Siemens has not further reduced its stake in its medical technology subsidiary Siemens Healthineers in recent times, according to its own statements. "Let me reassure you: We have not sold any Healthineers shares in the past few weeks," Chief Financial Officer Ralf Thomas said at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday in Munich. He was responding to a shareholder's question about whether the recent slump in Healthineers' share price was due to further share placements.

The Munich-based technology group intends to reduce its stake from the most recent 67 percent to a minority shareholding. Thirty percent of the shares are to be transferred to Siemens shareholders' portfolios. In November, Thomas announced plans to reduce the stake to as low as 60 percent beforehand.

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