EANS-News: Klöckner & Co SE: Supervisory Board appoints Marcus A. Ketter (44) Chief Financial Officer - Ulrich Becker to leave the Management Board

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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)

Duisburg (euro adhoc) - Duisburg, September 19, 2012 - The
Supervisory Board of Klöckner & Co SE has appointed Mr. Marcus A.
Ketter as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ketter, who has
a degree in economics, will take up his duties on February 1, 2013.
After holding several international management positions, Mr. Ketter
currently serves as CFO of Schuler AG, a German SDAX®-listed
mechanical engineering company. Mr. Ketter will take over the Finance
& Accounting, Corporate Controlling and Corporate Taxes departments
from Chief Executive Officer Gisbert Rühl, who has also been acting
CFO, as well as the Corporate IT department. Mr. Ulrich Becker, a
member of the Management Board and Chief Operating Officer of
Klöckner & Co SE, will leave by mutual agreement at the end of
September. The Supervisory Board thanks Mr. Becker for his work over
the last several years. His duties will be carried out for the time
being by CEO Gisbert Rühl.

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 Klöckner & Co is the
warehousing and distribution of steel and non-ferrous metals as well
as the operation of steel service centers. Based on the Group's
distribution and service network, more than 170,000 customers are
supplied through around 290 locations in more than 20 countries.
Currently Klöckner & Co employs around 11,200 employees. The Group
had sales of around EUR7.1 billion in fiscal 2011.

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 & Corporate Communications
Telefon: +49 (0)203 307 2050
E-Mail: thilo.theilen@kloeckner.com

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