EANS-General Meeting: K+S Aktiengesellschaft / Announcement convening the general meeting

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K+S Aktiengesellschaft
with registered seat in Kassel, Germany
ISIN: DE000KSAG888
WKN: KSAG88

Invitation to the Ordinary Annual General Meeting

to be held on Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 10.00 a.m., in the Kongress
Palais Kassel - Stadthalle, Holger-Börner-Platz 1, 34119 Kassel,
Germany.

I. Agenda

1. Presentation of the approved annual financial statements of K+S
Aktiengesellschaft, of the approved consolidated financial
statements, of the joint management and Group management report and
of the Supervisory Board report, in each case for the 2012 financial
year, as well as of the explanatory report of the Board of Executive
Directors concerning the information under Sections 289 Paragraph 4
and 315 Paragraph 4 of the German Commercial Code (HGB)

These documents can be found on the Internet under
www.k-plus-s.com/agm. They are also available for inspection in the
offices of K+S Aktiengesellschaft, Bertha-von-Suttner-Straße 7, 34131
Kassel, Germany. The documents will furthermore be available during
the Annual General Meeting. The Supervisory Board has approved the
annual and consolidated financial statements. In accordance with
legal requirements, no resolution is adopted concerning this item of
the Agenda. You will find a related explanation on the Internet under
www.k-plus-s.com/agm.

2. Adoption of a resolution on the appropriation of profits

The Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board propose
that the following resolution be adopted:

"The accumulated profit of the 2012 financial year shall be
appropriated as follows:

Distribution of a dividend of EUR 1,40 per share for 191,400,000
no-par value shares entitled to dividends EUR 267,960,000.-- Profit
carried forward EUR 26,255,575.87 Accumulated profit EUR
294,215,575.87"

3. Adoption of a resolution about the ratification of the actions of
the Board of Executive Directors

The Supervisory Board and the Board of Executive Directors propose
that the actions of the members of the Board of Executive Directors
be ratified for the 2012 financial year.

4. Adoption of a resolution about the ratification of the actions of
the Supervisory Board

The Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board propose
that the actions of the members of the Supervisory Board be ratified
for the 2012 financial year.

5. Election of the auditor for the 2013 financial year

Upon recommendation of its Audit Committee, the Supervisory Board
proposes to elect Deloitte & Touche GmbH, Hanover, Germany, as
auditor for the financial statements and consolidated financial
statements for the 2013 financial year.

6. Elections to the Supervisory Board

The term of office of the following members of the Supervisory Board
elected by the Annual General Meeting ends at the close of the Annual
General Meeting on 14 May 2013: Jella S. Benner-Heinacher, Rainer
Grohe, Dr. Karl Heidenreich, Dr. Bernd Malmström, Dr. Rudolf Müller
and Dr. Eckart Sünner.

As recommended by its Nomination Committee, the Supervisory Board
proposes that the following persons be elected on an individual basis
to the Supervisory Board for the period from the end of the Annual
General Meeting on 14 May 2013 until the end of the Annual General
Meeting, which decides about the ratification of actions for the 2017
financial year.

a)Ms. Jella S. Benner-Heinacher (53), Meerbusch, Deputy General
Manager of Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e. V.,
Düsseldorf, member of the Supervisory Board of A.S. Creation Tapeten
AG, Gummersbach,

b)Mr. Wesley Clark (61), Lake Forest, Illinois, USA, operating
partner of Advent International Global Private Equity Group, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA, board member of the following companies: Patriot
Supply Holdings, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, USA (Non-executive
Chairman); Morrison Supply Company, Fort Worth, Texas, USA,
(Non-executive Chairman); ABC Supply Corporation, Beloit, Wisconsin,
USA; Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Stanford,
California, USA,

c)Dr. Bernd Malmström (71), Berlin, lawyer, member of the supervisory
boards or comparable appointments to supervisory bodies of the
following companies: Lenkering GmbH, Duisburg; IFCO-Systems N.V.,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (chairman); time:matters GmbH,
Neu-Isenburg, (chairman); VTG AG, Hamburg; HHLA Intermodal GmbH,
Hamburg; DAL-Deutsche-Afrika-Linien GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg,

d)Dr. Annette Messemer (48), Frankfurt am Main, Divisional Board
Member of Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main,

e)Dr. Rudolf Müller (69), Ochsenfurt, pensioner (former member of the
Board of Executive Directors of Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt,
Mannheim),

f)Dr. Eckart Sünner (69), Neustadt a. d. Weinstraße, lawyer (Of
Counsel, Allen & Overy LLP, Mannheim office), member of the
Supervisory Board of Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg.

You will find the CVs of the above-mentioned persons on the Internet
under www.k-plus-s.com/agm.

The composition of the Supervisory Board is determined by Sections 96
Paragraph 1 and 101 Paragraph 1 of the German Stock Corporation Act
(AktG) and by Section 7 Paragraph 1 No. 2 of the German
Co-Determination Act. The Annual General Meeting is not bound to
election proposals.

II. Further information and instructions regarding the Annual General
Meeting

1. Preconditions for the attendance at the Annual General Meeting and
the exercise of the voting right

Only those shareholders of the Company, who register with the Company
no later than by Tuesday 7 May 2013, 12:00 p.m., and are entered in
the share register for the registered shares, are entitled to attend
the Annual General Meeting and to exercise the voting right in person
or by proxy.

