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IR work dominated by Group strategy
Dialogue between our investor relations team and the capital market was dominated by two themes in the
reporting year: increased transparency as a consequence of the new organizational structure of the Group
with eight business areas, and the plan for the further strategic development of the Group adopted in May
2011.
We mainly made use of traditional instruments such as roadshows and investor conferences to commence
or deepen our dialogue with as many institutional investors as possible. These activities were centered on
financial centers in Europe and the USA. As our shares are still often seen as a steel stock, in addition to
investor conferences focusing on metals and mining we also took part in engineering and capital goods
conferences. This helps us position the Group appropriately on the capital market.
Field trips for investors and analysts to various Group locations rounded out our IR activities. These visits
gave participants a far deeper insight into our operations and their high quality. A particular focus in the past
fiscal year was our new steel processing site in Alabama. The analyst briefing we held in December 2010 as
part of the plant opening met with a very positive response. A similar event was staged at our new steel mill
in Brazil in October 2011.
In the future, the Group’s operating activities will also be brought more to the fore at our Capital Markets
Days. The business areas of the Technologies division will present themselves at the first such event in
December 2011.
We likewise made regular presentations on the Group to private investors at numerous events. They were
also a key target group for the investor relations pages on our website. In addition, our telephone hotline
was intensively used by private investors.
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