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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE: Sales volume, sales, and earnings significantly lower than previous year’s figures – however a return to a positive operating result seen over the last two quarters; external growth initiated]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The global financial and economic crisis has also severely impacted sales volume, sales and earnings of Klöckner & Co.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE: Successful completion of takeover of the Becker Stahl-Service Group]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[After Klöckner & Co SE had signed a preliminary agreement for the acquisition of the Becker Stahl-Service Group of Bönen, Germany, on November 11, 2009, the Becker Stahl-Service acquisition was successfully finalized today. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE: Market position in Switzerland strengthened by takeover of Bläsi AG, Berne]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Effective January 22, 2010, Klöckner & Co’s Swiss subsidiary, Debrunner Koenig Holding AG, acquired the distributor Bläsi AG, in Berne.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co substitutes Luxembourg Issuer]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Management Board of Klöckner & Co SE (“Klöckner & Co”) announces the substitution of the Luxembourg issuer of the EUR 325 million convertible bond issued in July 2007 and due 2012 (ISIN DE000A0N0J03, WKN A0N0J0, Common Code 031294827).]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE: Positive EBITDA for the third quarter of 2009, for the first time since the beginning of the financial crisis; net debt fully eliminated, still no sign of a sustainable demand improvement]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[After a negative EBITDA (EBITDA - Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of -€132 million in the first quarter and -€31 million in the second quarter, Klöckner & Co for the first time this fiscal year generated a positive EBITDA of +€11 million in the third quarter. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE: Preliminary agreement for acquisition of Becker Stahl-Service Group concluded]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire Germany’s Becker Stahl-Service Group. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE: Gisbert Rühl to become Chairman of the Management Board of Klöckner & Co SE already on November 1, 2009]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Supervisory Board of Klöckner & Co SE has approved the request by Dr. Thomas Ludwig to resign two months earlier than initially planned on October 31, 2009.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE issues 20,000,000 new shares]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Management Board of Klöckner & Co SE decided today with the consent of the Supervisory Board to carry out a capital increase from authorized capital. Klöckner & Co is raising new funds inter alia to resume its acquisition strategy started after the public listing in 2006 and to advance sectoral consolidation. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE: weak first half of 2009, marked improvement in earnings expected during the second half]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The steep drop in sales volume and earnings that began last year continued during the first six months of 2009.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co prices highly oversubscribed convertible bond offering]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Management Board of Klöckner & Co SE (“Klöckner & Co”) announces the pricing of its offering of EUR 97.9 million senior unsecured convertible bonds (the “Bonds”) to institutional investors outside of the US only.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE: Weak operative start in Q1 2009, but debts reduced, financing secured and outlook improved]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The adverse business trend that started in the fourth quarter of 2008 continued into the first quarter of 2009.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE: sales and earnings for financial year 2008 rise substantially over previous year’s results despite plunge in sales volume and earnings during the fourth quarter of 2008 ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE can look back on a successful financial year in 2008, in spite of a difficult fourth quarter.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[2010: Change in management at Klöckner & Co SE]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Klöckner & Co SE approved the request by Dr. Thomas Ludwig (60) that he may resign from the position of Chairman of the Management Board with effect from December 31, 2009. At the same time, Gisbert Rühl (50) was appointed as Dr. Ludwig’s successor with effect from January 1, 2010.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE approves another package of measures and suspends dividend for 2008 ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Faced with a continuing strong drop in demand, the Management Board at Klöckner & Co has approved another package of measures to lower costs and inventories.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co: Sales and earnings for fiscal year 2008 rise markedly above previous year’s levels – outlook unclear]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) climbed by about 60%, rising from €371 million in 2007 to about €595 million.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>30/01/2009 17:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[French anti-trust authority fines French steel distributors]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The French anti-trust authority (DGCCRF) announced today that it has imposed fines totaling almost €600 million on KDI SAS (a subsidiary of Klöckner & Co SE), members of the Arcelor group, Descours et Cabaud, Morel and other steel distributors in France.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co remains on track for record year; earnings growth in first three quarters of 2008 markedly higher than a year earlier]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co continued to perform exceptionally well during the first nine months of 2008 despite increasingly difficult market conditions.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE: Strong third quarter, forecast for 2008 confirmed]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Preliminary figures for the third quarter of 2008 show that Klöckner & Co stayed on its strong earnings path despite the continued cooling of the global economy.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE holds close to 100 percent of the shares in Klöckner Metalsnab Holding AD, Bulgaria]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Having already raised its stake in Klöckner Metalsnab above 77 percent at the start of the year, Klöckner & Co has acquired additional shares and now holds 99.9 percent of the shares in the Bulgarian steel and metal distributor Klöckner Metalsnab Holding AD.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[New head of Investor Relations at Klöckner & Co]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Dr. Thilo Theilen will become head of Investor Relations at Klöckner & Co SE on December 1, 2008.