hold the Insurers harmless to that extent. For purposes of clarification, the Parties
agree that such claim for indemnification shall not come into existence until a Coverage
Dispute begins and therefore any limitation period shall not begin to run prior to that time. |
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In the event of claims under paragraph 2, the Insurers against which claims are filed will
obtain legal representation at their discretion. |
(1) | This Coverage Settlement becomes effective (condition precedent) if the annual meeting of
Siemens taking place on 26 January 2010 passes a resolution to approve the Coverage Settlement
unless a minority of shareholders whose shares in total represent 10% of the capital stock of
the company (§ 93 paragraph 4 sentence 3 German Stock Corporation Act) raises objections in
writing. |
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(2) | If a nullity action under § 249 German Stock Corporation Act and/or a challenge action under
§ 246 German Stock Corporation Act is filed against this resolution, this shall not per se
affect the consummation of the settlement, i.e. the future insurance benefits as provided in §
3 shall be paid as agreed and the payments as provided in § 1 paragraph 4 shall be made when
due and payable. However, if such an action has been successful and become non-appealable, the
Parties must repay any payments made to one another without reservation as provided in §§ 346
ff. German Civil Code. In this case, Siemens shall repay, of the Settlement Amount under § 1
paragraph 1, the amount remaining after the following payments are deducted from the
Settlement Amount: |
| amounts credited against the settlement amount pursuant to § 1 paragraph 2, |
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| amounts paid to insured persons from the provision to be formed pursuant to §
1 paragraph 3 and for which repayment has not yet been successfully demanded and
disbursed to Siemens, and |
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| unused amounts from the provision to be formed in accordance with § 1
paragraph 3. |
The Insurers may reclaim the respective payments from such insured persons who have
received such payments in accordance with the D&O policy provisions of base contract No.
IHV 70/493/7999060 for the 2006/2007 insurance period. |
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Amounts to be repaid between the Parties shall bear interest at the respective base rate
plus 2 percentage points p.a. as from the date of payment to the date of the repayment. |
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(3) | The standstill agreements entered into between Siemens and the Insurers shall remain in
effect until this Coverage Settlement becomes effective. Upon effectiveness of the Coverage
Settlement, the Parties shall refrain from terminating the standstill agreements. The Parties
agree that the standstill agreements shall also continuously remain in effect in the event of
the retroactive invalidity of the Coverage Settlement or if the Insurers make effective use of
their right of rescission under § 7. In the event that this Coverage Settlement is declared
invalid due to a non-appealable court ruling, or in the event that the Insurers exercise their
right of rescission under § 7, the parties may terminate the standstill agreement as agreed at
any time. |
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In the event that this Coverage Settlement is invalid, the insurers shall be entitled to
raise all possible objections against asserted claims for insurance benefits under the D&O
insurance described in paragraph 1 of the Preamble and to exercise and assert and exercise
all possible other rights in this respect. |
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In the event that this Coverage Settlement is invalid, the LoI shall become invalid as
well. |
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(4) | The effectiveness of the Coverage Settlement shall not be contingent on the conclusion and
effectiveness of any Liability Settlements. |
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| it is proven that the Siemens Corporate Vice President and Treasurer
Dr. Peter Moritz provided wrong or incomplete information, against his
better knowledge, regarding the circumstances described in lit. a) or
b) of the Warranty and Representation Letter dated 01 October 2004,
unless it concerns information that has no connection to the acts of
corruption in the Siemens Group described in the Preamble, |
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or |
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| based on a non-appealable court decision it has been determined that
all Former Board Members (within the meaning of paragraph 2 of the
Preamble) had positive knowledge prior to 01 October 2004 of the fact
that they breached their organizational and supervision duties to
avoid acts of corruption. |
(1) | The Parties agree that there are no side letters to this Coverage Settlement. Any changes
shall be in writing; this shall also apply to a change of the written form requirement itself. |
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(2) | All disputes arising from or in connection with this Coverage Settlement shall be governed by
German law. Place of performance and venue shall be, to the extent permitted by law, Munich. |
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(3) | If a provision of this Coverage Settlement is or becomes invalid or unenforceable in whole or
in part or if a gap becomes evident in its implementation, the validity of the remaining
provisions shall not be affected thereby. The invalid, unenforceable or missing provision
shall be replaced by a proper and legally valid provision which comes closest to the economic
intent of the Parties had they considered the invalidity, unenforceability or incompleteness. |
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(4) | If this Coverage Settlement is invalid in relation to the insured parties, its provisions
shall still remain valid in the relationship of the Parties to the settlement with one
another. |
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SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT |
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Date: December 8, 2009 | /s/ Solms U. Wittig | |||
Name: | Solms U. Wittig | |||
Title: | General Counsel Corporate & Finance |
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/s/ Dr. Tanja Koehler | ||||
Name: | Dr. Tanja Koehler | |||
Title: | Senior Legal Counsel | |||