voestalpine AG announced that it has set the amount of reasonable cash settlement payment for the squeeze out of BOEHLER-UDDEHOLM AG at EUR 70.26 per share.

voestalpine AG said that the cash settlement contains the accumulated profits attributable to each individual share for the 2007 business year and the 2008 short business year from January 1st 2008 until March 31st 2008. Therefore, no separate payment of any dividends is contemplated.