EANS-News: Klöckner & Co SE / Nominations for the Klöckner & Co SE´s Supervisory Board

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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)/Supervisory Board

Duisburg (euro adhoc) - Duisburg, April 4, 2011 - On the
recommendation of its Nominating Committee, Klöckner & Co SE´s
Supervisory Board will propose to the shareholders at the regular
Annual General Meeting in Düsseldorf on May 20 to reelect Prof. Dr.
Dieter H. Vogel, Chairman of Lindsay Goldberg Vogel GmbH, and Dr.
Michael Rogowski, former Chairman of the Management Board of Voith
AG, and to elect Ms. Hauke Stars, Managing Director of
Hewlett-Packard (Schweiz) GmbH, as members of the Supervisory Board.
Frank H. Lakerveld´s term of office as member of the Supervisory
Board will end at this year´s Annual General Meeting. He is not
standing as a candidate for another term of office. With this
proposal the Supervisory Board is complying with its nomination
criteria which were amended in 2010 and which, amongst professional
skills, also take into account elements of diversity.

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. More than 170,000 active customers are supplied
through around 250 distribution locations by around 9,700 employees
in 15 countries in Europe and North America. The Company had sales of
around EUR5.2 billion in fiscal year 2010. 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 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:

Dr. Thilo Theilen
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Telefon: +49 (0)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