Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of 9 May 2006
21 Abril 2006 - 5:39AM
PR Newswire (US)
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Mittal Steel Company N.V. (Mittal Steel, NYSE: MT) today announced
that agenda items 2, 3, 4 and 5a on the agenda of its 9 May 2006
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) will be discussed
during the AGM but will not be put up for vote. These items of the
agenda will be voted upon at an extraordinary general meeting of
shareholders, the date of which is expected to be announced
following the opening of the tender period for the mixed cash and
exchange offer for the outstanding share capital and equity
securities of Arcelor S.A. (the "Offer"). The shareholders'
circular (the "Shareholders' Circular") to be prepared in
connection with agenda item 2 (Proposal to approve the mixed cash
and exchange offer for the issued and outstanding share capital and
equity securities of Arcelor S.A. pursuant to article 2:107a Dutch
Civil Code) will not be made available as announced in the notice
of the AGM dated 12 April 2006. The offer document, which would
have been included in the Shareholders' Circular, has not been
formally approved yet by the applicable regulators. Mittal Steel
intends to provide its shareholders with the same information that
will be provided to Arcelor security holders in the Offer. Mittal
Steel believes that it is in the best interest of its shareholders
that a vote on the Offer and certain related items take place on
the basis of the final documentation for the Offer. Finally, all
other items on the agenda of the AGM will be dealt with in
accordance with the notice of the AGM dated 12 April 2006. About
Mittal Steel Mittal Steel Company is the world's largest and most
global steel company. The company has operations in sixteen
countries, on four continents. Mittal Steel encompasses all aspects
of modern steelmaking, to produce a comprehensive portfolio of both
flat and long steel products to meet a wide range of customer
needs. It serves all the major steel consuming sectors, including
automotive, appliance, machinery and construction. For 2005, Mittal
Steel had revenues of US$28.1 billion and steel shipments of 49.2
million tons. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange and
the Euronext Amsterdam under the ticker symbol "MT". No Offer No
offer to exchange or purchase any Arcelor shares will be made in
the Netherlands or in any jurisdiction other than Luxembourg,
France, Spain, Belgium and the United States. This communication
does not constitute an offer to exchange or purchase any Arcelor
shares. Such an offer will be made only pursuant to an official
offer document approved by the appropriate regulators. Important
Information In connection with its proposed acquisition of Arcelor
S.A., Mittal Steel Company is filing important documents with the
SEC, including a registration statement on Form F-4, a prospectus
for the exchange offer and related documents. Investors and Arcelor
security holders are urged to carefully read all such documents
when they become available because they will contain important
information. Investors and Arcelor security holders may obtain
copies of the documents, when available, free of charge on the
SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/. For further information,
visit our web site: http://www.mittalsteel.com/ DATASOURCE: Mittal
Steel Company N.V. CONTACT: For further information, visit our web
site: http://www.mittalsteel.com/, or call: Mittal Steel Company
N.V., Julien Onillon, Director, Investor Relations,
+44-(0)20-7543-1136; Mittal Steel Company N.V., Thomas A. McCue,
Director, Director, North American Investor Relations, (and
Treasurer Mittal Steel USA), +1-219-399-5166
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