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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:    State of Norway
Place:   Oslo
State:   Norway

The Norwegian Royal Ministry of Finance, Oslo, Norway, notified us as follows:
In the name and on behalf of the State of Norway, we hereby notify pursuant to sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG that on 03 June 2011 the voting rights of the State of Norway in Klöckner & Co SE exceeded the threshold of 3 % and amounted to 3.78 % (2,513,587 voting rights) as of that date.

The voting rights are held by Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway), Oslo, Norway. Norges Bank is controlled by the State of Norway and voting rights held by Norges Bank are to be attributed to the State of Norway pursuant sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 1 WpHG.


Further inquiry note:
Dr. Jan Liersch
Tel.: +49 (0) 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