Ad-Hoc News from 30 June 2025

voestalpine AG’s Management Board today passed the resolution of a new capital allocation strategy, which will support the implementation of the 2030+ corporate strategy by providing clear guidelines for investment decisions, management of the balance sheet structure and the dividend policy.

A key component of the new strategy is the revised dividend policy. The Executive Board's annual dividend proposal to the Annual General Meeting will be calculated as follows in future:

• 30% of earnings per share (EPS), provided that the leverage ratio (calculated as net financial debt/EBITDA) does not exceed 2.0 (after dividend payment)
• In any case, a minimum dividend of EUR 0.40 per share.

Additional distributions and/or share buy-backs are possible in the event of exceptionally good earnings and a leverage ratio within target range (net financial debt/EBITDA less than 2 after dividend payment).

This model shall support a balance between performance-related yet stable shareholder participation in the company's success on the one hand and securing a resilient and solid capital structure for future growth on the other.

The new capital allocation and dividend policy will apply from the current 2025/26 financial year and will not affect the dividend of EUR 0.60 proposed by the Management Board and Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting on July 2, 2025. The dividend policy will be reviewed at four-year intervals.