Trading in the shares started on 25 April 2013 at 10.00 a.m. with an initial price of EUR 32.86. Accordingly, the market capitalisation was valued at nearly EUR 15 billion.

The listing of 466 million ordinary shares (ISIN DE000EVNK013) issued by the company was preceded by the sale of about 67.5 million shares by RAG Foundation and CVC Capital Partners through various private placements, resulting in a free float of 14.5 percent.

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange currently also lists two bonds of a medium term note program from Evonik Industries, as well as a ten-year bond from its subsidiary Evonik Degussa GMBH.

Evonik Industries AG is the holding company for the Evonik group, a world leader in specialty chemicals, employing 33,000 people and active in over 100 countries. In 2012, it had sales of EUR 13.6 billion with a net income of EUR 1.2 billion.