voestalpine AG — M&A Activity 2004

May 21, 2004

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Ad-hoc | 21 May 2004 08:10

voestalpine intends to acquire Nedcon

Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– voestalpine intends to acquire Nedcon voestalpine AG, Linz, the Austrian steel manufacturing and processing group listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, and Nedcon N.V. (“Nedcon”), Doetinchem (the Netherlands), the Dutch industrial storage systems group listed on Euronext Amsterdam announce that they have reached agreement on voestalpine’s intention to make a public offer of EUR 19.20 per share in cash for all the ordinary shares and depositary receipts of ordinary shares in Nedcon. This represents a total amount of approximately EUR 31 million for 100% of Nedcon’s shares. end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 21.05.2004 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 093750; ISIN: AT0000937503; Index: ATX Listed: Amtlicher Handel in Wien; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart; London 210810 Mai 04