Success of Alstoms capital increase extended to 350 million

Alstom announces today the success of its private placement of 13,133,208 new shares, representing 4.45% of its share capital before capital increase and 4.26% after capital increase, at a subscription price of 26.65 per share, i.e. a discount of 4.40% on the volume weighted average price (VWAP) of the last 3 trading days. 

The transaction was largely oversubscribed reflecting investors confidence in Alstom. Therefore Alstom decided to extend the size of the operation from 300 million to 350 million.

The settlement-delivery of the new shares will take place on October 4th 2012. On the same date, the new shares will be listed on Euronext Paris on the same line as Alstoms existing shares (ISIN Code FR0010220475). The new shares will be fully fungible with Alstoms existing shares.

Press Contacts 

Christine Rahard, Isabelle Tourancheau - Tel +33 1 41 49 32 95 /39 95

christine.rahard@chq.alstom.com, isabelle.tourancheau@chq.alstom.com  

Investor Relations                                                                  
Emmanuelle Châtelain, Delphine Brault - Tel +33 1 41 49 37 38 / 26 42

emmanuelle.chatelain@chq.alstom.com,  delphine.brault@chq.alstom.com

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This document does not constitute or form part of an offer or solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for securities in France. The securities referred to herein may not be and will not be offered or sold to the public in France except to qualified investors ("investisseurs qualifiés") and/or to a limited group of investors ("cercle restreint dinvestisseurs") acting for their own account, as defined in, and in accordance with Articles L. 411-2 and D. 411-1 to D. 411-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.

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