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1.3 To our shareholders Corporate governance report report
Pages 108–119
Pages 108-119
Accounting at ThyssenKrupp is is based on
on the the International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS).
All documents and information on the Annual General Meeting are made available to shareholders in good
time on our website. In addition, questions can be addressed to members of our investor relations
department via an infoline or e-mail.
Appropriate control and risk management system
For us, the continuous and systematic management of business opportunities and risks is fundamental to
professional corporate governance. It helps ensure that risks are identified and evaluated early and
appropriately managed. The Executive Board reports regularly to the Supervisory Board about the status of
material Group risks. The Supervisory Board Audit Committee regularly concerns itself with monitoring of the
accounting process, the effectiveness of the internal control, risk management and auditing systems as well
as monitoring of the financial statement audit. The individual systems are continuously enhanced and
adapted to changing conditions throughout the Group. Key features of our control and risk management
systems can be found in the section “Expected developments and associated opportunities and risks”.
Transparent governance through extensive information
Our dialogue with the capital market is aimed at informing all target groups fully, equally and quickly.
Shareholders and potential investors can find out about the latest developments in the Group at any time on
our website, where all press releases and stock exchange (ad hoc) announcements of ThyssenKrupp AG are
published in German and English. The Company’s Articles of Association and the rules of procedure for the
Executive Board, Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee can also be viewed on the website, as can the
consolidated financial statements, interim reports and information on implementation of the
recommendations and suggestions of the German Corporate Governance Code. All interested parties can
subscribe to an electronic newsletter on the website which reports news from the Group.
Our investor relations work keeps us in close touch with our shareholders and potential investors. For
example we hold regular meetings with analysts and institutional investors. The venues and dates of
roadshows and investors’ conferences are posted on our website. An intensive dialogue also takes place at
analysts’ and investors’ conferences and in regular and ad hoc conference calls. All presentations for these
events are freely accessible on the website, which also offers video or audio recordings of the main events.
We provide information on recurring dates, such as the date of the Annual General Meeting or the
publication dates of interim reports, in a financial calendar published in the annual report, the interim
reports and on the Company’s website.
Accounting and financial statement auditing by KPMG
In line with European Union requirements, the consolidated financial statements and interim reports of
ThyssenKrupp are prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The
statutory parent-company financial statements of ThyssenKrupp AG, on which the dividend payment is
based, are drawn up in accordance with German GAAP (HGB). For the reporting period we again agreed with
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