Voestalpine : AGM resolves EUR 1.40 dividend

Based on an average voestalpine share price of EUR 44.46 in the business year 2017/18, the dividend yield for this period is 3.1 percent. voestalpine AG has consistently distributed a dividend to its shareholders-i.e. every year-since going public in 1995, in the amount of EUR 2.8 billion in total (including this year's dividend payment). The dividend yield over the total listing period of almost 23 years is 3.8 percent.

The voestalpine Group's continuously positive business development is primarily due to its long-term successful orientation towards innovative technologies of the future, consistent cost management, and ongoing internationalization. The Group's internationalization is also increasingly evident on the shareholder side in the Group's employee participation plan. With the recent addition of Group companies in Spain and Sweden, this Europe-wide role model has been significantly expanded. The participation plan is now available in 12 countries with almost 150 participating Group companies. A total of 25,700 employees now hold an interest in voestalpine AG, which means that around 14 percent of the share capital is owned by the workforce. This makes the employees the second largest core shareholder of the Group.