S ANNUAL REPORT 2000
s s 2000 ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT 2000 Weare moving... Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Order No. A19100-F-V052-X-7600 Siemens – Global Network of Innovation Siemens financial calendar* As one of the world’s largest electronics and elec- Interim report October to December Jan. 31, 2001 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting trical engineering companies, Siemens enables Olympiahalle, Munich, 10:00 a.m. Feb. 22, 2001 Ex-dividend date Feb. 23, 2001 individuals, corporations and entire countries to Semiannual Report and Semiannual Press Conference Apr. 26, 2001 take part in the global digital revolution. We oper- Interim report October to June July 25, 2001 Preliminary figures for fiscal year Nov. 14, 2001 ate worldwide, delivering advanced solutions for Annual Press Conference Dec. 6, 2001 e-business, mobile communications, manufac- Annual Shareholders’ Meeting for fiscal 2001 Jan. 17, 2002 * Preliminary dates turing, transportation, health care, energy and lighting. ...into a Financial highlights (in millions of euros) 2000 (1) 1999 (1) 1998 (1) New orders 83,425 69,537 61,151 Net sales 78,396 68,582 60,177 Net income before extraordinary items 3,381 1,865 1,359 Net income after extraordinary items 7,901 1,865 469 Net cash provided 8,154 5,713 1,998 Net cash used in investing activities (2,209) (4,625) (2,932) Research and development expenses 5,593 5,236 4,664 Shareholders’ equity (September 30) 25,640 17,200 15,488 Employees (September 30, in thousands) 447 443 416 (1) Fiscal year: October 1 – September 30 rld... o LETTER TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS 12 w AT A GLANCE 16 ew BUSINESS SEGMENTS 20 n INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS * 32 REPORT OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD 34 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 39 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 56 PRINCIPAL SUBSIDIARIES AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES 92 U.S.
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