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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:    Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC
Place:   Short Hills
State:   USA

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

On behalf of the below mentioned entities we have been notified of the
following:

1. According to section 21 para 1 WpHG Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC, Short
Hills, USA, has fallen below the treshold of 5% of the voting rights in Klöckner
& Co SE on 26 July 2010. The voting rights of Franklin Mutual Advisors, LLC in
Klöckner & Co SE amounted to 4.66 % (3,099,474 voting rights) as of that date.
All voting rights in Klöckner & Co SE were attributed to Franklin Mutual
Advisers, LLC, pursuant to section 22 (1) sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG.

2. According to section 21 para 1 WpHG Franklin Mutual Series Funds, Short
Hills, USA, has fallen below the treshold of 5% of the voting rights in Klöckner
& Co SE on 26 July 2010. The voting rights of Franklin Mutual Series Funds in
Klöckner & Co SE amounted to 4.64 % (3,083,785 voting rights) as of that date.

additional (optional) statements:
contact: Helmut Geisen ++49 203 307 2007

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