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  Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
  responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:

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Name:    State of Norway
Place:   Oslo
State:   Norway

Company data:
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Name:    Klöckner & Co SE
Address: Am Silberpalais 1, 47057 Duisburg
Place:   Duisburg
State:   Deutschland

The Royal Ministry of Finance, Oslo, Norway, notified us - Klöckner & Co SE, Am
Silberpalais 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany - of the following voting rights
notification pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 Securities Trading Act (WpHG):

In the name and on behalf of the State of Norway, we hereby notify pursuant to
sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG that on 20 May 2010 the voting rights of the State of
Norway in Klöckner & Co SE exceeded the threshold of 5 % and amounted to 5.15 %
(3,422,574 voting rights) as of that date.

The voting rights were held by Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway). Norges Bank
(Central Bank of Norway) is controlled by the State of Norway, and voting rights
held by Norges Bank are to be attributed to the State of Norway pursuant sec. 22
para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 WpHG.

additional (optional) statements:
Contact: Dr. Jan Liersch (phone 49-203-307-2284)


issuer:   Klöckner & Co SE
          Am Silberpalais 1
          D-47057 Duisburg
phone:    +49(0)203-307-0
FAX:      +49(0)203-307-5000
mail:     info@kloeckner.de
WWW:      ¿U1http://www.kloeckner.de¿U0
sector:   Metal Goods & Engineering
ISIN: DE000KC01000
indexes:  CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
          Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München 
language: English