EANS-General Meeting: voestalpine AG / Invitation to the General Meeting

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The German version of this invitation shall be binding. This English
translation is for information purposes only.

voestalpine AG, Linz
Invitation
to the
24th Annual General Meeting
of the Company,

taking place on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Design
Center Linz, Europaplatz 1, A-4020 Linz.

Agenda:

1) Presentation of the approved annual financial statements of voestalpine
AG, the management report combined with the group management report, the
proposal with respect to the distribution of profits, the consolidated
financial statements, the corporate governance report and the report of
the Supervisory Board to the Annual General Meeting on business
year 2015/2016
2) Resolution on the allocation of the balance sheet profit of the business
year 2015/2016
3) Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Management Board for
business year 2015/2016
4) Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board for
business year 2015/2016
5) Resolution on the election of the auditor for the annual financial
statements and consolidated financial statements for business
year 2016/2017
6) Resolution on the amendment of the Articles of Association in Article 15
para. 2 (Remuneration of the Supervisory Board)

Annual General Meeting Documents
The following documents will be available on the Company's website
www.voestalpine.com no later than June 15, 2016:

· Annual financial statements,
· Corporate governance report,
· Consolidated financial statements,
· Management report (combined with the group management report),
· Proposal with respect to the distribution of profits,
· Report of the Supervisory Board,
in each case for business year 2015/2016;
· Resolution proposals for agenda items 2-6
· Article 15 para. 2 of the Articles of Association with the proposed
amendment highlighted
· Proxy authorisation form
· Proxy cancellation form
· Complete text of this invitation.

Information on shareholder rights under Secs. 109, 110, and 118 of the AktG

Shareholders whose combined holdings represent at least 5% of the
share capital and who have owned these shares for at least three
months prior to making such request have the right to request in
writing that additional items be put on the agenda of this Annual
General Meeting and be published provided that such request is made
in writing and delivered to the Company no later than June 15, 2016
only to the address voestalpine-Strasse 1, 4020 Linz, Attn. Mr.
Christian Kaufmann, Head of Legal, M&A and Compliance. Each agenda
item requested must be accompanied by a resolution proposal and a
statement of reasons. Proof of shareholder status must be provided by
submitting a deposit certificates in accordance with Sec. 10a of the
AktG that confirms that the requesting shareholder has owned the
shares for at least three months before the request and must no more
than seven days old at the time it is submitted to the Company.
Please refer to the section on the right to attend the Annual General
Meeting for information on the other requirements for the deposit
certificate.

Shareholders whose combined holdings represent at least 1% of the
share capital have the right to submit resolution proposals in text
form for any agenda item, together with a statement of reasons, and
request that these proposals,together with the names of the
shareholders concerned,the reasons given and any statement by the
Management Board or Supervisory Board, be made available on the
Company's website. Such requests must be delivered to the Company in
text form no later than June 27, 2016 either by fax to +43 (0) 50304
15 5872 or to the address voestalpine-Strasse 1, 4020 Linz, Attn. Mr.
Christian Kaufmann, Head of Legal, M&A and Compliance or by e-mail to
christian.kaufmann@voestalpine.com, in which case such request
submitted in text form, such as a pdf file, must be sent as an
attachment to the e-mail.Proof of shareholder status must be provided
by submitting a deposit certificate in accordance with Sec. 10a of
the AktG that is no more than seven days old at the time it is
submitted to the Company. Please refer to the section on the right to
attend the Annual General Meeting for information on the other
requirements for the deposit certificate.

Every shareholder has the right to request information on any matters
pertaining to the Company provided that such information is needed to
properly evaluate an agenda item. Information may be denied if, based
on the assessment of a prudent businessman, it could cause
significant detriments to the Company or an affiliated company, or if
provision of the information would be punishable.

To make efficient use of time during the Annual General Meeting,
questions whose answers require lengthy preparation should be
submitted in text form to the Management Board in timely fashion
before the Annual General Meeting. Such questions should be submitted
to the address Investor Relations Department, voestalpine-Strasse 1,
4020 Linz, Attn. Mr. Peter Fleischer or by e-mail to
IR@voestalpine.com or by fax to +43 (0) 50304 55 5581.

Presenting motions at the Annual General Meeting according Sec. 119
AktG Regardless of the number of shares held, every shareholder has
the right to make motions on any agenda item during the Annual
General Meeting.

Additional information on these shareholder rights, which are
provided for in Secs. 109, 110, 118 and 119 of the AktG, is currently
available on the Company's website www.voestalpine.com.

QUALIFYING DATE AND RIGHT TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Under
Sec. 111 of the AktG, the right to attend the Annual General Meeting,
the right to exercise voting rights and other shareholder rights that
can be exercised at the Annual General Meeting are based on share
ownership at the end day on June 26, 2016 (record date).

The Annual General Meeting may only be attended by persons who are
shareholders on the record date and provide proof of this to the
Company.

Proof of share ownership on the record date must be provided by
delivering a deposit certificate in accordance with Sec. 10a of the
AktG to the Company no later than July 1, 2016 only to one of the
following addresses.

