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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 Series Funds
Place:   Short Hills, NJ
State:   USA

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

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

Franklin Mutual Series Funds, Short Hills, USA, has fallen below the treshold of
3% of the voting rights in Klöckner & Co SE on 04 August 2010. The voting rights
of Franklin Mutual Series Funds in Klöckner & Co SE amounted to 2.86% (1,904,350
voting rights) as of that date.

additional (optional) statements:
Contact: Jan Liersch ++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