euro adhoc: voestalpine AG / Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers / voestalpine successful in takeover offer for Boehler-Uddeholm; preliminary result available

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C.E.O. Interviews

05.06.2007

On 26 April 2007, voestalpine AG published a voluntary public
takeover bid to the shareholders of Boehler-Uddeholm AG which was
improved and the acceptance period extended by corresponding
publication on 19 May, 2007 preceded by a press release on May 18,
2007. The (extended) acceptance period for the takeover bid expired
on 4 June, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. Vienna time.

According to the preliminary result of the takeover bid, voestalpine
has secured more than 50% of the voting stock of Boehler-Uddeholm AG
after the expiration of the term of acceptance in any event. Hence,
pursuant to § 25a para 2 Takeover Act the takeover bid was
successful.

Details will be published immediately after the final result becoming
available, presumably during the course of today.

voestalpine AG or any person acting in concert with voestalpine AG
may make purchases of, or arrangements to purchase, directly or
indirectly, Boehler-Uddeholm shares other than pursuant to the Offer
outside the United States. Any such purchase will be made in
accordance with Austrian law and will be notified to the Austrian
Takeover Commission or, if and to the extent required by the Austrian
Takeover Code, disclosed through the issuance of press releases in
Austria and the United States.

The public offer has been available since 26 April 2007 and the
revision of the takeover bid from its publication on 19 May 2007
onwards, both in the exclusively binding German version and in a
non-binding English translation among others, on voestalpine AG´s
website www.voestalpine.com.

Further details as to the publication is available on
www.voestalpine.com or please contact the Investor Relations Team of
voestalpine AG under +43/50304/15-9949 for any further details.

end of announcement euro adhoc 05.06.2007 06:59:57
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Further inquiry note:
DI Peter Fleischer
Head of Investor Relations
Tel.: +43/50304/15-9949
Fax: +43/50304/55-5581
mailto:peter.fleischer@voestalpine.com
http://www.voestalpine.com

Branche: Metal Goods & Engineering
ISIN: AT0000937503
WKN: 897200
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