Private investors increase stake

The number of shares held by private investors rose again compared with the previous year, increasing from 6.6% to 7.5% of the free float. KfW Bankengruppe continued to hold 30.5% of our shares. The free float remained at 69.5%, 14.5% of which were held in the USA, 12.1% in Germany and 26.5 % in the United Kingdom.