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Industry Sector Mobility Division

For the business press , July 28, 2008

First ScotRail and Transport Scotland invest over 300 million euros in train fleet to supply 38 regional trains plus service

Transport Scotland, the national transport agency for Scotland, and First ScotRail, the rail operator, have placed an order with Siemens Mobility for the supply of 38 Desiro UK type electric multiple units. The order is worth over 300 million euros (over 240 million pounds sterling) and also includes maintenance and spare parts service.

For Siemens’ Rolling Stock Business Unit, this is the first train order ever received from Scotland. And it will raise the number of units in the Desiro fleet in Great Britain to a total of 354.

The 38 new trains are due to enter passenger service in December 2010 and initially operate between the cities of Ayr and Glasgow. They will be built at the Siemens plant in Krefeld-Uerdingen, .

The Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) of Siemens AG is the worldwide leading supplier of production, transportation and building technologies. With integrated hardware and software technologies as well as comprehensive Industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity and efficiency of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Drive Technologies and . With around 209,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry achieved in fiscal 2007 total sales of approximately EUR40 billion (pro forma, unconsolidated). www.siemens.com/industry 1 / 2

Siemens AG Information number: I MO 200807.039 e Corporate Communications Industry/Mobility Press Office and Government Affairs Anja Suessner/ Stefan Kirsch Media Relations P.O. Box 3260, 91050 Erlangen 80200 Tel.: +49-9131- 727338; Fax: -7 24598 E-mail: [email protected]

The Mobility Division (Erlangen, Germany) is the internationally leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions. With its "Complete mobility" approach, the Division is focused on networking the various modes of transportation in order to ensure the efficient transport of people and goods. Complete mobility combines the company's competence in operations control systems for railways and traffic control systems for roadways together with solutions for airport logistics, postal automation, traction power supplies and rolling stock for mass transit, regional and mainline services, as well as forward- looking service concepts. www.siemens.com/mobility

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Siemens AG Information number: I MO 200807.039 e Corporate Communications Industry/Mobility Press Office and Government Affairs Anja Suessner/ Stefan Kirsch Media Relations P.O. Box 3260, 91050 Erlangen 80200 Munich Tel.: +49-9131- 727338; Fax: -7 24598 E-mail: [email protected]