euro adhoc: voestalpine AG / quarterly or semiannual financial statement / voestalpine 1st quarter 2006/07 - Financial year begins with record quarter (E)

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11.08.2006

After having had a successful 2005/06 business year, the voestalpine Group has
continued its undiminished positive performance during the first three months of
the 2006/07 business year, which were characterized by strong demand in every
essential sector of the market. Against this backdrop, as compared with the last
three months of the previous business year, the voestalpine Group posted another
increase in both sales revenue and operating result, as well as the result
before and after taxes. The first quarter 2006/07 is thus the best individual
quarter in the Group’s history.

Key figures of voestalpine group

(acc. IFRS; in EURm) Q1 2006/07 Q1 2005/06 Change
1.4.-30.6.06 1.4.-30.6.05 in %
Turnover 1,779.5 1,668.5 + 6.7
EBITDA 301.7 297.6 + 1.4
EBITDA margin (in %) 17.0 17.8
EBIT 218.6 204.9 + 6.7
EBIT margin (in %) 12.3 12.3
Net income 153.1 148.2 + 3.4
EPS* (in EUR) 3.82 3.70 + 3.3

*EPS before sharesplit 1:4 on 1 August 2006

More information on the 1st quarter result is available on our website
www.voestalpine.com or contact our Investor Relations Team +43/732/65 85-99 49.

Further inquiry note:
DI Peter Fleischer
Head of Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 732 6585-9949
Fax: +43 732 6980-5581
mailto:[email protected]
http://www.voestalpine.com

end of announcement euro adhoc 11.08.2006 07:00:00
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emitter: voestalpine AG
VOEST-ALPINE-Straße 1
A-4020 Linz
phone: +43 732 6585-9949
FAX: +43 732 6980-5581
mail: [email protected]
WWW: www.voestalpine.com
ISIN: AT0000937503
indexes: ATX, ATX Prime, WBI
stockmarkets: official market: Wiener Börse AG
sector: Metal Goods & Engineering
language: English

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