Eramet

Notice of Dividend Amount • Jun 21, 2010

Paris, June 21st, 2010

PRESS RELEASE

Payment of 2009 dividend

At their General Meeting on May 20th, 2010, ERAMET's shareholders set the dividend with respect to 2009 at €1.80 per share and approved the possibility of that dividend being paid in cash or in new shares issued at the unit price of €229.32. The option period opened on May 31st, 2010 and closed on June 11th, 2010.

Following the decisions made by shareholders, 62.45% of the amount paid out will be in stock.

Consequently, 129,965 new shares will be issued, representing 0.49% of the number of shares that make up share capital.

These shares, which will be created and delivered on June 23rd 2010, will benefit from full rights related to ERAMET shares as from January 1st, 2010 and will be assimilated to existing shares from their creation. An application has been filed to have them listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris market on June 23rd, 2010.

Following that operation, ERAMET's share capital as on June 21st, 2010 is increased to €80,824,322.90. It is divided into 26,499,778 fully paid-up shares with par value €3.05 each, all of the same category.

For the shareholders who opted for dividend payment in cash, payment will also be made on June 23rd, 2010 and will form a total payout of €17.7 million.

ABOUT ERAMET

ERAMET is a leading global producer of:

• alloying metals, particularly manganese and nickel, used to improve the properties of steel,
• high-performance special steels and alloys used in industries such as aerospace, power generation and tooling.

ERAMET also plans to develop in new metals with high growth potential such as lithium and in recycling.

The Group employs approximately 15,000 people in 20 countries. ERAMET is part of Euronext Paris Compartment A and is listed on the MSCI index.

CONTACT

Vice President Strategy and Investor Relations Philippe Joly Tel.: +33 (0)1 4538 4202 Shareholder information: www.eramet.com