7.10 Notes and forward­looking statements 7.10 Notes and forward­looking statements This document contains statements related to our future This document includes – in the applicable financial reporting business and financial performance and future events or framework not clearly defined – supplemental financial developments involving Siemens that may constitute forward- measures that are or may be alternative performance mea- looking statements. These statements may be identified by sures. These supplemental financial measures should not be words such as “expect,” “look forward to,” “anticipate,” viewed in isolation or as alternatives to measures of Siemens’ “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “estimate,” “will,” “project”, net assets and financial positions or results of operations as or words of similar meaning. We may also make forward- presented in accordance with the applicable financial looking statements in other reports, in prospectuses, in reporting framework in its Consolidated Financial Statements. presentations, in material delivered to shareholders, and in Other companies that report or describe similarly titled alter- press releases. In addition, our representatives may from native performance measures may calculate them differently. time to time make oral forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on the current expectations and certain assumptions of Siemens’ management; many of them are therefore beyond Siemens’ control. These are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and factors, including, but not limited to those described in disclosures, in particular in the chapter Report on risks and opportunities, and including reports on expected development of the Annual Report. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, events of force majeure, such as pandemics, occur, or should underlying expectations including future events occur at a later date or not at all or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results, performance, or achievements of Siemens may (negatively or positively) vary materially from those described explicitly or implicitly in the relevant forward-looking statement “Notes and forward-looking statements” in the SIEMENS SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2023. Siemens neither intends nor assumes any obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements in light of developments which differ from those anticipated. SIEMENS SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2023 156