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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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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

Person/company obliged to make the notification:
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Name:    Norges Bank
Place:   Oslo
State:   Norway

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

Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway), Oslo, Norway, has exceeded the threshold
of 5% of the voting rights in Klöckner & Co SE on 17 June 2011. The voting
rights held by Norges Bank amounted to 5.58% on this date, corresponding to
5,562,670 voting rights.


Further inquiry note:
Moritz Fischer
Tel: +49(0) 203 307 2116
E-Mail: moritz.fischer@kloeckner.de

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