ThyssenKrupp AG 06.12.2013 16:51 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cevian Capital II GP Limited, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, informed us in accordance with § 21 (1) WpHG that its share of the voting rights in ThyssenKrupp AG, Duisburg and Essen, Germany, ISIN DE0007500001, exceeded 10% thresholds on December 6, 2013. At this date the share of the voting rights amounts to 10.96% (which equates to 62,042,466 voting rights). All of the voting rights are attributable to Cevian Capital II GP Limited in accordance with § 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. Voting rights of the following controlled companies are attributed to Cevian Capital II GP Limited: - Cevian Capital II Master Fund LP 8.66% (which equates to 49,023,897 voting rights) - Cevian Capital II Co-Investment Fund LP 2.30% (which equates to 13,018,569 voting rights) 2. In this connection Cevian Capital II GP Limited notified us in accordance with § 27a (1) WpHG of the following: - The purpose of the investment is not to implement strategic objectives but to achieve trading gains. - The notifier intends where appropriate to acquire further voting rights within the next twelve months by purchase or other means. - The notifier aims to achieve representation on the Supervisory Board of the Company commensurate with the size of its shareholding. A change in the composition of the Executive Board is not planned. - The notifier does not aim to achieve a material change in ThyssenKrupp AG's capital structure, in particular as regards the ratio between its own funds and external funds and the dividend policy. - The funds used to purchase the voting rights in ThyssenKrupp AG are the notifier's own funds. 06.12.2013 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: ThyssenKrupp AG ThyssenKrupp Allee 1 45143 Essen Germany Internet: www.thyssenkrupp.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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