An American Depositary Receipt (ADR) is a deposit certificate, which is traded instead of foreign shares on US stock exchanges. Share price and dividend are noted in US dollars. ADRs facilitate trading in Lufthansa stock in the USA, since they allow investors, who may only buy shares in foreign companies listed on a US exchange, to acquire Lufthans [..]

The annual get-together of shareholders in a joint stock company. It is also attended by the company's executive and supervisory boards. The AGM gives the shareholders an opportunity to exercise their rights: They select members for the supervisory board, vote on the distribution of profits, on the stewardship of the executive and supervisory [..]

A measure of a company's financial and earnings potential. It is calculated as the difference between the inflow and outflow of cash and cash equivalents during the financial year.

A measure of asset creation. It is derived from cash flow and determines the shareholder value of a business unit - or net earnings after deduction of capital costs.

Institutionalised arrangements for ensuring that a company's management and staff duly comply with all statutory provisions and prohibitions. Lufthansa has established a Compliance Office for this purpose. It maintains an insider directory which comprises all persons with access to insider information. An ad hoc clearing team assembled from va [..]

The term "corporate governance" denotes the responsible management and supervision of a company. Corporate governance standards were established to make the management structures of internationally active companies more transparent for investors. All listed German companies which submit to the recommendations of the German Corpora [..]

Abbreviation for a German share index traded at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Dax® acts as a guide to overall market fluctuations It is based on the prices of 30 blue chip shares of leading German companies from diverse industries. Lufthansa is among them. > Share index

Tax charges and accruals allocated for payment in a later financial year. Deferred taxes reflect the temporary differences between assets and liabilities recognised for financial reporting purposes and such amounts recognised for income tax purposes.

Transactions by members of a company's executive or supervisory board or their family members involving "their" company's securities. Under German law, any such dealings must be disclosed if they exceed EUR 25,000 within a period of 30 days.

The share of a company's profit paid to a shareholder. Dividends are usually expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the shares. The amount is decided by the Annual General Meeting on the basis of proposals put forward by the company's executive and supervisory boards. Dividends are paid - normally through a depositary bank - on [..]