Takeover Offer / Target company: Klöckner & Co SE; Bidder: Worthington Steel GmbH

EQS-WpÜG: Worthington Steel GmbH / Takeover Offer Takeover Offer / Target company: Klöckner & Co SE; Bidder: Worthington Steel GmbH 05.02.2026 / 11:45 CET/CEST Dissemination of an announcement according to the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG), transmitted by EQS News - a service of EQS Group. The bidder is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. NON-BINDING ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Worthington Steel GmbH

Stuttgart

Announcement pursuant to Section 14 para. 3 sentence 1 no. 2 of the German Securities Acquisitions and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz – WpÜG)

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR DISSEMINATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY COUNTRY WHERE SUCH PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR DISSEMINATION WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH COUNTRY.

 

As of today, the offer document (“Offer Document”) regarding the voluntary public takeover offer (cash offer) (“Takeover Offer”) of Worthington Steel GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, (“Bidder”) to the shareholders of Klöckner & Co SE, Düsseldorf, Germany, (“Company”) for the acquisition of all no-par value registered shares (“Klöckner Shares”) held by them in Klöckner & Co SE (ISIN DE000KC01000) (“Klöckner Shareholders”) as well as a non-binding English convenience translation of the Offer Document are available on the internet at http://strong-for-good.com/.

 

As of today, copies of the Offer Document are being held available in Germany free of charge at BNP Paribas S.A. Niederlassung Deutschland, Senckenberganlage 19, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany (orders by email to [e-mail], stating a postal address for postal dispatch).

Stuttgart, 5 February 2026

Worthington Steel GmbH

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Important information:

This announcement constitutes neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell Klöckner Shares. The terms and conditions relating to the Takeover Offer are set out in the Offer Document authorized for publication by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – “BaFin”). Investors and Klöckner Shareholders are strongly advised to read the Offer Document and all other documents relating to the Takeover Offer as they contain important information.