euro adhoc: voestalpine AG / Buybacks / voestalpine Share repurchase (E)

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11.10.2006

On the basis of the authorization granted by the General Meeting of Shareholders
on July 5, 2006, the Management Board of voestalpine AG resolved on October 10,
2006 to acquire up to a maximum of 10% of the Company’s own shares until such
time as that authorization expires.

The current strong performance of the Company and the capacity of voestalpine AG
for achieving sustained, high levels of cash flow, permit the Company to carry
out this share repurchase. The purpose of the repurchase of the Company's own
shares is to facilitate servicing the employee participation and stock option
programs of the voestalpine Group as well as to facilitate servicing of the
convertible bonds issued by voestalpine AG on July 15, 2005. voestalpine AG
does, however, also reserve the right to utilize the repurchased shares for
other purposes, for example for supporting the Group’s growth strategy, or,
where appropriate, to retire the shares.

voestalpine AG furthermore also reserves the option of conducting a repurchase
of a portion of the convertible bonds in addition to its repurchase of
voestalpine shares.

For details of the repurchase program, see the web site of voestalpine AG. All
of the transactions are also published weekly after they are carried out, on the
web site of voestalpine AG.

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 11.10.2006 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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