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Guarantees include contingent liabilities of associates of €6 million<br />
(2010: €0 million) and contingent liabilities of joint ventures of €355<br />
million (2010: €235 million) of.<br />
The terms of these guarantees depend on the type of guarantee and<br />
may range from three months to ten years (e.g. rental payment<br />
guarantees).<br />
The basis for possible payments under the guarantees is always the<br />
non-performance of the principal debtor under a contractual<br />
agreement, e.g. late delivery, delivery of non-conforming goods under<br />
a contract, non-performance with respect to the warranted quality or<br />
default under a loan agreement.<br />
All guarantees are issued by or issued by instruction of ThyssenKrupp<br />
AG or subsidiaries upon request of the principal debtor obligated by the<br />
underlying contractual relationship and are subject to recourse<br />
provisions in case of default. Is such a principal debtor is a company<br />
owned fully or partially by a foreign third party, such third party is<br />
generally requested to provide additional collateral in a corresponding<br />
amount.<br />
ThyssenKrupp bears joint and several liability as a member of certain<br />
civil law partnerships, ordinary partnerships and consortiums.<br />
Former stockholders of Thyssen and of Krupp have petitioned per Art.<br />
305 UmwG (Reorganization Act) for a judicial review of the share<br />
exchange ratios used in the merger of Thyssen AG and Fried. Krupp AG<br />
Hoesch-Krupp to form ThyssenKrupp AG. The proceedings are pending<br />
with the Düsseldorf Regional Court. Should a ruling be made in favour<br />
of the petitioners, the Court would require settlement to be made via an<br />
additional cash payment plus interest. The additional payment also<br />
would be required to be made to all affected stockholders, even if they<br />
were not petitioners in the judicial proceedings. However, the Group<br />
expects no such payments to become due as the exchange ratios were<br />
duly determined, negotiated between unrelated parties and audited<br />
and confirmed by the auditor that has been appointed by court, and<br />
differ only insignificantly from the value ratio determined by the expert<br />
appointed by the Düsseldorf Regional Court.<br />
Consolidated financial statements<br />
174 | 175<br />
As a result of the integration of Thyssen Industrie AG into Thyssen AG,<br />
the Group is defendant to court proceedings from minority stockholders<br />
of Thyssen Industrie AG to examine the appropriateness of the merger<br />
consideration received. The expert appointed by Dortmund district<br />
court determined a slightly different exchange ratio. The Company<br />
continues to assume that there will be no subsequent payment to<br />
former stockholders of Thyssen Industrie AG. However, if the court<br />
rules that the consideration offered was inappropriate, the increased<br />
consideration will be granted to all outside stockholders by an<br />
additional cash payment.<br />
In 2007 the EU Commission imposed a fine totaling €480 million on<br />
ThyssenKrupp AG, ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG and ThyssenKrupp’s<br />
elevator companies. The companies were accused of involvement in<br />
anti-competitive agreements relating to elevators and escalators at<br />
national level in the Benelux countries and Germany. ThyssenKrupp<br />
appealed against the EU Commission’s decision. In its judgment of<br />
July 13, 2011 the European Court of First Instance reduced the fine by<br />
around €160 million to €320 million. In the Court’s opinion, the<br />
Commission had incorrectly regarded the established anti-trust<br />
violations as repeat offenses. This had caused the Commission to<br />
increase the fine by 50%.<br />
In connection with these anti-trust violations, claims for damages have<br />
been filed against companies of the Elevator Technology business<br />
area. The validity of these claims is being examined.<br />
From May 2011, the offices of Group company ThyssenKrupp GfT<br />
Gleistechnik GmbH and other companies in the rail industry were<br />
searched by the German Federal Cartel Office and the Bochum public<br />
prosecution office. The searches were in connection with the allegation<br />
that several employees of ThyssenKrupp GfT Gleistechnik GmbH were<br />
involved in anti-competitive agreements in relation to deliveries to<br />
Deutsche Bahn AG and other customers in the so-called “private<br />
market”. During the internal investigations into the matter begun<br />
directly with the searches, several employees admitted their<br />
involvement in such agreements. ThyssenKrupp GfT Gleistechnik<br />
GmbH is cooperating fully with the Federal Cartel Office and the public<br />
prosecution office. ThyssenKrupp does not tolerate anti-trust