New head of Investor Relations at Klöckner & Co

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Duisburg (euro adhoc) - Duisburg, September 15, 2008 - Dr. Thilo
Theilen will become head of Investor Relations at Klöckner & Co SE on
December 1, 2008. He will succeed Claudia Nickolaus, who set up the
department following the company´s IPO in the summer of 2006 and has
directed it since then. Claudia Nickolaus will leave the company on
September 30, 2008. During the interim, CFO Gisbert Rühl will assume
direct leadership of the department.

Currently, Thilo Theilen works with a well-known German
telecommunications corporation, where he is a senior expert for
investor relations. He initially was responsible for private
investors, and later worked with institutional investors and
analysts.

About Klöckner & Co: Klöckner & Co is the largest
producer-independent distributor of steel and metal products in the
European and North American markets combined. The core business of
the Klöckner & Co Group is the storage and distribution of steel and
non-ferrous metals. About 210,000 active customers are supplied
through more than 260 distribution locations in 15 countries in
Europe and North America. During the financial year 2007, the Company
achieved sales of approximately EUR6.3 billion with more than 10,000
employees.

The shares of Klöckner & Co SE are admitted to trading on the
official market segment (Amtlicher Markt) of the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) with simultaneous admission to
the sub-segment (Prime Standard) to the official market with further
post-admission obligations. ISIN: DE000KC01000; WKN: KC0100; Common
Code: 025808576. Klöckner & Co shares are listed in the MDax® Index
of Deutsche Börse.

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Further inquiry note:

Peter Ringsleben, Claudia Uhlendorf - Corporate Communications

Peter Ringsleben

Phone: +49-203-307-2800

Fax: +49-203-307-5060

E-mail: peter.ringsleben@kloeckner.de

Claudia Uhlendorf

Phone: +49-203-307-2289

Fax: +49-203-307-5103

E-mail: claudia.uhlendorf@kloeckner.de

Branche: Metal Goods & Engineering
ISIN: DE000KC01000
WKN: KC0100
Index: MDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
Börsen: Börse Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Börse Berlin / free trade
Börse Hamburg / free trade
Börse Stuttgart / free trade
Börse Düsseldorf / free trade
Börse München / free trade