On 25 November 2008 Vimetco NV was notified that, on 24 resp 25 November 2008 the following persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased GDRs at a price of USD 0.30:

Name	No of GDRs representing shares in the issuer of  € 0.10 each	Total GDRs held	Percentage of issued share capital
Rolf Steinemann	6,566	6,566	0.003%
Christian Wüst	16,416	16,416	0.0075%

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules DTR 3.1.4R(1)(a).

Enquiries:

Simona Gambini
Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +41 43 299 69 24