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The Norwegian Finance Ministry informed us that the shares
held by Norges Bank, Oslo, had dropped below the reporting
limit of 3% stipulated by Section 21 of the WpHG in March 2013.
In April 2013, this limit was once again exceeded and the bank
held 3.04% of the voting rights in Daimler as of April 26, 2013.
In April 2013, we also received notifications of voting rights from
Credit Suisse AG, SEB AG and Commerzbank AG. According
to those statements, the banks’ directly or indirectly held voting
rights in Daimler had risen above the 3% limit in the run-up to
our Annual Shareholders’ Meeting before dropping significantly
below this limit again two weeks later. In September, Deutsche
Bank AG notified us that its holding of Daimler shares rose above
the 3% reporting limit on September 19, 2013, and that it had
once again dropped below this limit on September 23, 2013,
at 0.29%. Deutsche Bank AG notified us in December that its
shareholding had fallen to 0.02% as of December 12, 2013.
The aforementioned voting rights notifications and the
notifications relating to other financial instruments required
by new legislation in 2012 are published on the Internet at
w daimler.com/investor-relations/daimler-shares/
shareholder-structure.
Institutional investors hold a total of 73% of our equity capital
while private investors own 17%. Approximately 63% of our
capital is in the hands of European investors and around 24%
is held by US investors.
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Daimler shares’ weighting in major indices increased during
the reporting year as a result of the share price increase and
the growth in the free-float. In the German DAX 30 index,
Daimler was ranked in fourth place at the end of 2013 with
a weighting of 7.74% (2012: 6.16%).
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Euro STOXX 50 index, our stock had a weighting of 3.23%
(2012: 2.58%) with seventh ranking. Daimler shares are listed
on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt and Stuttgart. In 2013,
1,029 million shares (2012: 1,421 million) were traded on stock
exchanges in Germany. In addition, Daimler shares are
increasingly being traded on multilateral trading platforms
and in the over-the-counter market.
Participation in the employee share purchase plan once
again at a high level. Staff members entitled to purchase
employee shares were able to do so once again in March 2013.
As was the case in the previous year, the employees received
a discount as well as bonus shares. At 19.2%, the participation
rate was slightly higher than in 2012 (17.3%). The 33,200
employees who took part in the program purchased a total
of 519,000 shares.
Annual Shareholders’ Meeting once again sparks consider-
able visitor interest. On April 10, 2013, around 5,000 share-
holders (2012: 5,700) attended the Annual Shareholders’ Meet-
ing at the International Congress Center (ICC) in Berlin. At
29.3%, much less equity capital was represented at the meet-
ing than in the previous year (2012: 44.1%). The participants
included actual attendees as well as shareholders who voted
by absentee ballot. The substantial decline in shareholder
attendance (which occurred for all DAX-listed companies with
registered shares) was caused by a decision of the Cologne
Higher Regional Court concerning nominee shareholders’ obliga-
tion to submit voting rights notifications, which generated
uncertainty among foreign institutional investors. Many of those
investors therefore decided to stay away from annual share-
Key figures for Daimler shares
End of 2013 End of 2012 13/12
% change
Share capital (in millions of euros) 3,069 3,063 +0
Number of shares (in millions) 1,069.8 1,067.6 +0
Market capitalization
(in billions of euros)
67.3
44.1 +53
Number of shareholders
(in millions)
0.9
1.0 -10
Weighting in share indices
DAX 30 7.74% 6.16%
Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 3.23% 2.58%
Long-term credit ratings
Standard & Poor’s A- A-
Moody’s A3 A3
Fitch A- A-
DBRS A (low) A (low)
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Stock-exchange data for Daimler shares
ISIN DE0007100000
German Securities Identification Number 710000
Stock-exchange symbol DAI
Reuters ticker symbol DAIGn.DE
Bloomberg ticker symbol DAI:GR
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By type of shareholder
Shareholder structure as of December 31, 2013
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Kuwait Investment Authority 6.8%
Renault-Nissan 3.1%
Institutional investors 73.4%
Retail investors 16.7%
By region
Shareholder structure as of December 31, 2013
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Germany 32.2%
Europe, excluding Germany 31.1%
USA 24.4%
Kuwait 6.8%
Asia 5.3%
Rest of the world 0.2%