EANS-News: Klöckner & Co SE: Supervisory Board appoints Karsten Lork (49) as Member of the Management Board with responsibility for Europe and Asia

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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)

Duisburg (euro adhoc) - Duisburg, January 10, 2013 - The Supervisory
Board of Klöckner & Co SE has appointed Karsten Lork as a member of
the Company's Management Board with responsibility for Europe and
Asia. Karsten Lork, who will take up office on February 1, 2013,
holds a business degree and has 20 years of experience in the steel
and metal industry. Following various management positions in the
Krupp and subsequently the ThyssenKrupp Group, Mr. Lork was most
recently Chief Sales Officer and member of the board of the Inoxum
Group (previously the ThyssenKrupp Stainless Segment), now owned by
Outokumpu. Going forward, Mr. Lork will take over responsibility for
the Europe and Asia activities, of which CEO Gisbert Rühl is
currently acting head. This completes an expansion of the Management
Board announced some time ago. The future Management Board comprises
four members.

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 260 locations in 19 countries. Currently
Klöckner & Co employs around 11,000 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.

Contact:
Dr. Thilo Theilen - Press Spokesperson
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Telephone: +49 (0) 203-307-2050
Fax: +49 (0) 203-307-5025
Email: thilo.theilen@kloeckner.com

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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