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3.6 Consolidated financial statements Notes Notes to to the the consolidated financial financial statements<br />
Capital stock<br />
The capital stock of <strong>ThyssenKrupp</strong> <strong>AG</strong> consists of 514,489,044 no-par<br />
bearer shares of stock, all of which have been issued and are fully<br />
paid, with 514,489,044 outstanding as of September 30, 2011 and<br />
464,394,337 outstanding as of September 30, 2010, respectively.<br />
Each share of common stock has a stated value of €2.56.<br />
All shares grant the same rights. The stockholders are entitled to<br />
receive dividends as declared and are entitled to one vote per share at<br />
the stockholders’ meetings.<br />
Additional paid in capital<br />
Additional paid in capital include the effects of the business<br />
combination of Thyssen and Krupp as well as premiums resulting from<br />
capital increases at subsidiaries with non-controlling interest.<br />
Retained earnings<br />
Retained earnings include prior years’ undistributed consolidated<br />
income. In addition, actuarial gains and losses are included in this<br />
balance sheet item.<br />
Treasury stock<br />
On the basis of the authorization granted by the Annual General<br />
Meeting on January 18, 2008, the Executive Board of <strong>ThyssenKrupp</strong><br />
<strong>AG</strong> resolved on January 31, 2008, to acquire up to approximately 3%<br />
of the current capital stock issued. In the period from February 01,<br />
2008 to March 07, 2008, <strong>ThyssenKrupp</strong> <strong>AG</strong> purchased a total of<br />
14,791,100 treasury shares, representing approximately 2.9% of the<br />
capital stock, at an average price of €35.34. This represents a total<br />
amount of €523 million. In addition, based on the authorization of the<br />
Annual General Meeting, the Executive Board resolved on July 14,<br />
2008, to acquire up to approximately 2.0% of the capital stock issued.<br />
In the period from July 15, 2008 to August 13, 2008, <strong>ThyssenKrupp</strong><br />
<strong>AG</strong> purchased a total of 10,500,000 treasury shares, representing<br />
approximately 2.0% of the capital stock, at an average price of €33.98.<br />
This represents a total amount of €357 million.<br />
In the context of the settlement of the Group’s Share Purchase Program<br />
of fiscal year 2007/2008, as of December 02, 2009, 350,924 treasury<br />
shares were sold to the beneficiaries of the first tranche and as of<br />
March 04, 2010, 40,793 treasury shares were sold to the beneficiaries<br />
of the second tranche at a price of €24.62 per share. Another 529,128<br />
treasury shares were sold at a price of €22.09 per share in the context<br />
of the German employee share purchase program. In addition in the<br />
context of the settlement of the Group’s Share Purchase Program of<br />
fiscal year 2009/2010, as of February 02, 2011, 209,770 treasury<br />
shares were sold to the beneficiaries using a price of €29.59 per share.<br />
Another 400,095 treasury shares were sold at a price of €29.46 per<br />
share in the context of the German employee share purchase program<br />
as of May 06, 2011. All prices stated before represent the basis for the<br />
discounted selling price.<br />
To reduce net financial debt as part of the Group’s strategic<br />
development, on July 06, 2011 the Executive Board of <strong>ThyssenKrupp</strong><br />
<strong>AG</strong> resolved to sell the 49,484,842 treasury shares; this corresponds<br />
to 9.6% of the capital stock. The shares were sold in an accelerated<br />
bookbuilding process at a price of €32.95 per share to mainly German<br />
and international institutional investors on July 07, 2011, leading to a<br />
cash inflow of approximately €1.6 million; the related transaction costs<br />
of €7 million are accounted for as a deduction from equity.<br />
The presented sales of the treasury sales are based on the<br />
authorizations of the Annual General Meeting of January 23, 2009 and<br />
January 21, 2010, respectively, resulting in the fact that <strong>ThyssenKrupp</strong><br />
<strong>AG</strong> does not any longer hold treasury shares as of September 30,<br />
2011.<br />
Management of capital<br />
As of September 30, 2011, the equity ratio reached 23.8% (2010:<br />
23.8%). Among the <strong>ThyssenKrupp</strong> Group’s most important financial<br />
goals are a sustainable appreciation of entity value and ensuring<br />
solvency at all times. Creating sufficient liquidity reserves is therefore<br />
of great importance. These objectives are achieved by implementing<br />
various capital cost reduction and capital structure optimization<br />
measures as well as effective risk management.<br />
The <strong>ThyssenKrupp</strong> Group’s financial risks are assessed on the basis of<br />
ratings by rating agencies:<br />
Lang-term-<br />
rating<br />
162<br />
Short-term<br />
rating Outlook<br />
Standard & Poor’s BB+ B stable<br />
Moody’s Baa3 Prime-3 stable<br />
Fitch BBB- F3 stable