Regulatory News:
Following changes in the composition of its Board of Directors at its
Annual General Meeting on May 2009, ArcelorMittal announces that
its Board of Directors has decided to update the composition of its
Committees at Board level and create a new Risk Committee.
ArcelorMittal’s Audit Committee is now composed as follows:
Mr. Narayanan Vaghul, Chairman
Mr. José Ramón Álvarez Rendueles
Mr. Wilbur L. Ross Jr.
Mr. Antoine Spillman
ArcelorMittal’s Appointments, Remuneration & Corporate Governance
Committee is now composed as follows:
Mr. Lewis B. Kaden, Chairman
H.R.H. Prince Guillaume de Luxembourg
Mr. Narayanan Vaghul
The ArcelorMittal Board decided to install a new Risk Committee at Board
level in line with recent developments in best practice corporate
governance. The Risk Committee is composed as follows:
Mr. Georges Schmit
Mr. Antoine Spillmann
The Risk Committee is responsible for advising the Board of Directors on
risk management and ensuring that ArcelorMittal maintains an effective
risk management process to support daily management and decision-making.
Sudhir Maheshwari, member of ArcelorMittal’s Group Management Board,
becomes Chairman of the newly formed Group Risk Management Committee. He
will represent the management during Risk Committee meetings.
About ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel company, with operations
in more than 60 countries.
ArcelorMittal is the leader in all major global steel markets,
including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging,
with leading R&D and technology, as well as sizeable captive supplies of
raw materials and outstanding distribution networks. With an industrial
presence in over 20 countries spanning four continents, the Company
covers all of the key steel markets, from emerging to mature.
Through its core values of sustainability, quality and leadership,
ArcelorMittal commits to operating in a responsible way with respect to
the health, safety and wellbeing of its employees, contractors and the
communities in which it operates. It is also committed to the
sustainable management of the environment and of finite resources.
ArcelorMittal recognises that it has a significant responsibility to
tackle the global climate change challenge; it takes a leading role in
the industry's efforts to develop breakthrough steelmaking technologies
and is actively researching and developing steel-based technologies and
solutions that contribute to combat climate change.
In 2008, ArcelorMittal had revenues of $124.9 billion and crude steel
production of 103.3 million tonnes, representing approximately 10 per
cent of world steel output.
ArcelorMittal is listed on the stock exchanges of New York (MT),
Amsterdam (MT), Paris (MT), Brussels (MT), Luxembourg (MT) and on the
Spanish stock exchanges of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia (MTS).
For more information about ArcelorMittal visit: www.arcelormittal.com
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