EANS-News: voestalpine AG
Announcement in accordance with Section 82
Subsection 9 Austrian Stock Exchange Act [Börsegesetz].
08.07.2011 – 12:04
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Information Linz (euro adhoc) - In accordance with Section 82 Subsection 9 Austrian Stock Exchange Act, voestalpine AG announces that it has transferred 139,688 of its own shares (corresponding to 0.08 % of its capital stock) to employees of voestalpine Group, by initially transferring these to voestalpine Mitarbeiterbeteiligung Privatstiftung for allocating these to employees of voestalpine Group. Of these, 8,452 shares were transferred at a price of EUR 30 each, 32,182 shares were transferred at a price of EUR 34.78 each and 99,054 shares at a price of EUR 33 each. This transfer was carried out under the existing voestalpine employee share purchase plan. The proportion of shares of voestalpine AG held by employees in comparison to 31 March 2011 (= end of the business year 2010/11) remains unchanged at 13 %. Of these 13%, approximately 12.1 % account for the employee share purchase model as such and approximately 0.9 % account for individual shares of present or former employees whose voting rights were also transferred to voestalpine Mitarbeiterbeteiligung Privatstiftung. As at 8 July 2011, voestalpine AG holds a total of 328,186 own shares. 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 end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: 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