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Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:32am EST

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MUNICH, Germany--(Business Wire)--


Dividend announcement

ISIN DE0007236101 

The Annual Shareholders` Meeting on January 23, 2013 resolved that the
unappropriated net income for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012 amounting
to €2,643,000,000.00 shall be used to pay a dividend of €3.00 on each no par
value share entitled to receive a dividend. The amount attributable to the
treasury stock held by the Company on the date of the Annual Shareholders`
Meeting will be carried forward. 

The dividend will be paid from January 24, 2013 onward, in general after
deduction of 25% withholding tax and a 5.5% solidarity surcharge on the
withholding tax (totaling 26.375%). 

Payment of the dividend will be effected by the depository banks via Clearstream
Banking AG. 

The Double Taxation Treaty between the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic
of Germany of March 30, 2010 provides for the payment of dividends to qualifying
U.K. residents at a reduced total withholding tax rate of 15%, including the
solidarity surcharge. To claim a refund, shareholders must submit an application
(available at
http://www.bzst.de/DE/Steuern_International/Kapitalertragsteuerentlastung/Auslaendische_Antragsteller/Formulare/KapSt_Ausl_Formulare_node.html)
at the latest by December 31, 2017 to: Bundeszentralamt für Steuern, D-53221
Bonn, Germany. 

Berlin and Munich, January 2013 

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

The Managing Board

Siemens AG 

Copyright Business Wire 2013

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