EANS-News: voestalpine AG /Announcement in accordance with Section 82 Subsection 9 Austrian Stock Exchange Act [Börsegesetz].
20.12.2012 – 10:09
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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