Arcelor Mittal is the world's number one steel company, with 330,000 employees in more than 60 countries. The company, which will be incorporated in 2007 following the successful tender offer, brings together the world's leading steel companies, Mittal Steel and Arcelor.

Arcelor Mittal is the leader in all major global 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 27 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa, Arcelor Mittal has a balanced geographic diversity within all the key steel markets, both developing and developed.

Arcelor Mittal Pro-forma revenue in 2005 showed combined revenues of 62.2bn euro (77.5bn$) and approximate production capacity of 113 million tonnes, which represents about 10% of the world's crude steel output.