EANS-General Meeting: voestalpine AG / Invitation to the General Meeting

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voestalpine AG
Linz, FN 66209 t
ISIN AT0000937503

Invitation

We hereby invite our shareholders to the
18th Annual General Meeting of voestalpine AG
to be held on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 10.00 a.m.,
at the Design Center Linz, 4020 Linz, Europaplatz 1.

Agenda

1) Presentation of the approved annual financial statement of voestalpine AG,
the management report combined with the group management report, the group´s
consolidated financial statement, the corporate governance report as well as the
report of the Supervisory Board to the Annual General Meeting on the business
year 2009/2010
2) Resolution on the allocation of the balance sheet profit of the business year
2009/2010
3) Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Management Board for the
business year 2009/2010
4) Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board for the
business year 2009/2010
5) Resolution on the election of the auditor of the annual financial statement
and the group´s consolidated financial statement for the business year 2010/2011
6) a) Resolution on the authorization to purchase own shares in accordance with
Sec. 65 para. 1 no. 4 of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act ("Aktiengesetz") for
the purpose of issuance to employees, executive officers and members of the
Management Board of the Company or of Group companies as well as on the
authorization to purchase own shares in accordance with Sec. 65 para. 1 no. 8 of
the Austrian Stock Corporation Act each to the maximum extent of a total of 10%
of the nominal capital by taking into account the limits according to Sec. 65
para. 2 first sentence of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act at a lowest price
of a maximum of 20% below and at a highest price of a maximum of 10% above the
average of the closing rates of the last 3 trading days prior to the purchase of
own shares with a maximum period of validity of 30 months for the acquisition.
b) The Management Board is authorized until June 30, 2015 to determine a method
of selling own shares in a manner other than via the stock exchange or a public
offer, excluding shareholders´ subscription rights.
c) Furthermore, the Management Board is authorized to decrease the share capital
of the Company according to Sec. 65 para. 1 no. 8 last sentence in connection
with Sec. 192 of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act by up to EUR 30,713,203.93
by the redemption of up to 16,904,916 own shares with no par value without any
further resolution by the Annual General Meeting. The Supervisory Board is
authorized to resolve upon the amendments of the Articles of Association as a
consequence of the redemption of shares.
7) Resolution on the amendment of the Articles of Association, in particular to
adjust them to legal changes - 2009 Austrian Stock Corporation Amendment Act
("AktienrechtsÄnderungsgesetz 2009")

Annual General Meeting Documents
From June 16, 2010 onwards the following documents will be available for
inspection by shareholders at the Company´s offices at its seat in 4020 Linz,
voestalpine-Straße 1, Investor Relations department, Mr. Peter Fleischer:
• financial statements,
• corporate governance report,
• consolidated financial statements,
• management report (combined with the group management report),
• proposal with respect to the distribution of profits,
• report of the Supervisory Board, each for the business year 2009/10;
• resolutions on agenda items 2-7, including the Articles of Association
with all proposed amendments highlighted,
• report of the Management Board pursuant to Sec. 65 para. 1b in
connection with Sec. 170 para. 2 and Sec. 153 para. 4 of the Austrian Stock
Corporation Act regarding item 6.

These documents as well as the complete text of this invitation and the forms
for granting and for revoking a proxy in accordance with Sec. 114 of the
Austrian Stock Corporation Act will be available at the Company´s website
www.voestalpine.com no later than June 16, 2010 and also at the Annual General
Meeting.

Information on shareholders´ rights pursuant to Secs. 109, 110, 118 and 119 of
the Austrian Stock Corporation Act
Shareholders who jointly hold 5% of the share capital and who have been the
holders of these shares for at least three months prior to making such request
are entitled to request in writing that additional items be put on the agenda of
this Annual General Meeting and be published provided that such request is made
in writing and delivered to the Company no later than June 16, 2010 exclusively
to the address 4020 Linz, voestalpine-Straße 1,attn. Mr. Hubert Possegger, Head
of Legal and Corporate Matters. Shareholders must also indicate proposals for
resolutions regarding each item on the agenda so requested, including a
statement of grounds. In the case of deposited bearer shares a deposit
certificate (Depotbestätigung) pursuant to Sec. 10a of the Austrian Stock
Corporation Act shall be sufficient to evidence that the shareholders making
such requests have held their shares for at least three months prior to making
such requests, and this certificate shall not be older than seven days at the
time of it being submitted to the Company. As regards the other requirements of
the certificate of deposit, please refer to the information on the right to
attend the Annual General Meeting.

