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Siemensu kazna od milijardu eura
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
U najveæem korupcijskom skandalu u povijesti njemaèkog gospodarstva, njemaèkom je koncernu izreèena kazna od milijardu eura. Zauzvrat æe Amerikanci obustaviti daljnju istragu protiv koncerna.
Nagodba je postignuta izmeðu Siemensa, amerièkog ministarstva pravosuða, amerièke agencije za nadzor burzi SEC, te minhenskog državnog odvjetništva. Time æe istovremeno biti obustavljena istraga u obje zemlje, i u Njemaèkoj i u SAD-u. Njemaèkom koncernu se predbacuje da je godinama plaæao mito da bi dolazio do poslova u zemlji i inozemstvu. Rijeè je o svoti od ukupno 1,3 milijarde eura. Savezni amerièki sud u Washingtonu je Siemens proglasio krivim za namjerno izbjegavanje internih kontrola kao i za kršenje propisa o prikazivanju raèuna.
Za to sada amerièkom ministarstvu pravosuða i amerièkoj nadzornoj agenciji mora platiti 600 milijuna eura, a ostalih 395 državnom odvjetništvu u Münchenu. Osim toga, u nagodbi je Siemensu postavljen uvjet da ubuduæe obavlja stroge kontrole provedbe zakona i poštivanja propisa kako bi se izbjegla korupcija. U tu svrhu je Siemens na èetiri godine angažirao bivšeg njemaèkog ministra financija Thea Waigela koji æe redovno podnositi izvještaj i amerièkom ministarstvu pravosuða i agenciji SEC.
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Dear Colleagues,
This morning in Washington, the Federal Court approved a settlement reached between Siemens and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice. At the same time, Munich public prosecutors imposed a fine against Siemens – a fine that we have agreed to pay.
These two developments put an end to the corruption-related legal proceedings against Siemens in the U.S. and in Germany.
In the U.S., Siemens will pay a total of approximately Euro 600 million to the authorities. In Germany, prosecutors have imposed a fine of approximately Euro 400 million, in addition to the Euro 201 million for Com that we have already paid.
The conclusion of these legal proceedings is an enormous relief for all Siemens employees worldwide. Today is therefore a very good day for our company.
There are three main reasons why it was possible to resolve these legal matters in just two years – record time for proceedings of this kind:
First, the cooperation between authorities in Germany and in the U.S. was very effective. Both sides – German authorities as well as U.S. authorities – acknowledged this in their public statements.
Second, we did all we possibly could to support and assist the authorities, and to help reach a quick and comprehensive resolution of this matter. Lawyers from the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP made a valuable contribution in this regard.
Third, Siemens has made significant changes in the past two years. Siemens today is a very different company from what it was at the end of 2006. The introduction of the CEO Principle has drawn clear lines of responsibility. Today, our internal control mechanisms are among the best in the world; this is confirmed both by the authorities and by our ranking in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. We have introduced a company-wide compliance program and have developed professional compliance structures throughout our company. The leadership culture we now have in place is fundamentally different from that which existed two years ago.
These efforts on the part of Siemens played a significant role in the calculation of the fines imposed by the authorities. Many of you will recall the speculation that fines could reach as high as Euro 10 billion. As we can now see, the actual fines are far lower.
Many of you helped with the clarification and the resolution of these allegations against Siemens. Your hard work and dedication helped to identify weaknesses within our company and to establish new control mechanisms. Many of you did this work in addition to your regular responsibilities. On behalf of the entire Supervisory Board and the Managing Board of Siemens AG, we would like to extend sincere thanks to all of you for making this joint success possible.
Terms of the settlement agreement reached today also call for the appointment of a compliance monitor who will work together with both the company and U.S. authorities, and will independently evaluate and report on the progress of our compliance program.
We are pleased that the U.S. authorities have accepted our suggestion that former German Finance Minister Dr. Theo Waigel fills this position. Dr. Waigel is the first compliance monitor who is not a U.S. citizen. He will support us with his expert advice and guidance, and we are grateful for his willingness to take on this demanding responsibility. We look forward to working together with him.
Today’s developments effectively conclude one of the darkest chapters in our more than 160 year history. We have learned some hard lessons – but we have also moved swiftly and decisively to apply these lessons. Today, much of our self-esteem and self-confidence has been restored.
Of course we will continue to do all we possibly can to ensure that we always remain on this new path.
Our sight is now aimed forward: on customers, on markets, and on our business. On rising to the challenges of the global marketplace.
We are thankful that this immense burden has been lifted from our shoulders. We now move forward strengthened by the changes we have made, and looking to the future with relief, gratitude, and confidence.
With best regards,
Gerhard Cromme Peter Löscher
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16-12-2008 at 14:58 |
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