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
20th Annual General Meeting of voestalpine AG
to be held on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 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 2011/2012

2)Resolution on the allocation of the balance sheet profit of the
business year 2011/2012

3)Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Management Board
for the business year 2011/2012

4)Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Supervisory Board
for the business year 2011/2012

5)Resolution on the election of the auditor of the annual financial
statement and the group's consolidated financial statement for the
business year 2012/2013

6)Election to the Supervisory Board

Annual General Meeting Documents Especially the following documents
will be available at the Company's website www.voestalpine.com no
later than June 13, 2012 and will also be available at the Annual
General Meeting:

- 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 2011/12;
- resolutions on agenda items 2-6
- form for granting a power of attorney
- form for the revocation of a power of attorney
- complete text of this invitation notice.

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 13, 2012 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 25, 2012 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
hubert.possegger@voestalpine.com, 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 investorrelations@voestalpine.com 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 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 24,
2012 (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 June 29, 2012 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: anmeldung.voestalpine@hauptversammlung.at; however, only with a
qualified electronic signature in accordance with Sec. 4 para. 1 of the Austrian
Digital Signature Act ("Signaturgesetz")

voestalpine AG will not accept deposit certifications and declarations in
accordance with Sec. 114 para. 1 fourth sentence Austrian Stock Corporation Act
via an international, specially secured communication network of depository
banks (SWIFT) as other electronic ways of communication (fax and e-mail) are
available instead. The reason for this is that voestalpine AG offered SWIFT as
an electronic means of communication for the two preceding Annual General
Meetings, but the depository banks did not make use of it.

Bearer shares not held in a deposit
For bearer shares not held in a deposit, a written confirmation by a 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,
- 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 24, 2012 (the end of this day) mentioned above.

The deposit certificate will be accepted in German or English.

By registering for the Annual General Meeting and/or by submitting a
deposit certificate shareholders will not be prevented from
transferring their shares. However, in case of a transfer of shares
only such person is allowed to attend the shareholders' meeting who
was a shareholder at the record date.

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 June 29, 2012 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: anmeldung.voestalpine@hauptversammlung.at; 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:anmeldung.voestalpine@hauptversammlung.at; 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 3, 2012
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 39 or by e-mail rasinger@iva.or.at. 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. Without express instructions Mr. Wilhelm Rasinger will
not exercise the voting right.

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 288.012 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 168.761.151
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 4, 2012 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 2012

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:peter.fleischer@voestalpine.com
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: IR@voestalpine.com
WWW: www.voestalpine.com
sector: Metal Goods & Engineering
ISIN: AT0000937503
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English