6-K 1 tm2329398d1_6k.htm FORM 6-K october302023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN
 
PRIVATE
 
ISSUER PURSUANT
 
TO RULE 13a
 
-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of October 2023
Commission File Number 001-16429
ABB Ltd
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Affolternstrasse 44, CH-8050, Zurich,
 
Switzerland
(Address of principal executive
 
office)
Indicate by check mark
 
whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
 
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-
F.
Form 20-F
Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark
 
if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper
 
as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule
 
101(b)(1):
Note:
 
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the
 
submission in paper of a Form 6-K if
 
submitted solely to provide an attached
annual report to security holders.
Indication by check mark if the registrant
 
is submitting the Form 6-K in paper
 
as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
Note:
 
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the
 
submission in paper of a Form 6-K if
 
submitted to furnish a report or other
document that the registrant foreign private
 
issuer must furnish and make
 
public under the laws of the
 
jurisdiction in which the
registrant is incorporated, domiciled
 
or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”),
 
or under the rules of the home country
exchange on which the registrant’s securities are
 
traded, as long as the report or other
 
document is not a press release, is not required
to be and has not been distributed to the
 
registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material
 
event, has already been the subject
of a Form 6-K submission or other
 
Commission filing on EDGAR.
Indicate by check mark
 
whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
 
in this Form is also thereby furnishing
 
the
information to the Commission pursuant
 
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
 
Act of 1934.
Yes
No
If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant
 
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
 
82-
 
This Form 6-K consists of the following:
1.
Press release issued by ABB Ltd dated October
 
30, 2023, titled “ABB appoints Mathias Gaertner
 
as General Counsel
and Company Secretary”.
2
october302023p3i0
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, OCTOBER
 
30, 2023
ABB appoints Mathias
 
Gaertner
 
as
General Counsel
 
and Company
Secretary
ABB announced today that Mathias Gaertner
 
has been appointed General Counsel
 
and Company Secretary
and a Member of the Executive Committee.
 
He will join ABB in
 
2024 and succeed Natalia Shehadeh,
 
who
has held the position of General Counsel
 
and Company Secretary ad interim
 
since June 1, 2023, and who in
the future will focus on her role
 
as Chief Integrity Officer of ABB. Natalia will
 
remain in her ad interim
 
position
until Mathias has joined ABB.
German national, Mathias has a strong
 
track record of managing international
 
M&A transactions, litigations,
IP and compliance. He is currently Head
 
Legal & Compliance of global
 
construction materials company
Holcim and has been a member of its
 
Group Executive Committee since
 
2021. Prior to that, he spent
10 years at Honeywell Building Technologies, most recently
 
as General Counsel, playing an instrumental
role in the business’ growth. He has
 
also worked for law firms Skadden,
 
Arps, Slate, Meagher
 
& Flom LLP
and Affiliates and Baker & McKenzie. Mathias
 
studied at the University
 
of Münster, Germany, where he
obtained his PhD, and is admitted to the
 
German bar.
ABB CEO Björn Rosengren said: “After
 
a thorough selection process we
 
are delighted to appoint
 
a general
counsel with extensive experience in
 
decentralized organizations.
 
We look forward to Mathias further
strengthening the capabilities of our
 
legal teams and building on our
 
strong culture of integrity. I would like to
take this opportunity to also thank
 
Natalia for her valuable contribution
 
while stepping in
 
ad interim and wish
her all the best for when she returns to
 
her role as ABB’s Chief Integrity Officer.”
ABB
 
is a technology leader in electrification
 
and automation, enabling a more sustainable
 
and
resource-efficient future. The company’s solutions
 
connect engineering know-how
 
and software to optimize
how things are manufactured, moved,
 
powered and operated.
 
Building on more than 140 years of
excellence, ABB’s ~105,000 employees
 
are committed to driving innovations
 
that accelerate industrial
transformation. www.abb.com
1/1
For more information please
 
contact:
Media Relations
Phone: +41 43 317 71 11
Email: media.relations@ch.abb.com
Investor Relations
Phone: +41 43 317 71 11
Email: investor.relations@ch.abb.com
ABB Ltd
Affolternstrasse 44
8050 Zurich
Switzerland
 
 
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
 
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
 
has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
 
duly authorized.
ABB LTD
Date: October 30, 2023.
By:
/s/ Ann-Sophie Nordh
Name:
Ann-Sofie Nordh
Title:
Group Senior Vice President and
 
Head of Investor Relations
Date: October 30, 2023.
By:
/s/ Richard A. Brown
Name:
Richard A. Brown
Title:
Group Senior Vice President and
Chief Counsel Corporate & Finance