euro adhoc: Klöckner & Co AG / Financing, Stock Offerings (IPO) / Klöckner & Co Aktiengesellschaft / IPO / Offer period / Book-building price range / Maximum number of offered shares

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21.06.2006

Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Sec. 15 WpHG (German Securities
Trading Act), dated June 21, 2006

Klöckner & Co Aktiengesellschaft / IPO / Offer period / Book-building
price range / Maximum number of offered shares

Klöckner & Co Aktiengesellschaft sets offer period, book-building
price range and maximum number of offered shares

June 21, 2006 - Today, Klöckner & Co Aktiengesellschaft, the selling
shareholder Multi Metal Investment S.à r.l. and the Joint Bookrunners
UBS Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank und JPMorgan agreed on further
details of the planned initial public offering of Klöckner & Co
Aktiengesellschaft.

The book-building price range will be between 15.00 EUR and 18.00 EUR
per offered share.

The offering consists of up to 6,500,000 ordinary registered shares
with no par value from a capital increase for a cash contribution
resolved by the extraordinary shareholders' meeting held on June 21,
2006, up to 10,000,000 ordinary registered shares with no par value
from the holdings of the selling shareholder, and up to 2,000,000
ordinary registered shares with no par value from the holdings of the
selling shareholder in connection with a potential over-allotment.

Interested investors may submit offers to purchase shares during the
offer period, from June 22, 2006 until, tentatively, June 27, 2006.
The offer period is expected to end on June 27, 2006 at 12.00 (noon)
(CEST) for retail investors (natural persons) and at 2.00 p.m. (CEST)
for institutional investors. The final offer price is expected to be
determined on June 27, 2006 and trading is expected to commence on
June 28, 2006. Book-entry delivery of the shares against payment of
the offer price and customary commissions is expected to occur on
June 30, 2006.

After determination of the number of offered shares and assuming the
placement of all shares (and if the Greenshoe option is fully
exercised), Klöckner & Co will have a free float of approximately 40
percent.

Further information regarding the terms and conditions of the offer
may be found in the German-language prospectus as approved on June
12, 2006 and published on June 13, 2006, and additional details
regarding the planned initial public offering, are provided in
supplement No. 1 (Nachtrag), which will be published on the Klöckner
& Co Aktiengesellschaft website (www.kloeckner.de) immediately
following approval by the German Federal Financial Services
Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für
Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht). The details of the offering given
above remain subject to the approval of supplement No. 1 to the
German-language prospectus by the German Federal Financial Services
Supervisory Authority.

This publication is not for direct or indirect distribution in or
into the United States (including its territories and outlying areas,
any State of the United States and the District of Columbia). This
publication does not constitute or form a part of any offer or
solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities. The shares of
Klöckner & Co AG referred to herein (the "Shares") may not be offered
or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from
registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). The Shares have not been, and will not be,
registered under the Securities Act and will not be publicly offered
anywhere outside Germany. The offer in Germany will be made
exclusively by means of and on the basis of a prospectus that has
been published and the supplement No. 1 to the prospectus, which will
be published immediately following approval by the German Federal
Financial Service Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für
Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht).That prospectus has been and the
supplement No. 1 will be made available on the company website at
www.kloeckner.de following its approval by the German Federal
Financial Service Supervisory Authority. The supplement No. 1 to the
prospectus is available free of charge from the company and the Joint
Bookrunners following its approval by the German Federal Financial
Service Supervisory Authority.

This ad hoc announcement does not constitute an offer of securities
to the public in the United Kingdom. This ad hoc announcement is
directed only at (i) persons who have professional experience in
matters relating to investments and who fall within Article 19(5) of
the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion)
Order 2005 (the "Order") or (ii) persons falling within Article
49(2)(a) to (d) (high net worth companies, unincorporated
associations, etc.) of the Order or to whom it may otherwise lawfully
be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as
"relevant persons") or in circumstances in which section 21 of the
FSMA does not apply to the Company. Any person who is not a relevant
person must not act or rely on this communication or any of its
contents. Any investment or investment activity to which this
communication relates is available only to relevant persons and will
be engaged in only with relevant persons.

end of announcement euro adhoc 21.06.2006 12:59:02
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Further inquiry note:
Claudia Uhlendorf
Public Relations
Telefon: +49(0)203-307-2289
E-Mail: claudia.uhlendorf@kloeckner.de

Branche: Metal Goods & Engineering
ISIN: DE000KCO1000
WKN: KCO100
Börsen: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse / admission applied: official
dealing