Group Structure

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is one of Europe’s leading port logistics groups. It is operated as a strategic management holding company and divided into two subgroups, Port Logistics and Real Estate. The Class A shares, which are listed on the stock exchange, relate to the Port Logistics subgroup and entitle shareholders merely to participate in the result and net assets of these operations. The Real Estate subgroup includes those HHLA properties which are not specific to port handling. The performance and financial result of the Real Estate subgroup, which also follows urban development objectives, are represented by the Class S shares. These shares are not traded on the stock exchange and are held solely by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (FHH). In the unlikely and unprecedented event of the Real Estate subgroup reporting a loss, this would be indirectly transferred to the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in line with a separate agreement to assume losses.

The HHLA Group’s operations are carried out by the 30 domestic and nine foreign subsidiaries and associated firms which make up the company. In the 2015 financial year, the divisional functions and management responsibilities previously held by the operative holding HHLA Container Terminals GmbH (Container segment) were transferred to the holding company and are therefore the direct responsibility of the Executive Board. No other significant legal or organizational changes were made to the company structure in the 2015 financial year.