Whistleblower Hotline

The ThyssenKrupp Whistleblower Hotline is available to employees of the ThyssenKrupp Group to report possible infringements of laws or policies, in particular antitrust violations and corruption, affecting companies of the ThyssenKrupp Group. Third parties (customers, suppliers, etc.) may also use the hotline. This represents an additional facility for alerting the company to evidence of legal infringements. Naturally, the option of informing supervisors or the legal department directly remains available.

The ThyssenKrupp Whistleblower Hotline can in principle be contacted from anywhere in the world and is toll-free. Information can be submitted by telephone or e-mail. Depending on the informant's location, various contact data are available.

The information is received by the international law firm Simmons & Simmons or a partner law firm appointed by them and forwarded to the company who investigates it internally. On request the informant receives an assurance that the information will be passed onto ThyssenKrupp without revealing his/her identity. ThyssenKrupp will also ensure that no employee is disadvantaged solely because he/she passed on information according to his/her best knowledge via the hotline.

If an internal investigation finds that the information received is accurate, the employee concerned will be confronted with the allegations and further measures may be taken on a case-to-case basis (internal audits, involvement of authorities, sanctions under labor law). If the information proves unfounded, the internal audit is completed and the information received will be treated in accordance with the data protection rules (deleting of personal data).

The law firm Simmons & Simmons acts exclusively on behalf of ThyssenKrupp. No legal advice is given by Simmons & Simmons to employees or third parties.