Questions and Answers

You can purchase Siemens shares through a broker or a depository bank.

Siemens shares are listed on the following stock exchanges: Frankfurt am Main, Xetra

The rearrangement to registered shares was carried out on August 16, 1999.

Siemens shares are shares without par value.

The shares of Siemens AG are included in most share indicators; for example:

• DAX 30 (German stock index) 
• EURO STOXX 50
• STOXX Europe 50
• S&P Global 100
• STOXX Global 1800
• STOXX Europe 600 Industrial Goods & Services
• Dow Jones Sustainability Index
• DivDAX (15 strongest DAX 30 companies by dividend yields)

The last tranche of the Stock Option Plan 2001 expired in November 2010. Since then, Siemens AG has had no active stock option plan in place and it has had no outstanding options.

The Company grants stock awards to members of the Managing Board, members of the senior management and other eligible employees. Stock awards are subject to a restriction period of about four years and entitle the beneficiary to Siemens shares without payment of consideration following the restriction period. Stock awards are tied to performance criteria. The target attainment for the performance criteria ranges between 0% and 200%.

Please refer to the Annual Report 2016, Note 25 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, for further information on share-based payment awards at Siemens, including stock awards.

As of February 22, 2016, the common stock of Siemens AG is divided into 850,000,000 shares of no par value.

Information regarding our current and previous share buybacks can be found here.

Siemens conducted two share splits in the recent past: in 1996 and 2001.

In 1996 one Siemens share was exchanged for ten new Siemens shares.

During the second share split in 2001 two Siemens shares were exchanged for three new Siemens shares. The share split was decided on the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on February 22, 2001 and on April 30, 2001, each shareholder received an extra share for every two shares he or she already held.

Please inform your depository bank of your change of address. The depository bank will then arrange for the update in the stock register.

The security ID number is: 723 610.

On January 30, 2019, the Annual Shareholders' Meeting resolved a dividend of €3.80 on each share of no par value entitled to receive a dividend for fiscal year 2018. The dividend was paid from February 4, 2019 onward by the depository banks via Clearstream Banking AG.

Dividend distributions made by Siemens are subject to a current withholding tax of 25%. Moreover, a solidarity surcharge of 5.5% on the withholding tax is levied, resulting in a total withholding tax rate from dividends of 26.375%. For many Non-German Holders, the withholding tax rate is currently reduced under applicable income tax treaties.

The Annual Shareholders' Meeting in 1999 decided that no more stock certificates will be issued after the conversion to registered shares on August 16, 1999. Our capital stock is currently certified by several collective certificates.

Certificates can be handed in to the security deposit of a credit institution of choice in Germany. The costs of depositing these certificates and their conversion into registered shares will be reimbursed by Siemens AG according to the arrangements with respective depository banks.