2. Additional information

The following information is presented in order to be compliant with the disclosure requirements of the German Commercial Code.

million €

 

 

  

Year ending Sept. 30, 2004

  

Year ending Sept. 30, 2005

Wages and salaries

 

  

7,121

  

7,041

Social security taxes

 

  

1,295

  

1,278

Net periodic pension costs - defined benefit

 

  

462

  

471

Net periodic pension costs - defined contribution

 

  

30

  

23

Net periodic postretirement benefit cost other than pensions

 

  

93

  

90

Other expenses for pensions and retirements

 

  

120

  

110

Related fringe benefits

 

  

344

  

363

Total

 

  

9,465

  

9,376
 

 

  

 

  

 

In the Group, the average numbers of employees over the past fiscal year were as follows:

 

 

  

Year ending Sept. 30, 2004

  

Year ending Sept. 30, 2005

Steel

 

  

48,947

  

45,052

Automotive

 

  

45,182

  

44,386

Technologies

 

  

25,285

  

29,750

Elevator

 

  

31,055

  

33,139

Services

 

  

35,862

  

33,811

Corporate

 

  

1,347

  

1,078

Total

 

  

187,678

  

187,216

This total breaks down to

 

  

 

  

 

Wage earners

 

  

119,108

  

119,150

Salaried employees

 

  

63,854

  

63,513

Trainees

 

  

4,716

  

4,553

In fiscal year 2004/2005 total compensation including non-cash benefits made to the Executive Board amounted to €12.4 million. As of September, 2005, no loans or advance payments were granted to members of the Executive Board.

Total compensation paid to former members of the Executive Board and their surviving dependants amounted to €13.3 million. An amount of €128.4 million is accrued for pension obligations benefiting former Executive Board members and their surviving dependants.

For fiscal year 2004/2005, the members of the Supervisory Board will receive total compensation of €2.3 million based on the proposed dividend of €0.70 per share (excluding the special dividend of €0.10 per share). Members of the ThyssenKruppAG Supervisory Board received compensation of €0.2 million in fiscal 2004/2005 for supervisory board mandates at Group subsidiaries.

Executive and Supervisory Board compensation is individualized in the "Corporate Governance" chapter of the annual report. The information provided there is considered part of the Financial Report.

The members of the Executive Board and of the Supervisory Board are listed on the following pages.

On October 01, 2005 the Executive Board and Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp AG issued the updated declaration of conformity in accordance with Art. 161 of the Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and posted it on the company's website. ThyssenKrupp AG complies with all recommendations of the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code in accordance dated June 02, 2005.

The declaration of conformity of our exchange-listed subsidiary Eisen- und Hüttenwerke AG was issued on September 26, 2005 and is now available to the shareholders.