EANS-News: Klöckner & Co SE expands Management Board: The Supervisory Board appoints Bill Partalis Member of the Board responsible for the "Americas" segment

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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)

Duisburg (euro adhoc) - Duisburg, September 20, 2011: In today´s
meeting, the Supervisory Board of Klöckner & Co SE appointed Mr. Bill
Partalis third member of the Company´s Management Board. From October
on, he will be representing the "Americas" segment on the Board. In
setting up this new Management Board position, the Supervisory Board
is mirroring the growth in importance of business in the Americas on
the back of the Macsteel and Frefer acquisitions - business which
today accounts for around a third of Group sales. Alongside his
responsibility for the "Americas" segment, Bill Partalis will
continue to oversee the operational side of US activities from
Roswell, Georgia, USA. Bill Partalis has been working for the
US-American subsidiary of the Company for 20 years. Following
numerous executive positions in the operational field, he was
appointed CEO of Namasco in 2002, in which position he has played an
instrumental part in the successful integration of the Primary and
Temtco acquisitions. Since the takeover of Macsteel, he is
additionally responsible for the combined US business. Bill Partalis
(born in 1953) is a US citizen, married with two children.

About Klöckner & Co: Klöckner & Co is the largest
producer-independent distributor of steel and metal products and one
of the leading steel service center companies in the European and
American markets combined. The core business of the Klöckner & Co
Group is the warehousing and distribution of steel and non-ferrous
metals as well as the operation of steel service centers. More than
170,000 active customers are supplied through around 290 distribution
and service locations by around 11,000 employees in 16 countries in
Europe and America. The Company had sales of around EUR5.2 billion in
the 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.

Further inquiry note:
Dr. Thilo Theilen
Leiter Investor Relations
Telefon: +49 (0)203 307 2050
E-Mail: thilo.theilen@kloeckner.de

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