The DaimlerChrysler AG is a German-American manufacturer of passenger car and commercial motor vehicles for civilian and military employment as well as financial services with head office in Stuttgart and Auburn Hills, Michigan (the USA). The company resulted 1998 from the fusion of the Chrysler corporation (the USA) with Daimler Benz AG (Germany) to a corporation after German right.

Characteristic numbers

With 382.724 coworkers DaimlerChrysler obtained a conversion of 149,8 billion euro in the financial year 2005. In the year 2005 4.029.800 passenger vehicles and 824,900 commercial motor vehicles were set off. Most important markets are the United States of America as well as the countries of the European union (45.2 and/or 33.4 per cent of the company turnover).

Marks

The DaimlerChrysler AG and/or their subsidiary companies develops, produces and drives passenger car out of the marks

• Mercedes Car Group:
  • Mercedes Benz
  • smart
  • May brook

• Chrysler Group:
  • Chrysler
  • Dodge
  • Jeep
  • The Chrysler Group is further in the possession of further marks, it drives out at the moment not actively among other things is under it:
    • DeSoto (until 1961)
    • Plymouth (until 2001)

The following commercial motor vehicle marks belong to the DaimlerChrysler AG:

• Mercedes Benz (trucks, transporters, penalty and Unimog)
• Setra (before times company
• Freightliner
• Sterling Trucks
• Western star Trucks
• American LaFrance until December 2005
• FUSO (former commercial motor vehicle mark of the strategic partner Mitsubishi engine corporation)

in addition become

• Tank, ship, and aircraft engines, transmissions and axles manufactured

In the field of the telematics for commercial motor vehicles DaimlerChrysler with the mark fleet board is represented.

Besides DaimlerChrysler supplies the engines for the formula 1-Rennstall over the mark Mercedes Benz

• McLaren Mercedes.

Also the service range plays an important role for DaimlerChrysler. Among DaimlerChrysler the banks rank

• DaimlerChrysler Financial services
• DaimlerChrysler bank

Corporation

DaimlerChrysler shares become at the German stock exchange under the contraction DCX, WKN 710000, at the international stock exchanges (ISIN DE0007100000) and noted in the DAX.

Chairman of the board is since 1 January 2006 Dieter Zet, supervisory board chairman is for the year 1997 Hilmar Kopper.

The largest stock share at the enterprise held by 28 July 2005 Deutsche Bank. On this day the bank repelled 35 million DaimlerChrysler shares in the value of 1,4 billion euro within a half hour to institutional investors and reduced so the portion of 10,4 to 6,9%. Largest shareholder is now the emirate Kuwait with 7,5%.

On 22 November 2005 Deutsche Bank to 42.86 EUR per piece sold further 25 million shares. Thus the large shareholder is today only involved to 4.4% in DaimlerChrysler. Beside 7,5% in Kuwait further 2.2% in the hands of Dubai internationally Capital (conditions are: 23. November 2005), the remaining portion (85.9%) of the shares is in the strewing possession.

Participation

• 33.2% EADS, European air and space undertaking, nut/mother company among other things of airbus and Eurocopter (January 2006)
• 45% madly Collect GmbH (by means of the DaimlerChrysler Financial services AG)

as well as numerous further.

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