EANS-News: Klöckner & Co SE: Gisbert Rühl to become Chairman of the Management Board of Klöckner & Co SE already on November 1, 2009

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Management Changes

Duisburg (euro adhoc) - Duisburg, October 8, 2009 - The Supervisory
Board of Klöckner & Co SE has approved the request by Dr. Thomas
Ludwig to resign two months earlier than initially planned on October
31, 2009. At the same time Gisbert Rühl´s appointment as Chairman of
the Management Board has been brought forward to November 1, 2009.

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 185,000 active customers are supplied through around
250 distribution locations by around 9,500 employees in 15 countries
in Europe and North America. During the financial year 2008, the
Company achieved sales of approximately EUR6.7 billion. The shares of
Klöckner & Co SE are admitted to trading on the regulated market
segment (Regulierter Markt) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) with simultaneous admission to the
sub-segment to the regulated market with further post-admission
obligations (Prime Standard). Klöckner & Co shares are listed in the
MDax® Index of Deutsche Börse. ISIN: DE000KC01000; WKN: KC0100;
Common Code: 025808576.

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Further inquiry note:

Contact persons

Peter Ringsleben - Corporate Communications

Phone: +49-203-307-2800

E-mail: peter.ringsleben@kloeckner.de

Claudia Uhlendorf - Corporate Communications

Phone: +49-203-307-2289

E-mail: claudia.uhlendorf@kloeckner.de

Dr. Thilo Theilen - Investor Relations

Phone: +49-203-307-2050

E-Mail: thilo.theilen@kloeckner.de

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