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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:    Norges Bank (Central Bank 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

Pursuant to § 21 (1) Securities Trading Act (WpHG), Klöckner & Co SE, Am
Silberpalais 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany, has been notified as follows:

On 20 May 2010, the voting rights of Norges Bank in Klöckner & Co SE exceeded
the threshold of 5 % and amounted to 5.15 % (3,422,574 voting rights) as of that
date.

additional (optional) statements:
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