Thyssenkrupp : Information on using the InvestorPortal, voting by postal vote and voting by proxy

Use of the InvestorPortal,

postal voting and proxy

authorizations/voting instructions

thyssenkrupp AG February 4, 2022

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1. General

Against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Executive Board, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, has again decided to hold the Annual General Meeting as a virtual general meeting on the basis of the Act on Measures in Corporate Law, Cooperatives Law, Associations Law, Trust Law, and Real Estate Owner Law to Combat the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic of March 27, 2020 in the version of the Reconstruction Aid Act (Aufbauhilfegesetz) of September 15, 2021 ("COVID-19 Act"). This results in modifications to the procedures of the Annual General Meeting and to the rights of the shareholders. As in previous years, the entire Annual General Meeting will be transmitted in full via video and audio on the internet. However, physical participation by the shareholders or their proxies (with the exception of the Company's proxies) is excluded. Shareholders or their proxies may only exercise their voting rights by postal vote or by issuing power of attorney and instructions to the proxies nominated by the Company. Electronic participation in the meeting within the meaning of § 118 (1) sentence 2 of the Stock Corporation Act (AktG) is not possible. Shareholders will be given a right to ask questions electronically. Finally, shareholders who have exercised their voting rights may declare objections to resolutions of the Annual General Meeting for the record electronically.

In view of the special nature of the virtual Annual General Meeting, please pay particular attention to the following information on registration and use of the InvestorPortal.

2. Registration online

The Annual General Meeting will be held virtually, without the physical presence of shareholders, on Friday, February 4, 2022, starting at 10.00 a.m.

For the purposes of conducting the virtual Annual General Meeting and the exercise of shareholder rights, the Company will provide an internet-based general meeting system (InvestorPortal) on its website at www.thyssenkrupp.com/en/investors/annual-general- meeting/. After registering for the Annual General Meeting in due time, registered shareholders will receive confirmation of registration by post containing access data. Shareholders can use this access data to register on the InvestorPortal and exercise their shareholder rights in connection with the virtual Annual General Meeting in accordance with the following information. The exercise of shareholder rights by other means - as also described below - is unaffected by this. The InvestorPortal is expected to be operational from January 14, 2022.

3. Using the InvestorPortal

3.1 Access/logging into the system

The InvestorPortal can be accessed via the Company's website at www.thyssenkrupp.com and should be available from Friday, January 14, 2022. The InvestorPortal (including the electronic proxy authorization and voting instruction system) can be reached via the link "https://www.thyssenkrupp.com/en/investors/annual-general-meeting".

On the registration page of the InvestorPortal, enter the five-digit number from the confirmation of registration in the appropriate field. In the "Internet access code" field you should then enter the eight-digit alphanumeric string also provided on the confirmation of registration.

After clicking on the "Login" button you will then be requested to confirm and accept our terms of use on the following page. Now you can either "Issue proxy authorization and voting instructions to the Company-nominatedproxies", "Issue proxy authorization to third parties" or "Vote by postal vote". On the InvestorPortal you can also submit your questions, follow the audio and video broadcast of the Annual General Meeting and if required declare objections for the record. From the second day following the Annual General Meeting you can also download confirmation of how your vote was counted.

3.2 Postal vote

After selecting the option "Vote by postal vote" you will automatically be taken to the section "Exercise of voting". Here you have the choice of either voting with the Executive Board and/or Supervisory Board on all proposals or issuing a voting instruction for each individual agenda item (click on "Yes" or "No" as required. If you click on neither, your vote will be counted as an abstention).

In the following view you can now review your votes. If your votes are displayed correctly click on "Confirm". You can subsequently correct your selection with "Edit data", cancel your entries with "Cancellation" or print out a confirmation of your entries for documentation purposes. Click on "Logout" to end the dialogue.

If you have several confirmations of registration for which you would like to use the online postal voting option, you must log into the InvestorPortal separately for each confirmation.

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3.3 Electronic issuing of proxy authorizations and voting instructions to Company-nominated proxies

After selecting the option "Issue proxy authorization and voting instructions to Company-nominated proxies" you will automatically be taken to the section "Issue proxy authorization and voting instructions to Company-nominatedproxies". Here you have the choice of either voting with the Executive Board and/or Supervisory Board on all proposals or issuing a voting instruction for each individual agenda item (click on "Yes" or "No" as required. If you click on neither, your vote will be counted as an abstention).

In the following view you can now review your instructions. If your instructions are displayed correctly click on "Confirm". You can subsequently correct your selection with "Edit data", cancel your entries with "Cancellation" or print out a confirmation of your entries for documentation purposes. Click on "Logout" to end the dialogue.

If you have several confirmations of registration for which you would like to issue proxy authorizations and voting instructions via the internet, you must log into the InvestorPortal separately for each confirmation.

3.4 Electronic issuing of proxy authorization to third parties

After selecting the option "Issue proxy authorization to third parties" you will automatically be taken to the section "Issue proxy authorization to third parties". There you must enter the first and last names and place of residence of the proxy and click on "Confirm". You will then receive confirmation of the authorization you have issued, which you can print out for documentation purposes. Click on "Logout" to end the dialogue. Please note when issuing proxy authorizations to third parties electronically that these persons must be prepared to participate in the virtual Annual General Meeting and participate actively in voting in the InvestorPortal to exercise your voting rights. We will not notify third parties authorized by you about this requirement. We therefore advise you to agree beforehand with the person you choose that he or she is prepared to act as your proxy representative.

