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)
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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
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 |
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.