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[New image campaign for the international multi metal distributor Klöckner & Co SE]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The European-wide image campaign being launched by Klöckner & Co SE shows that facts as hard as steel can come in light packaging.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>11/09/2008 17:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE – Sale of Koenig Verbindungstechnik AG, Switzerland, completed]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co SE, working through its Swiss subsidiary Debrunner Koenig Holding (DKH), completed the sale of Koenig Verbindungstechnik (KVT) today.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[After the Klöckner & Co Group performed exceptionally well in Q1 2008, the company’s position improved even further during Q2 2008 as a result of continuing favorable market conditions for steel and metal products.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co: transformation into a European Company (SE) concluded]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[With the entry into the Commercial Register of the Duisburg Municipal Court today, the transformation of Klöckner & Co Aktiengesellschaft into a European Company (Societas Europaea, SE) was concluded. Thus, as of August 8, 2008, the company is known as Klöckner & Co SE. ]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Acting through its Swiss subsidiary Debrunner Koenig Holding (DKH), Klöckner & Co AG has signed a contract to sell Koenig Verbindungstechnik (KVT) to the private equity company Capvis.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sale of Canadian subsidiary Namasco Ltd. concluded]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co concluded the sale of its Canadian subsidiary Namasco Ltd. to Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. yesterday. The sale has been approved by Canadian antitrust officials. ]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[As preliminary figures show, Klöckner & Co achieved a result during the first half of 2008 that significantly exceeds market expectations, despite a cooling global economy.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Very sound start into the financial year 2008]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In the first quarter of 2008, the Klöckner & Co Group improved its sales volume by 5.6%, supported by its successful acquisition strategy, and boosted its sales by 7.1% against the first quarter of the previous year.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co - acquisition of Temtco Steel in the US]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Via its US operating subsidiary – Namasco Corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia – Klöckner & Co AG has entered into an agreement to acquire the operating assets of the distribution company Taylor Equipment and Machine Tool Corporation (dba Temtco Steel), headquartered in Louisville, Mississippi.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A successful year 2007 and positive outlook on 2008]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The international multi metal distribution company, Klöckner & Co, increased sales by over 13% in the last financial year, thus generating the second best operating result in the 100 years of the company’s history.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[According to the provisional figures, the Klöckner & Co Group achieved sales of around €6.3 billion and EBITDA of around €365 million in the financial year 2007.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[New member of the Board of Management at Klöckner & Co AG]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co AG is continuing on its growth course in 2008. Klöckner UK Holdings Ltd., the British country operation of Klöckner & Co AG, is taking over the distribution company Multitube Ltd. which is headquartered in Brierley Hill, West Midlands (UK).]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co AG further increases shareholding in the Swiss country operation]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co Aktiengesellschaft has acquired a further 20% of the shares in Debrunner Koenig Holding AG.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co plans to sell its Canadian subsidiary Namasco Ltd.]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co Aktiengesellschaft intends to sell its Canadian subsidiary Namasco Ltd. The company today instructed an investment bank to start the sale process. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earnings performance of Klöckner & Co AG remains sound and forecast for 2007 reaffirmed]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Klöckner & Co Group boosted its sales in the first nine months of 2007 by 15.7% to €4.8 billion and again generated a sound operating result (EBITDA) of €287.9 million.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Result negatively impacted by price declines in the third quarter]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[On the basis of its provisional figures, Klöckner & Co AG improved year-on-year sales by roughly 15% to €4.75 billion in the first nine months of financial year 2007.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co strengthens its activities in the United Kingdom and in Switzerland]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co AG has acquired two further steel and metal distributors in Europe: the British company Interpipe (UK) Ltd. and the company Lehner & Tonossi SA in Switzerland. ]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Namasco Corporation, the US subsidiary of Klöckner & Co AG, has signed an agreement to acquire the steel distribution business of ScanSteel Service Center Inc., of Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Supervisory Board and the Board of Management of Klöckner & Co AG have resolved to propose a transformation from an Aktiengesellschaft (AG – German stock corporation) into a European public limited-liability company (SE – Societas Europaea) at the Company’s Annual General Meeting next year. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co AG acquires majority in Metalsnab Holding AD, a Bulgarian steel and metal distributor]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co Aktiengesellschaft has acquired the majority in the distribution company Metalsnab Holding AD, based in Sofia, Bulgaria, thus obtaining a major market position in the area of steel and metal distribution in Bulgaria.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Operating result further improved at Klöckner & Co AG]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co Aktiengesellschaft has enjoyed a successful first half of 2007. In the first six months of 2007, the Company further improved its operating result.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Quoted on the official Frankfurt securities market (Prime Standard) since June 28, 2006, the steel and multi metal distribution corporation Klöckner & Co has continued its successful course of development from the 2005 financial year into the first six months of 2006.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Klöckner & Co – the largest mill-independent steel and metal distributor in the whole European and North American market – celebrates its centenary in 2006.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[The French Klöckner & Co subsidiary Klöckner Distribution Industrielle S.A. (KDI) has acquired the French company Targe S.A., an independent steel service centre located near Lyon. ]]></description>
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