EANS-PVR: Klöckner & Co SE / Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution

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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

Person/company obliged to make the notification: =---------------------------------- Name: Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. Place: Toronto, Ontario State: Canada

Pursuant to section 21 para. 1 sentence 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG), Klöckner & Co SE, Am Silberpalais 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany has been notified as follows on behalf of the company mentioned below:

As per 4 January 2013, the voting rights of Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.,Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in Klöckner & Co SE fell below the threshold of 5 % and amounted to 4.9854 % (4,972,985 voting rights of a total of 99,750,000 voting rights) as of that date.

All such voting rights are attributed to Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG.

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