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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:    Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC
Place:   Wilmington, Delaware
State:   U.S.A.

Pursuant to § 21 para. 1 sentence 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG),
Klöckner & Co SE, Am Silberpalais 1, 47057 Duisburg, has been notified as follows on behalf of the company mentioned below:

As per 29 December 2011, the voting rights of Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC, Wilmington, U.S.A., in Klöckner & Co SE exceeded the threshold of 3 % and amounted to 3.04 % (3,032,233 voting rights of a total of 99,750,000 voting rights) as of that date.

All such voting rights are attributed to Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC, pursuant to  § 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG.




Further inquiry note:
Helmut Geisen
Telefon: +49 (0)203 307 2007
E-Mail: helmut.geisen@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