Declaration of conformity
Under Art. 161 of the Stock Corporation Law (Aktiengesetz) the Executive Board and Supervisory Board of a listed German stock corporation are required to issue an annual declaration stating whether the German Corporate Governance Code (DCGK) has been and is being observed and which of the Code's recommendations have not been or are not being applied and why.
thyssenkrupp AG complies with all recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code as amended on April 28, 2022 and published by the Federal Ministry of Justice in the official section of the Federal Gazette (“Bundesanzeiger”) on June 27, 2022 and will continue to comply with these recommendations in the future. Furthermore, thyssenkrupp AG has complied with all recommendations of the Code since submitting its last declaration of conformity on October 1, 2025.
In addition to the recommendations, the DCGK contains a number of suggestions for good and responsible corporate governance, compliance with which is not required to be disclosed by law. thyssenkrupp complies with all the suggestions.
- Declaration of conformity as of October 1, 2025
pdf | 90.79 kb - Declaration of conformity as of October 1, 2024
pdf | 57.20 kb - Declaration of conformity as of October 1, 2023
pdf | 29.37 kb - Declaration of conformity as of October 1, 2020
pdf | 48.74 kb - Declaration of Conformity as of October 1, 2022
pdf | 36.50 kb - Declaration of conformity as of October 1, 2021
pdf | 32.66 kb - Declaration of conformity as of February 6, 2021
pdf | 62.88 kb - Declaration of conformity as of May 6, 2020
pdf | 70.96 kb - Declaration of conformity as of March 25, 2020
pdf | 74.7 kb - Declaration of conformity as of October 1, 2019
pdf | 108.4 kb - Declaration of February 1, 2019
pdf | 60.6 kb - Declaration of September 30, 2018
pdf | 73.7 kb - Declaration of July 13, 2018
pdf | 56.6 kb - Declaration of July, 2018
pdf | 64.6 kb - Declaration as of October 01, 2017
pdf | 32.4 kb - Declaration as of October 1, 2016
pdf | 44.1 kb - Declaration as of October 1, 2015
pdf | 44.0 kb - Declaration as of November 19, 2014
pdf | 40.4 kb - Declaration as of October 1, 2014
pdf | 35.2 kb - Declaration as of February 6, 2014
pdf | 56.3 kb - Declaration as of October 1, 2013
pdf | 104.6 kb - Declaration as of October 1, 2012
pdf | 6.5 mb - Declaration as of October 1, 2011
pdf | 3.0 mb - Declaration as of January 21, 2011
pdf | 2.0 mb - Declaration as of October 1, 2010
pdf | 904.1 kb - Declaration as of October 1, 2009
pdf | 374.5 kb - Declaration as of October 1, 2008
pdf | 47.1 kb - Declaration as of October 1, 2007
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pdf | 245.0 kb - Declaration as of August 11, 2003
pdf | 23.6 kb - Declaration as of April 30, 2003
pdf | 109.2 kb - Declaration as of December 9, 2002
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The DCGK aims to promote the confidence of national and international investors, customers, employees and the public in the governance of exchange-listed German corporations. The DCGK brings together important statutory requirements, takes account of nationally and internationally recognized standards in the form of recommendations and provides suggestions for good and responsible corporate governance.