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Datum nieuwsfeit: 17-06-2008

( BW)(ARCELORMITTAL)(MT.LU)(MT.AS)(MTBL.Y)(MTP.PA)(MT) ArcelorMittal
Holds Inaugural Global Interactive Individual Shareholder Event

    Business Editors/Steel Writers

    LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2008--Regulatory News:

    ArcelorMittal is pleased to announce a global interactive
shareholder event which for the first time will feature realtime
dialogue with the Company's management via a virtual reality website.

    On 17 June individual shareholders will be able meet and interact
with Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, to discuss
the company's strategy and business outlook as well as changes in the
steel industry.

    Shareholders will be able to meet management in person at Company
headquarters in Luxembourg. But, in a first for the company,
individual shareholders will also be able to participate in a realtime
dialogue with Mr. Mittal via Second Life, the virtual reality website.
Second Life is a 3D virtual world created by its residents. It
was developed by Linden Research and launched in June 2003.

    Mr. Mittal, said: "I am very pleased to have an opportunity to
meet with our individual shareholders and discuss our company's
outlook during this event. This will be the first event of its kind
for ArcelorMittal incorporating a fully interactive online platform.
The combination of a physical meeting with access to a virtual meeting
centre demonstrates that ArcelorMittal is truly dedicated to its
individual shareholders and wants to attract new shareholders by using
innovative technologies. Individual shareholders are very stable and
dedicated investors and I believe we have a real opportunity to
develop this investor base thanks to our listing on 6 different stock
exchanges, our high level of liquidity and our inclusion in major
indices."

    ArcelorMittal's platform on Second Life has been designed with
maximum transparency for participants in mind and includes the
following features which will be accessible before, during and after
the event:

    --  online access to relevant documentation;

    --  access to episodes of ArcelorMittal's award-winning WebTV
        series;

    --  the ability to ask questions of Mr. Mittal; and

    --  the ability engage in dialogue with the company after the
        event via the Second Life platform.

    Individual shareholders wishing to enter the ArcelorMittal virtual
meeting center before, during or after the event can register at
www.arcelormittal.com, Investors & Shareholders / Private Investors /
Events.

    The meeting will start on 17 June 2008 at 2:30 pm CET.

    About ArcelorMittal

    ArcelorMittal is the world's largest and most global steel
company, with 310,000 employees in more than 60 countries. The company
brings together the world's number one and number two steel companies,
Arcelor and Mittal Steel.

    ArcelorMittal 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. An industrial
presence in 28 European, Asian, African and American countries exposes
the company to all the key steel markets, from emerging to mature,
positions it will be looking to develop in the high-growth Chinese and
Indian markets.

    ArcelorMittal key financials for 2007 show revenues of USD 105.2
billion, with a crude steel production of 116 million tonnes,
representing around 10 per cent of world steel output.

    ArcelorMittal is listed on the stock exchanges of New York (MT),
Amsterdam (MT), Paris (MTP), Brussels (MTBL), Luxembourg (MT) and on
the Spanish stock exchanges of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia
(MTS).

    --30--CD/ny*

    CONTACT: ArcelorMittal Investor Relations
             Europe +352 4792 2414
             Americas +1 312 899 3569
             Retail +352 4792 2434
             SRI +44 203 214 2854
             Bonds/Credit +33 1 71 92 10 26
             or
             ArcelorMittal Communications
             E-mail: press@arcelormittal.com
             Phone: +352 4792 5000
             or
             ArcelorMittal Corporate Communications
             Haroon Hassan, +44 20 3214 2867
             Jean Lasar, +352 4792 2359
             or
             Maitland Consultancy:
             Lydia Pretzlik / Martin Leeburn, + 44 20 7379 5151
             or
             Belgium:
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             Charles-Hubert Gernaert, +32 2 290 90 90
             or
             North America
             Bill Steers, +1 312 899 3817
             Adam Warrington, +1 312 899 3596
             or
             Netherlands:
             Smink, Van der Ploeg & Jongsma
             Leon Melens, +31 20 647 81 81
             or
             Germany:
             Herring Schuppener
             Phoebe Kebbel, +49 69 92 18 74 77
             or
             France:
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             Anne France Malrieu/
             Tiphaine Hecketsweiler, +33 1 5370 7470
             or
             Spain:
             Ignacio Agreda, +34 94 489 4162
             Oscar Fleites, +34 98 512 60 29
             Keith Grant, +34 639 760 397



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