Stockholder structure
As ThyssenKrupp AG has issued bearer shares, we have no knowledge of the names of our stockholders and the amounts of voting interests they hold. However, stockholder surveys carried out with the aid of external service providers and depositary banks can help us obtain a picture of the stockholder structure at a given date.
In addition, under the Securities Trading Act (WpHG), stockholders are obligated to inform the Company and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) when the amount of their voting interest changes related to specified thresholds.
Further, the total number of invitations to our Annual General Meetings sent out by the banks provides additional information on stockholder numbers.
On the basis of these sources, we can provide the following information on our stockholder structure as per September 30, 2007:
- ThyssenKrupp has more than 250,000 stockholders.
- The Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, Essen holds 25.10 % of the voting rights in ThyssenKrupp AG.
- At the corresponding reference date ThyssenKrupp AG held 25,724,452 treasury shares or around 5% of the capital stock.The shares were purchased under a share buyback program in July/August 2006 and count toward the free float. The repurchased shares carry neither voting nor dividend entitlements. These shares are still held by ThyssenKrupp AG.
On January 31, 2008, ThyssenKrupp announced a further share buyback, which was completed on March 07, 2008. Another approximately 2.9% of the capital stock was repurchased under this buyback program.
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86 % of the capital stock of ThyssenKrupp AG is held by institutional investors and investors with larger stockholdings. Private investors hold 14 % of the capital stock.
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At 65 %, German-based investors hold almost two thirds of the capital stock. Internationally, shareholders in North America represent the largest group with almost 15 %. Slightly more than 7 % is held in the UK/Ireland. At 7 %, investors in the rest of Europe account for roughly the same amount – the most prominent countries here are France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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The free float, which is relevant for the weighting of the ThyssenKrupp stock in the indices, amounted on September 30, 2007, 74.90 % of the capital stock.
Information on our stockholder structure is updated every six months on the basis of stockholder surveys on given dates.