Klöckner & Co SE: Guidance for the first quarter - operating income (EBITDA) for the first quarter as expected significantly below prior year

DGAP-Ad-hoc: Klöckner & Co SE / Key word(s): Forecast Klöckner & Co SE: Guidance for the first quarter - operating income (EBITDA) for the first quarter as expected significantly below prior year 18-Feb-2019 / 15:17 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Klöckner & Co SE is currently expecting to achieve an operating income (EBITDA) of between EUR20 and EUR30 million for the first quarter which would be significantly below the prior year figure. Given the early point of time in the current fiscal year and due to the not yet determined consideration of the IFRS 16 (Leases) effects by the market, a market expectation for the first quarter can in our view not be precisely assessed. The guidance for the fiscal year 2019 will be announced together with the results for the fiscal year 2018 on March 12, 2019. Information and Explanation of the Issuer to this News: For the definition of EBITDA and IFRS reference is made to our homepage and the financial report 2017. Issuer: Klöckner & Co SE, Am Silberpalais 1, 47057 Duisburg, Germany   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 SDAX(R)-Index of Deutsche Börse.   ISIN: DE000KC01000; WKN: KC0100; Common Code: 025808576.   Contact person Klöckner & Co SE: Investors Christina Kolbeck Head of Investor Relations & Sustainability Phone: [phone] Email:  [e-mail]   Press Christian Pokropp - Press Spokesperson Head of Corporate Communications Phone: [phone] Email:  [e-mail] 18-Feb-2019 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de

Language:	English
Company:	Klöckner & Co SE
	Am Silberpalais 1
	47057 Duisburg
	Germany
Phone:	+49 (0)203 / 307-0
Fax:	+49 (0)203 / 307-5000
E-mail:	[e-mail]
Internet:	www.kloeckner.com
ISIN:	DE000KC01000
WKN:	KC0100
Indices:	SDAX
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange

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