ThyssenKrupp stock

The performance of ThyssenKrupp's stock in the 1st half of fiscal 2008/2009 was strongly impacted by the effects of the financial crisis and the global economic downturn. In the first two months of the fiscal year, stocks in the steel sector in particular – generally regarded as early-cyclicals – lost heavily as a result of increasing economic fears in the wake of the "Lehman crash". Consequently, on November 20, 2008 ThyssenKrupp's share price fell to a 1st half low of €12.11. As stocks rallied at the end of 2008, our shares outperformed the DAX and DJ STOXX indices and on January 06, 2009 climbed to a high for the fiscal year so far of €20.50.

In the 2nd quarter of the fiscal year, the global economic downturn once again gathered pace. This was reflected in the performance of share prices on the stock markets, including ThyssenKrupp's shares. It was not until the end of the 2nd quarter that general economic expectations brightened for a time, enabling steel sector stocks to rally once again and outperform the benchmark indices. However, ThyssenKrupp's stock has not yet been able to make up for the previous losses. On March 31, 2009 the share price stood at €13.17, down 37% from September 30, 2008. Share prices continued to rise at the start of the 3rd quarter.

Core stockholder structure stable

To date, the financial crisis has had only a minimal effect on the stockholder structure of ThyssenKrupp AG. Our regular analysis showed that at March 31, 2009 the share of institutional investors in Germany had risen to 14.1% of the capital stock – the highest level since 2003. In October 2008 this share was 10.3%. Investors from the United Kingdom and Ireland also increased their holdings of ThyssenKrupp shares slightly to 8.2%. In North America and Europe (excluding the UK and Germany) there was a slight reduction: At the reference date investors in North America held 10.4% and in Europe 7.2% of the capital stock. The most important European countries were once again Switzerland, France and the Netherlands.

ThyssenKrupp AG's largest stockholder is the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, Essen. At the end of March 2009 the Foundation held 25.33% of the capital stock, a slight increase since the last survey in October 2008.

Taking into account the share held by the Foundation and the unchanged volume of treasury shares, the free float, which is generally taken into account in the weighting of ThyssenKrupp's stock in stock indices, is 64.75% of the capital stock.

Basic information on the stock market listing

ThyssenKrupp stock has been listed on the following stock exchanges since March 25, 1999: