Krupp Foundation Head Sees Opportunity to Spin Off Thyssenkrupp Steel Unit

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• Ursula Gather, chair of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation — Thyssenkrupp's largest shareholder with about a 21% stake — told German newspaper WAZ that conditions look favorable for spinning off Thyssenkrupp's steel division, calling it a "good window of opportunity," according to Investing.com.
• Gather cited three factors: a restructuring agreement between Thyssenkrupp and union IG Metall, the sale of a stake in steelmaker HKM, and stronger protection for Europe's steel industry via EU tariffs. No specific method or timeline for a spinoff was disclosed.
• The comments come as CEO Miguel Lopez pursues a broader restructuring into a financial holding company structure; hydrogen unit Nucera and defense firm TKMS have already been listed, and materials-trading unit tk accelis is planned to list later this year.

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