UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

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Dated June 19, 2019

 

Commission File Number: 001-35788

 

ARCELORMITTAL

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

24-26, Boulevard d’Avranches

L-1160 Luxembourg

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

  Form 20-F  ☒ Form 40-F  ☐  

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _____

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): _____  

 

     
 

 

On June 19, 2019, ArcelorMittal issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and hereby incorporated by reference into this report on Form 6-K.

 

Exhibit List

 

Exhibit No. Description  
Exhibit 99.1   Press release dated June 19, 2019, announcing ArcelorMittal’s statement regarding the Italian Crescita law decree and its potential implications for ArcelorMittal Italia.  

 

 

     
 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No. Description  
Exhibit 99.1   Press release dated June 19, 2019, announcing ArcelorMittal’s statement regarding the Italian Crescita law decree and its potential implications for ArcelorMittal Italia.

 

     
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. 

 

ARCELORMITTAL

 

 
Date 19 June 2019  
   
By: /s/ Henk Scheffer    
  Name: Henk Scheffer  
  Title:   Company Secretary & Group Compliance & Data Protection Officer  

 

 

 

     

 

 

ARCELORMITTAL 6-K

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

press release

 

Statement regarding the Italian Crescita law decree and its potential implications for ArcelorMittal Italia

 

19 June 2019, 14:00 CET

 

ArcelorMittal confirms that its Italian subsidiary (ArcelorMittal Italia “AMI”) has highlighted to the Italian government its concerns about the current text of the  Crescita law decree. If ratified as currently drafted, the provision concerning the Taranto plant would impair any operator’s ability to operate the plant while implementing the environmental plan approved by the Italian Government in September 2017, including for ArcelorMittal. The Taranto plant has been under seizure since 2012 and cannot be operated without legal protection until the environmental plan is implemented.

 

The 2017 environmental plan is designed to address the Taranto plant’s long-standing issues and transform it into a state-of-the-art European steel facility by applying best available techniques, with an overall environmental investment by AMI of over €1.15 billion. The implementation of the agreed plan is proceeding according to schedule.

 

However, the Crescita law decree removes the legal safeguards existing when ArcelorMittal agreed to invest in the Taranto plant. These safeguards are necessary until the company has completed the environmental plan to avoid incurring liability for issues that it did not create.

 

The law decree is to be ratified into law by 29th June.  AMI remains hopeful that, as part of the amendment process, legal certainty will be restored in the interest of the Italian economy and of the stakeholders of ArcelorMittal Italia, enabling AMI to continue operate of the plant while completing the environmental requalification plan.