New member of the Board of Management at Klöckner & Co AG

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Duisburg (euro adhoc) - Duisburg, January 25, 2008 - At its meeting
held earlier today, the Supervisory Board of Klöckner & Co AG
appointed Mr. Ulrich Becker as a member of the Board of Management.
Mr. Becker was previously a member of the management team of Benteler
Automobiltechnik GmbH, and already has many years´ experience at
management level in the steel distribution and trading business. Mr.
Becker will assume responsibility for the Europe segment and take on
functional responsibility for Purchasing.

The members of the Board of Management are now Dr. Thomas Ludwig
(Chairman), who heads the North America segment in addition to
functional responsibility for Legal Affairs, Auditing, Human
Resources and Communications, as well as Mr. Ulrich Becker and Mr.
Gisbert Rühl (CFO), whose responsibilities remain unchanged.

About Klöckner & Co AG:

Klöckner & Co is the largest independent producer and 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 200,000
active customers are supplied through approximately 250 distribution
locations in 15 countries in Europe and North America.

Klöckner & Co was founded more than 100 years ago by Peter Klöckner.
During the financial year 2006, the Company achieved sales of
approximately EUR5.5 billion with around 10,000 employees.

The shares of Klöckner & Co Aktiengesellschaft are admitted to
trading on the official market segment (Amtlicher Markt) of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) with
simultaneous admission to the sub-segment (Prime Standard) to the
official market with further post-admission obligations. ISIN:
DE000KC01000; WKN: KC0100; Common Code: 025808576. Klöckner & Co
shares have been listed in the MDax® Index of Deutsche Börse since
the end of January 2007.

Contact persons:
Klöckner & Co AG
Am Silberpalais 1
47057 Duisburg, Germany

Peter Ringsleben, Claudia Uhlendorf - Corporate Communications
Peter Ringsleben
Phone: +49-203-307-2800
Fax: +49-203-307-5060
E-mail: peter.ringsleben@kloeckner.de
Claudia Uhlendorf
Phone: +49-203-307-2289
Fax: +49-203-307-5103
E-mail: claudia.uhlendorf@kloeckner.de

Claudia Nickolaus - Investor Relations

Claudia Nickolaus
Phone: +49-203-307-2050
Fax: +49-203-307-5025
E-Mail: claudia.nickolaus@kloeckner.de

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Further inquiry note:

Claudia Uhlendorf

Public Relations

claudia.uhlendorf@kloeckner.de

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