Shareholder structure

Shareholder structure
as of March 2025

Through regular shareholder surveys and voting rights disclosures pursuant to the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) we gain information on the size and structure of our shareholder register.

  • thyssenkrupp has around 250,000 shareholders.

  • The Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, Essen holds ~21 % of the voting rights in thyssenkrupp AG.

  • ~ 74% of the capital stock of thyssenkrupp AG is held by institutional investors and investors with significant holdings. Private investors hold ~ 26% of the capital stock.

  • thyssenkrupp's shareholders are spread across around 90 countries worldwide

  • The free float, which is relevant for the weighting of the thyssenkrupp stock in the indices, amount to ~ 79% of the capital stock. (As of September 2024)

Significant voting interests

According to the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz – WpHG) investors are required to disclose their voting rights by notification to thyssenkrupp AG and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) if certain thresholds are reached or crossed. Since 1st of February 2012 this disclosure requirement is extended to include financial instruments which do not grant an enforceable right to acquire shares of thyssenkrupp AG but still make such an acquisition possible.

Based on the disclosures of voting rights in accordance with WpHG, the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, Essen, Germany, currently holds more than 20%, as well as BlackRock Inc., Wilmington, USA more than 5 % of the voting rights in thyssenkrupp AG.

According to § 20 of the Articles of Association of thyssenkrupp AG, each share grants one vote; the voting interest thus corresponds to the share of the capital stock.

thyssenkrupp AG publishes disclosures of voting rights via EQS Group. The full wording of the voting rights disclosures published by thyssenkrupp AG in the last 3 years can be found here: EQS News. Please note that we publish voting rights disclosures in the language in which they are sent to us. Thus, voting rights disclosures are displayed in either German or English and not in both languages.