euro adhoc: voestalpine AG / Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers / voestalpine successful in takeover offer for Boehler-Uddeholm; final result available; still waiting for merger control approval

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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) term of acceptance for the takeover bid expired
on 4 June, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. Vienna time.

Within the acceptance period, the takeover bid was accepted in
respect of 17,172,034 in Boehler-Uddeholm shares, in total
constituting approximately a share of 33.7 % in the equity capital of
Boehler-Uddeholm,. Considering the indirectly acquired
Boehler-Uddeholm shares of BU Industrieholding GmbH, voestalpine
hence has secured of 27,858,374 Boehler-Uddeholm shares in total,
which represent a share of approximately 54.6 % of the
Boehler-Uddeholm´s aggregate equity capital. The statutory minimum
acceptance requirement (§ 25a para 2 Takeover Act) is thus fulfilled.

The takeover bid remains subject to obtaining the relevant merger
control approvals.

The acceptance period of the takeover bid is extended by three months
from the publication of the results (§ 19 para 3 Takeover Act), thus
until 6 September 2007, for all Boehler-Uddeholm shareholders who
have not yet accepted the takeover bid.

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 publication of the result of the takeover bid in the official
Austrian Gazette will take place on 6 June 2007.

This communication does not constitute a public offer for the
acquisition of shares in or other securities issued by
Boehler-Uddeholm AG. The public offer has been made only and solely
through publication of the takeover bid on 26 April 2007. Its
acceptance can occur only in accordance with the terms of the
takeover bid as amended. The takeover bid 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 12:55:31
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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
Index: ATX, ATX Prime, WBI
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official market