Siemens Approves Sale of Innomotics to KPS Capital Partners for €3.5 Billion

Siemens Approves Sale of Innomotics to KPS Capital Partners for €3.5 Billion

(IN BRIEF) Siemens AG has greenlit the sale of Innomotics, a world-leading electric motors and large drives company, to KPS Capital Partners, LP (“KPS”) for €3.5 billion. The decision to divest Innomotics aligns with Siemens’ strategic portfolio optimization efforts, providing clarity and extensive opportunities for both customers and employees. With the sale expected to finalize in the first half of fiscal 2025, Siemens anticipates enhanced shareholder value and a strengthened focus on combining the real and digital worlds. Innomotics’ future under KPS ownership promises sustained growth and innovation, catering to the evolving demands of industry and society for highly efficient electrification and energy consumption solutions.

(PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 16-May-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — The Managing Board and Supervisory Board of Siemens AG have approved the sale of Innomotics – a world-leading electric motors and large drives company – to KPS Capital Partners, LP (“KPS”). The contracting parties have signed a corresponding agreement. The purchase price (enterprise value) is €3.5 billion. The sale to KPS is expected to close in the first half of fiscal 2025 and is subject to customary foreign-investment and merger control approvals.

“By selling Innomotics to KPS, I am pleased that we have made further significant progress in optimizing our portfolio. The search for the best new owner has been successful,” said Ralf P. Thomas, Chief Financial Officer of Siemens AG. “This decision gives customers and the people who work at Innomotics clarity and paves Innomotics’ way to extensive opportunities for further successful business development. In the future, Siemens and its shareholders will benefit even more from combining the real and the digital worlds.”

In November 2022, Siemens decided to combine its businesses for large drives and electric motors under one roof and set them up independently, outside the core business of Siemens AG. Since then, the carve-out has been successfully implemented as planned. Since this agreement, which is beneficial for all parties involved, offers an even faster track to clarity for a successful future, Siemens decided not to further pursue the preparations for a public listing of Innomotics that had been announced in November 2023.

The positive responses from customers and the market, as well as the growth of Innomotics during the carve-out, underline Innomotics’ strong positioning as a leading supplier of large drives and motors capable of addressing its customers’ most demanding technical requirements. The future setup with KPS as the new owner offers Innomotics’ business the best framework conditions for sustainable and growth-oriented development.

“The partnership with KPS will support Innomotics in further expanding our extensive track record of successful technological innovation and of providing our customers with world-class products, solutions and services,” said Michael Reichle, Chief Executive Officer of Innomotics. “We look forward to working closely together with KPS and our talented people as we continue to deliver significant value for our customers around the world and enhance Innomotics’ strong technological leadership. Innomotics will continue to benefit from strong growth potential driven by the sustainability-oriented demand for highly efficient electrification and energy consumption in industry and society.”

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare.
In fiscal 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €77.8 billion and net income of €8.5 billion. As of September 30, 2023, the company employed around 320,000 people worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.

About KPS Capital Partners
KPS, through its affiliated management entities, is the manager of the KPS Funds, a family of investment funds with approximately US$21.4 billion of assets under management (as of December 31, 2023). For over three decades, the Partners of KPS have worked exclusively to realize significant capital appreciation by making controlling equity investments in manufacturing and industrial companies across a diverse array of industries, including basic materials, automotive parts, capital equipment and general manufacturing. KPS creates value by working constructively with talented management teams to make businesses better and generates investment returns by structurally improving the strategic position, competitiveness and profitability of its portfolio companies. The KPS Funds’ portfolio companies generate aggregate annual revenue of approximately US$20.3 billion, operate 222 manufacturing facilities in 26 countries, and have approximately 48,000 employees, directly and through joint ventures worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). Further information is available at www.kpsfund.com.

About Innomotics 
Innomotics GmbH is a globally leading supplier of electric motor and large-drive systems. The company unites the power of deep engineering expertise and leading innovation in electrical solutions across industries and regions. With its trusted legacy of more than 150 years of engineering expertise, Innomotics has long been part of the backbone of reliable motion for industries and infrastructure worldwide. By combining the company’s most efficient products and proven expertise with ground-breaking innovation, Innomotics is persistently scaling up industrial efficiency, electrification, sustainability, decarbonization and digitalization for its customers.

Innomotics has its operational headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG. The company employs about 15,000 people worldwide. With 16 factories and a comprehensive sales-and-service setup in 49 countries, Innomotics has a well-balanced global footprint across regions and industries in a resilient and growing market.

Further information is available at www.innomotics.com.

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SOURCE: Siemens