By mail voestalpine AG
(in written form) Legal, M&A and Compliance
Attn. Mr. Christian Kaufmann
voestalpine-Strasse 1
4020 Linz
By fax: +43 (0)1 8900 500 57
By e-mail: anmeldung.voestalpine@hauptversammlung.at; however, only
with a qualified electronic signature in accordance with
Sec. 4 para. 1 of the SignaturG (Austrian Digital Signature
Act)
By SWIFT: GIBAATWGGMS - Message Type MT598; ISIN AT0000937503 must be
indicated in the text

Deposit certificates in accordance with Sec. 10a of the AktG The
deposit certification must be issued by a custodian financial
institution domiciled in a member state of the European Economic Area
or a full member state

of the OECD and must contain the following information:
· Information on the issuer: name or company name and address or a
code commonly used in dealings between banks (BIC),
· Information on the shareholder: name or company name, address, date
of birth for natural persons, and register and register number, if
applicable, for legal entities,
· Information on the shares: number of shares held by the shareholder,
ISIN AT0000937503,
· Securities account number and/or other designation,
· Date to which the deposit certificate refers.

The deposit certificate providing proof of share ownership must refer to the
record date June 26, 2016 (end of this day) indicated above.

The deposit certificate will be accepted in German or English.

By registering for the Annual General Meeting and/or submitting a
deposit certificate shareholders will not be prevented from freely
disposing of their shares. However, in case of a transfer of shares
only the person who was a shareholder on the record date has the
right to attend the Annual General Meeting. REPRESENTATION BY PROXY
Every shareholder who has the right to attend the Annual General
Meeting has the right to appoint a proxy who can attend the Annual
General Meeting on behalf of the shareholder and has the same rights
as the shareholder she/he represents.

Proxy authorisation must be granted to a specific person (natural
person or legal entity) in text form; more than one person may also
be authorised.

The proxy authorisation must be delivered to the Company only to one
of the following addresses:

By post voestalpine AG
Legal, M&A and Compliance
Attn. Mr. Christian Kaufmann
voestalpine-Strasse 1
4020 Linz
By fax: +43 (0)1 8900 500 57
By e-mail: anmeldung.voestalpine@hauptversammlung.at; the proxy
authorisation in text form, for example as pdf file, must
be attached to the e-mail
By SWIFT: GIBAATWGGMS - Message Type MT598; ISIN AT0000937503 must be
indicated in the text
In person: During registration at the location of the Annual General
Meeting

Proxy authorisation and proxy cancellation forms will be sent upon request and
may be downloaded from the Company's website at www.voestalpine.com.

Unless the proxy authorisation is handed over in person during registration on
the date of the Annual General Meeting, it must be delivered to the Company no
later than 4 p.m on July 5, 2016.

The rules indicated above with respect to proxy authorisation apply similarly to
proxy cancellation.

As a special service, a representative from the "Interessenverband für Anleger"
(IVA, Austrian Association of Investors), Feldmühlgasse 22/4, 1130 Vienna, is

available to shareholders as an independent voting proxy for
exercising voting rights in accordance with shareholder instructions
at the Annual General Meeting. IVA is currently planning to send Mr.
Wilhelm Rasinger to represent shareholders at this Annual General
Meeting. A special proxy form for authorising Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger
may be downloaded from the Company's website at www.voestalpine.com
and must be delivered to the Company only to one of the addresses
indicated above for delivery of proxy authorisations. Shareholders
may also contact Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger directly at IVA by phone +43
(0)1 8763343 30, fax +43 (0)1 8763343 39, or e-mail
rasinger@iva.or.at. Shareholder must provide Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger
with instructions on how he (or a sub-proxy authorised by Mr. Wilhelm
Rasinger) is to exercise their voting rights. Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger
only exercises voting rights based on the instructions given by the
shareholder. Without explicit instructions, Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger will
not exercise voting rights based on the proxy authorisation.

Total number of shares On the date the Annual General Meeting was
convened, the Company had share capital of EUR 317,851,287.79 divided
into 174,949,163 no-par bearer shares. Each share grants one vote. On
the date the Annual General Meeting was convened, the Company held
28,597 treasury shares that do not confer any rights. 8,975 shares
were declared invalid in accordance with Sec. 67 para. 2 in
combination with Sec. 262 para. 29 of the AktG whereof 4,831 shares
have not been submitted and credited to securities accounts on the
date the Annual General Meeting was convened. Therefore, on the date
the Annual General Meeting was convened there were a total of
174,915,735 shares giving their owners the right to attend and vote
at the Annual General Meeting. There are no other classes of shares.

In order to avoid delays at the entrance checks, shareholders are
asked to present themselves in due time before the start of the
Annual General Meeting. Voting cards may be collected starting at
9:00 a.m.

Shareholders who did not receive admission cards or copies of the
deposit certificates from their custodian financial institution are
requested to bring valid official photo identification to the Annual
General Meeting.

Internet broadcast of part of the Annual General Meeting Shareholders
of the Company and interested members of the public may follow the
speech by the Chairman of the Management Board at the Annual General
Meeting on July 6, 2016 live on the Internet at www.voestalpine.com
starting at approx. 10:00 a.m. No video or audio broadcast of any
other part of the Annual General Meeting will take place.

The General Meeting is the key governing body of a stock corporation
as it is the forum for the Company's owners - the shareholders. We
therefore hope you will appreciate that we cannot turn a General
Meeting into an event for guests, much as we value such interest. For
further questions please contact the Investor Relations Team (phone:
+43 (0) 50304 15 5221, e-mail: IR@voestalpine.com)

Linz, June 2016

The Management Board

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

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issuer: voestalpine AG
voestalpine-Straße 1
A-4020 Linz
phone: +43 50304/15-9949
FAX: +43 50304/55-5581
mail: IR@voestalpine.com
WWW: www.voestalpine.com
sector: Metal Goods & Engineering
ISIN: AT0000937503
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English