Shareholders holding jointly at least 1% of the share capital are entitled to
submit proposals for resolution on any item of the agenda, including a statement
of grounds, in text form (in writing but no signature required) and demand that
such proposals, together with the names of the shareholders concerned and
including the grounds therefore, be made available on the website of the Company
together with a statement by the Management or Supervisory Board, if applicable.
Such request must be delivered to the Company in text form no later than June
28, 2010 either by telefax at +43 (1) 50304 55 5872 or to the address 4020 Linz,
voestalpine-Straße 1, attn. Mr. Hubert Possegger, Head of Legal and Corporate
Matters or by e-mail to [email protected], in which case such
request submitted in text form, such as a pdf file, must be sent as an
attachment to the e-mail. In the case of deposited bearer shares a certificate
of deposit pursuant to Sec. 10a of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act shall be
sufficient to evidence that the shareholders are entitled to exercise their
shareholders´ rights; this certificate shall not be older than seven days at the
time of it being submitted to the Company. As regards the other requirements of
the certificate of deposit, please refer to the information on the right to
attend the Annual General Meeting.

For bearer shares not held in a deposit, a written confirmation by a notary
public, to which the above requirements for a deposit certificate apply, shall
be sufficient.

Each shareholder, additionally, is entitled to present motions regarding any
agenda item at the Annual General Meeting without any notice in advance.

Each shareholder has the right to be informed on any matters pertaining to the
Company if so requested by the shareholder provided that such information is
necessary for a proper opinion regarding a particular agenda item. Information
may be denied if, according to reasonable commercial judgment, it could cause
significant harm to the Company or a Group company, or if the provision of
information would be chargeable.

Questions that require longer preparation should be submitted in text form to
the Management Board in due time before the Annual General Meeting. Such
questions should be submitted to the address 4020 Linz, voestalpine-Straße 1,
Head of Investor Relations, attn. Mr. Peter Fleischer or by e-mail to
[email protected] or by telefax at +43 (1) 50304 55 5581.

Additional information on such rights of shareholders pursuant to Secs. 109,
110, 118 and 119 of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act are available as of now
at the Company´s website www.voestalpine.com.

QUALIFYING DATE AND RIGHT TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Due to amendments of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act stipulated by the 2009
Stock Corporation Amendment Act the provisions of the Articles of Association
regarding the convening of the Annual General Meeting, depositing shares and the
entitlement to participate in and to vote at the Annual General Meeting are not
applicable. The right to attend the Annual General Meeting and the right to
exercise the voting right and other shareholder rights to be exercised at the
Annual General Meeting in accordance with Sec. 111 Austrian Stock Corporation
Act are conditional on the shareholdings or, if interim certificates have been
issued, on the registration in the register of shareholders of the Company
("Aktienbuch") at the end of June 27, 2010 (record date).

The Annual General Meeting may only be attended by persons who are shareholders
at such record date and who provide evidence of their shareholding to the
Company.

Bearer shares held in a deposit
In the case of bearer shares held in a deposit, a deposit certificate in
accordance with Sec. 10a of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act shall be
sufficient to evidence a shareholder´s shareholding on the record date, which
shall be delivered to the Company no later than July 2, 2010 exclusively at one
of the following addresses.

Per post voestalpine AG (in written form)
Legal and Corporate Matters
attn. Mr. Hubert Possegger
voestalpine-Straße 1
4020 Linz
Per SWIFT GIBAATWGGMS
(Message Type MT598; please indicate ISIN AT0000937503 in the text)
Per fax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 57
Per e-mail:[email protected]; however, only with a
qualified electronic signature in accordance with Sec. 4 para. 1 of the Austrian
Digital Signature Act ("Signaturgesetz")

Bearer shares not held in a deposit
For bearer shares not held in a deposit, a written confirmation by an notary
public, which the Company must receive at one of the above mentioned addresses,
only, is sufficient.

For the content of the confirmation by the notary public, the following applies
mutatis mutandis (except the deposit number).

Deposit certificates pursuant to Sec. 10a of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act
The deposit certification must be issued by a depositary bank domiciled in a
member state of the European Economic Area or a full member state of the OECD
and must contain the following details:
• details of the issuer: name/company and address or a code commonly used
in dealings between banks (SWIFT-Code),
• details of the shareholder: name/company, address, date of birth for
individuals, and register and register number, if applicable, for legal
entities,
• information regarding shares: number of the shares held by the
shareholder, ISIN AT0000937503,
• deposit number and/or other designation,
• date to which the deposit certificate refers.

The deposit certificate as evidence of the shareholding must refer to the record
date June 27, 2010 mentioned above.

