Siemens Limited reported unaudited standalone earnings results for the second quarter and six months ended March 31, 2013. For the quarter, the company reported net sales/income from operations (net of excise duty) of INR 29,077.219 million against INR 39,881.823 million for the same period a year ago. Profit from operations before other income and finance costs was INR 143.095 million against INR 4,957.474 million for the same period a year ago. Profit before tax was INR 184.326 million against INR 4,419.203 million for the same period a year ago. Net profit after tax was INR 299.477 million or INR 0.84 per basic and diluted share against INR 2,974.926 million or INR 8.45 per basic and diluted share for the same period a year ago. For the six months, the company reported net sales/income from operations (net of excise duty) of INR 53,695.676 million against INR 64,590.852 million for the same period a year ago. Profit from operations before other income and finance costs was INR 1,111.504 million against INR 5,645.323 million for the same period a year ago. Profit before tax was INR 1,134.859 million against INR 5,312.251 million for the same period a year ago. Net profit after tax was INR 935.859 million or INR 5.63 per basic and diluted share against INR 3,576.717 million or INR 10.16 per basic and diluted share for the same period a year ago.

Siemens Limited, Q2 2013 Earnings Call, Apr 29, 2013

Siemens Limited and Teradata Corporation announced a global strategic cooperation in the field of big data. Through this collaboration Siemens Smart Grid further optimizes its portfolio of solutions which will provide energy utilities with a much higher level of transparency on the status and activities in their networks. This will enable the customers of Siemens Smart Grid to improve reliability of their infrastructure and to run their grids more efficiently in an increasingly cost-sensitive environment. While utilities face an increasingly challenging business environment, the emerging IT evolution in the energy sector is proving to be a key competitive solution for utilities. To remain competitive and able to meet ever changing regulatory and economic requirements, utilities have to utilize both technological and commercial data generated at ever shorter intervals to optimize their systems. Only the ability to collect, organize and analyze this volume and variety of high-velocity data in a way relevant and accessible to business will bring real value to utilities.