The Prix Ars Electronica will be awarded for the 24th time this year. Entrants have until March 5 to submit their projects online. For many years, voestalpine has not only supported the Prix as a whole but has also fostered innovative ideas concerning future issues by way of [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant.

voestalpine AG has resolved to exercise an early call for the entirety of the 1.5% 2005/2010 convertible bonds issued in July 2005 with conversion rights to shares of voestalpine AG (ISIN AT0000492905).

- Second quarter with revenue stabilisation, EBITDA, EBIT, Profit before and after tax clearly positive. - First half of the current business year affected by the crisis, revenue fell by a third, but profit from operations (EBIT) with more than EUR 45 million positive. - Outlook for business year 2009/10 unchanged.

voestalpine Stahlwelt opens on the occasion of the Austrian-wide research night “Lange Nacht der Forschung” on November 7.

Two companies of voestalpine Group, voestalpine Polynorm and voestalpine Gutbrod, have jointly been awarded a major order by Porsche AG with a volume in excess of EUR 100 million.

On 1st of October 2009, Dr. Wolfgang Eder, Chairman and CEO of the Managing Board of voestalpine AG, took over the presidency of EUROFER, the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries.

Aim of restructuring is to focus the Special Steel Division more strongly on its key areas of High Performance Metals and Special Forgings in addition to reducing management complexity.