EANS-News: voestalpine AG /Announcement in accordance with Section 82 Subsection
9 Austrian Stock Exchange Act [Börsegesetz].
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Stock Activity/Transfer of own shares
Linz (euro adhoc) - In accordance with Section 82 Subsection 9 Austrian Stock
Exchange Act, voestalpine AG announces that it has transferred 55,668 of its own
shares (corresponding to 0.03 % 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, 50,768 shares were transferred at a price of EUR
20.04 each and 4.900 shares at a price of EUR 26 each. This transfer was carried
out under the existing voestalpine employee share purchase plan. In addition
voestalpine AG transferred 71 shares as part of a competition [Gewinnspiel].
The proportion of shares of voestalpine AG held by employees remains unchanged
at approximately 14.5 % after this transfer of shares. Of these 14,5%,
approximately 13.5 % account for the employee share purchase model as such and
approximately 1 % account for individual shares of present or former employees
whose voting rights were also transferred to voestalpine Mitarbeiterbeteiligung
Privatstiftung.
As at 20 December 2012, voestalpine AG holds a total of 90.629 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
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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