Vallourec — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2012

Apr 23, 2012

vallourec

Société anonyme with a Management Board and Supervisory Board

Share capital : € 242,868,818

Registered office: 27, avenue du Général Leclerc – 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt

Nanterre Register of Companies: 552 142 200

Regulated Information

PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING PREPARATORY DOCUMENTS FOR THE COMBINED ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING OF 31 MAY 2012

Boulogne-Billancourt, 23 April 2012 - Vallourec's Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting will be held on Thursday 31 May 2012 at 2:30 p.m. at the Palais Brongniart – 28, place de la Bourse – 75002 Paris.

The preliminary notice of meeting published in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires of 13 April 2012 and the notice of meeting brochure including the agenda, draft resolutions and reports of the Management Board, Supervisory Board and Statutory Auditors as well as the procedures for participating in the Meeting and voting are available on Vallourec's website (Vallourec > en > Finance > Shareholder corner > General meetings > 2012 General meeting (http://www.vallourec.com/en/finance/shareholder-corner/general-meetings/2012GM.aspx)).

The information referred to in Article R.225-83 of the French Code de commerce is included in the notice of meeting brochure and in the 2011 Registration Document, which are also available on Vallourec's website at the following address: www.vallourec.com, under the Financial reports and Shareholder corner / General meetings headings.

The other documents and information about the Shareholders' Meeting will be available to shareholders, in accordance with the prevailing regulations, at Vallourec's registered office at 27, avenue du Général Leclerc, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt.

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