EANS-Voting Rights: K+S Aktiengesellschaft / Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
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Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

1. BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, informed us pursuant to Sections 21 Paragraph
1 WpHG that their percentage holding of the voting rights in K+S
Aktiengesellschaft fell below the threshold of 5% on 25.04.2012 and amounts to
4.98% (9,522,669 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are
attributable to BlackRock, Inc., pursuant to Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1
No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.

2. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, USA, informed us pursuant to Sections
21 Paragraph 1 WpHG that their percentage holding of the voting rights in K+S
Aktiengesellschaft fell below the threshold of 5% on 25.04.2012 and amounts to
4.83% (9,247,586 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are
attributable to BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., pursuant to Section 22 Paragraph 1
Sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.

3. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA, informed us pursuant to
Section 21 Paragraph 1 WpHG that their percentage holding of the voting rights
in K+S Aktiengesellschaft fell below the threshold of 5% on 25.04.2012 and
amounts to 4.83% (9,247,586 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights
are attributable to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., pursuant to Section 22
Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.

4. BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc., New York, USA, informed us pursuant to
Section 21 Paragraph 1 WpHG that their percentage holding of the voting rights
in K+S Aktiengesellschaft fell below the threshold of 3% on 25.04.2012 and
amounts to 2.98% (5,712,572 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights
are attributable to BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc., pursuant to Section 22
Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.

Further inquiry note:
Kai Kirchhoff
Telefon: +49(0)561-9301-1885
E-Mail: kai.kirchhoff@k-plus-s.com

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Bertha-von-Suttner-Straße 7
D-34131 Kassel
phone: +49 (0)561 9301-1460
FAX: +49 (0)561 9301-2425
mail: christian.herrmann@k-plus-s.com
WWW: http://www.k-plus-s.com
sector: Chemicals
ISIN: DE000KSAG888
indexes: DAX, Midcap Market Index, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX, Prime All
Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English