Acquisition of 37.17% of Hunan Valin Steel Tube and Wire by Mittal Ste

    Business Editors

    LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2005--As a reminder, Mittal Steel will today host a presentation to the investment community regarding the recent announcement that it has signed a share purchase agreement with Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd. to acquire 37.17% of the outstanding shares of Hunan Valin Steel Tube & Wire Co., Ltd., a listed subsidiary of Valin Group.
    A telephone and webcast presentation will be available live at 10:00AM New York time / 3:00 PM London time. You may access the webcast presentation at www.mittalsteel.com . The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-877-780-2271 in the United States or 001-973-582-2737 outside of the United States. Please ask to be connected to the Mittal Steel conference call.
    A replay of the webcast and the conference call will be available from 12:00 noon New York time / 5:00 PM London time on January 18th, 2005 through 11:59 pm New York time / 4:59 AM London time on February 1, 2005. You may access the webcast replay at www.mittalsteel.com. A replay of the conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-877-519-4471 in the United States or 001-973-341-3080 outside of the United States. The passcode for the replay is 5594804.
    Thank you for your interest in Mittal Steel.

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CONTACT: Mittal Steel Company Nicola Davidson, +44 (0)20 7543 1162

KEYWORD: UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL EUROPE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING MINING/METALS MERGERS/ACQ CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: Mittal Steel Company

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