If you have several confirmations of registration for which you would like to issue proxy authorizations via the internet, you must log into the InvestorPortal separately for each authorization.

3.5 Revoking/changing electronically issued proxy authorizations and instructions or postal votes

Authorizations and instructions issued electronically via the internet can be revoked and changed in the same way. The same applies to votes cast by postal vote. Proxy authorization revocations and changes to votes/voting instructions to proxies must be received by the start of voting on the day of the Annual General Meeting at the latest. After revoking a previously issued proxy authorization, you can either exercise your voting rights yourself as described in Section 3.2 or issue a new instruction or proxy authorization in accordance with Sections 3.3 and 3.4.

3.6 Submitting questions

Questions can be submitted electronically by shareholders who have registered for the Annual General Meeting in due time and are duly authorized in accordance with the requirements specified in the invitation via the InvestorPortal by no later than one day prior to the Annual General Meeting, i.e. by no later than midnight on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. When answering questions, the names of the questioners will only be disclosed if they expressly request this when sending their questions. Please note that only questions in German can be taken into account. Please do not group several questions together but submit each question separately.

3.7 Submitting statements

Shareholders can send the Company their statements in text form or as a video electronically via the InvestorPortal and in German by midnight CET on Friday, January 28, 2022. Statements in text form are not to exceed a length of 10,000 characters or - in the case of video statements - a length of two minutes. Video statements are permitted only if the shareholder himself or herself or his/her proxy representative appears and speaks in them.

Any motions, election proposals or questions by shareholders in the submitted statements will not be taken into consideration.

All properly submitted statements will be published at https://www.thyssenkrupp.com/en/investors/annual-general-meeting, stating the name of the shareholder who has submitted them, from Monday, January 31, 2022 until the end of the Annual General Meeting.

3.8 Declaring objections for the record

To declare an objection for the record, select the relevant agenda item/items and then click on "Next" and "Confirm objection".

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3.9 Technical requirements

To use the InvestorPortal, your browser must support 128-bit SSL encryption. The InvestorPortal can be used on desktop computers and mobile devices. All common browsers are supported. The system will open in a separate window. If this does not work for you, please change the settings on your browser's internal popup blocker to allow access. Check also that the browser's security/privacy settings will allow the program to run. In particular, if you use a tablet PC, smartphone or similar mobile end device, access may be blocked or limited by device-specific features.

4. Legal notes / Disclaimer

Exercising voting rights

1. (Please issue an instruction for each resolution proposal. To vote in favor, please check the "Yes" box, and to vote against check the "No" box. If you do not check either box, it will count as an abstention. If you check both boxes, the vote will be invalid.
2. If the voting on an agenda item is carried out by individual ballot, the vote/voting instruction submitted on this agenda item will count accordingly for each item of the individual ballot.
3. You can support any countermotions directed exclusively at rejecting a resolution proposal by voting against the proposal of management. Countermotions/election proposals requiring a separate resolution are identified by capital letters when they are published. For countermotions/election proposals identified by letters, it is only possible to submit your vote or voting instruction via the InvestorPortal. To do so, select the appropriate box: "Yes" to vote in favor, "No" to vote against. Failure to select a box will count as an abstention.
4. If declarations that differ from each other and are to be taken into account are submitted by different means and it is not clear which was submitted last, they will be taken into account in the following order: Declarations submitted 1. on the InvestorPortal, 2. by email, 3. by fax, and 4. on paper.

Use of the internet service

When you receive your confirmation of registration, please check that the item of mail is intact and has not been tampered with. If you suspect misuse of the online service, you should have your access blocked by emailing [e-mail] with details of your address, confirmation number and number of votes. Your previous third-party authorization or authorization and voting instructions to Company-nominated proxies will be automatically revoked and deleted. You will then receive notification by email and can re-register on the system and submit a new proxy authorization and new voting instructions/votes as appropriate.

Availability of the InvestorPortal and disclaimer

The measures taken by the Company to guarantee the functioning of the InvestorPortal, the Company's website and data security correspond to the state-of-the-art. However, the availability and stability of the website and the InvestorPortal, including the live transmission of the Annual General Meeting, may be subject to technical problems beyond the control of the Company and its service providers. This includes for example the availability, stability, functioning and reliability of the telecommunications network and third-party internet services used.

The Company does not warrant, nor does it accept liability for failing to ensure, the problem-free functioning, availability and stability of the internet services used and third-party network services used, the completeness and correctness of information provided in help texts integrated in the application, and access to the InvestorPortal. The Company also accepts no responsibility for errors and deficiencies in the hardware and software used for the InvestorPortal, including that of the service providers used. This applies except in cases of intent or gross negligence.

Despite due care being taken, failures and malfunctions may occur. Where considered necessary on account of serious security interests, the Company reserves the right to interrupt or prematurely terminate use of the InvestorPortal without notice. In this case only those InvestorPortal activities for which manipulation can be ruled out will be taken into account.

5. Contact

If you have any queries please call us on: [phone]

or email us at: [e-mail]

We'll be happy to answer your questions.

Duisburg and Essen, December 2021

Yours sincerely, thyssenkrupp AG

thyssenkrupp AG thyssenkrupp Allee 1 45143 Essen, Germany www.thyssenkrupp.com