The deposit certificate will be accepted in German or English.

Shareholders will not be blocked by registering for the Annual General Meeting
and/or by submitting a deposit certificate; therefore shareholders may continue
to freely dispose of their shares also after registering and/or submitting a
deposit certificate.

Interim certificates
With regard to interim certificates only those shareholders are allowed to
attend the Annual General Meeting whose registration in text form has been
delivered to the Company no later than July 2, 2010 exclusively at one of the
following addresses.

Per post voestalpine AG (in written form)
Legal and Corporate Matters
attn. Mr. Hubert Possegger
voestalpine-Straße 1
4020 Linz
Per fax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 57
Per e-mail: [email protected];
the registration in text form, for example as pdf file, must be attached to the
e-mail

REPRESENTATION BY PROXY
Each shareholder entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting has the right to
appoint a representative (proxy) who attends the Annual General Meeting on
behalf of such shareholder and has the same rights as the shareholder she/he
represents.

The power of attorney must be granted to a specific person (natural person or
legal entity) in text form; also several persons may be authorised.

The power of attorney must be delivered to the Company exclusively at one of the
following addresses:
Per post voestalpine AG (in written form)
Legal and Corporate Matters
attn. Mr. Hubert Possegger
voestalpine-Straße 1
4020 Linz
Per fax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 57
Per e-mail:[email protected]; the power of attorney in
text form, for example as pdf file, must be attached to the e-mail
Personally: at the registration at the venue of the Annual General Meeting

A form for a power of attorney and a form for revoking the power of attorney
will be sent to shareholders upon request and may be downloaded from the
Company´s website at www.voestalpine.com.

Unless the power of attorney is handed over personally at the registration on
the day of the Annual General Meeting, the power of attorney must be delivered
to the Company no later than July 6, 2010 at 4 p.m.

The rules indicated above regarding the granting of a power of attorney apply
mutatis mutandis to its revocation.

As a special service, a representative of the "Interessenverband für Anleger"
(IVA, Austrian Association of Investors), 1130 Vienna, Feldmühlgasse 22, is
available to shareholders as an independent representative bound by the
shareholders´ instructions for exercising voting rights at the Annual General
Meeting. For the time being Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger is foreseen to represent the
shareholders at this Annual General Meeting on behalf of IVA. A special form of
power of attorney for Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger may be downloaded at the Company´s
website at www.voestalpine.com. Shareholders may also contact Mr. Wilhelm
Rasinger of IVA directly by calling +43 1 8763343 0, by fax at +43 1 8763343 49
or by e-mail [email protected].
The shareholder must provide Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger with instructions as to how he
(or a sub-proxy authorized by Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger) shall exercise the voting
right. Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger exercises the voting right exclusively on the basis
of the instructions given by the shareholder and without express instructions
the proxy is invalid.

Total number of shares and interim certificates
At the date of convening the Annual General Meeting the share capital of the
Company amounts to EUR 307,132,044.75 and is divided into 169,049,163 no-par
bearer shares. Each share grants one vote. At the date of convening the Annual
General Meeting the Company holds 637,705 own shares that do not confer any
rights. The total number of shares entitled to participate and vote at the
Annual General Meeting therefore at the date of convening the Annual General
Meeting amounts to 168,411,458 shares. There are no other types of shares.

In order to avoid delays at the entrance checks, shareholders are asked to
present themselves in due time before the start of the Annual General Meeting.
Voting cards may be collected from 9.00 a.m. onwards.

Shareholders who neither received admission cards nor copies of the deposit
certificates are kindly requested to bring a valid official identity document to
the Annual General Meeting.

Partially coverage of Annual General Meeting on the Internet
All shareholders as well as all other interested people may follow the report of
the CEO of the Company at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday July 7, 2010
live on the Internet as of approx. 10.00 a.m. An image or sound programme
transmission going beyond the report of the CEO will not take place.

Linz, June 2010

The Management Board

Disclaimer
This English invitation is a translation from the German language version and
for convenience purposes only. In the event of conflict with the German language
version, the German language version shall prevail.

Further inquiry note:
DI Peter Fleischer
Head of Investor Relations
Tel.: +43/50304/15-9949
Fax: +43/50304/55-5581
mailto:[email protected]
http://www.voestalpine.com
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issuer: voestalpine AG
voestalpine-Straße 1
A-4020 Linz
phone: +43 50304/15-9949
FAX: +43 50304/55-5581
mail: [email protected]
WWW: www.voestalpine.com
sector: Metal Goods & Engineering
ISIN: AT0000937503
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English

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