EANS-Adhoc: voestalpine AG
voestalpine is the leniency applicant in the German
rail cartel
01.07.2011 – 14:42
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ad-hoc disclosure transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antitrust Issues 01.07.2011 voestalpine hereby makes public that the proceedings by the German Federal Cartel Office and the inspections conducted at the sites in Duisburg in May have been triggered by its leniency application. The company has been in close contact with the German Federal Cartel Office as well as with the Public Prosecution Office in Bochum for several months and is working to fully and swiftly resolve the case. Due to the leniency application voestalpine has been restricted in publicising this information until now. As of today, the group expects to be exempted from any fines. At the present moment it is not possible to estimate the entitlement nor the amount of damages. The amounts that have been circulated in the media are baseless and are hereby expressly rejected. voestalpine does not accept infringements of antitrust law. The internal revelation of the cartel shows that the current compliance measure within the voestalpine group are effective. The acquired knowledge will nevertheless be used to improve the current measures and systems. Further inquiry note for press and media: Gerhard Kürner Head of corporate communications gerhard.kuerner@voestalpine.com Tel.: +43 50304 15 2090 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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