The registration may be submitted via the website

www.k-plus-s.com/agm

in accordance with the procedure determined by the Company.
Shareholders who would like to register online require their
shareholder number and the related access password for this.
Shareholders who are already registered to have the invitation to the
Annual General Meeting sent electronically to them must use the
access password they chose when registering. All other shareholders
who are entered in the share register receive their shareholder
number and a related access password together with the invitation
letter to the Annual General Meeting by mail.

The registration may also be sent to the address

K+S Aktiengesellschaft
c/o Computershare Operations Center
80249 München, Germany
fax: +49 89 30903-74675
e-mail: k-plus-s-hv2013@computershare.de

A form that can be used for this purpose will be sent to
shareholders, who are entered in the share register, together with
the invitation letter to the Annual General Meeting by mail. You will
find more detailed instructions regarding the registration process in
the information on the registration form or on the website
www.k-plus-s.com/agm.

Together with the registration, the shareholder may request an
admission ticket to the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders who use
the K+S shareholder portal for registration have the option to print
their admission ticket themselves directly.

Unlike the registration to the Annual General Meeting, the admission
ticket is not a precondition for attendance, but merely serves to
facilitate the procedure at the admission control points for access
to the Annual General Meeting.

If a bank is entered in the share register, it may exercise the
voting rights for shares that do not belong to it only based on a
power of attorney from the shareholder. The same applies to
shareholders' associations and other equivalent persons pursuant to
Section 135 Paragraph 8 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)
accordingly.

For the exercise of attendance and voting rights, the shareholdings
entered in the share register on 8 May 2013, 00:00 a.m., shall be
decisive. The shares are not blocked by the registration to the
Annual General Meeting; shareholders can therefore continue to
dispose freely over their shares after completing the registration.
Applications for transfers in the share register, reaching the
Company after 8 May 2013, 00:00 a.m. (the so-called "technical record
date"), until the end of the Annual General Meeting on 14 May 2013,
will only be realized in the share register of the Company with
effect from after the Annual General Meeting on 14 May 2013.

Holders of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) will please direct any
questions they may have to Bank of New York Mellon, New York, phone:
+1 888 269-2377, or to their bank or broker.

2. Absentee ballot

Shareholders can cast their votes, even without participating in the
Annual General Meeting, in writing or by way of electronic
communication (Absentee ballot).

Only those registered shareholders - in person or by proxies - are
entitled to exercise their voting rights by absentee ballot who by 7
May 2013, 12:00 p.m., at the latest as described above have been
registered for the Annual General Meeting.

Votes can be cast at

www.k-plus-s.com/agm

in accordance with the procedure determined by the Company. For
electronic voting, shareholders who are already registered to
electronically receive the documents for the Annual General Meeting
should use their shareholder number and the access password they have
chosen. All other shareholders entered in the share register will, as
stated above, have their access data and invitation letter sent to
them by mail.

Votes can also be sent to the address

K+S Aktiengesellschaft
c/o Computershare Operations Center
80249 München, Germany
fax: +49 89 30903-74675
e-mail: k-plus-s-hv2013@computershare.de

A form, which may be used when casting an absentee ballot, is
enclosed with the invitation letter.

Absentee ballot votes must reach the Company by 13 May 2013, 6:00
p.m., at the latest. If individual voting is held on an item on the
Agenda, a vote cast for this Agenda item shall apply for each single
sub-item. Absentee ballot votes cast in time via the Internet can
subsequently be changed there until 13 May 2013, 6:00 p.m.

We would like to point out that absentee ballot votes cast via the
Internet can only be changed using this system and may be revoked
only there or by attending the Annual General Meeting in person and
issuing a declaration in text form.

Authorized banks as well as equivalent associations and persons
pursuant to Section 135 Paragraphs 8 and 10 of the German Stock
Corporation Act (AktG) can also avail themselves of absentee ballot.
The Company will, at their request, make an electronic voting channel
or the corresponding forms available to them.

3. Proxy voting procedure

Shareholders, who are entered in the share register, may also have
their voting right exercised in the Annual General Meeting by a
proxy, e.g. a bank or shareholders' association. A timely
registration is also required in this case.

Granting the power of attorney, revoking it, and proof of
authorization vis-à-vis the Company require the text form and may be
transmitted to the Company under the Internet address

www.k-plus-s.com/agm

in accordance with the procedure determined by the Company. For
electronic voting, shareholders who are already registered to
electronically receive the documents for the Annual General Meeting
should use their shareholder number and the access password they have
chosen. All other shareholders entered in the share register will, as
stated above, have their access data together with the invitation
letter sent to them by mail.

Transmission may also be effected to the address

K+S Aktiengesellschaft
c/o Computershare Operations Center
80249 München, Germany
fax: +49 89 30903-74675
e-mail: k-plus-s-hv2013@computershare.de

A form, which may be used to grant power of attorney, will be sent to
the shareholders together with the invitation letter or, as the case
may be, the admission ticket to the Annual General Meeting together
with additional information on granting power of attorney.

On the day of the Annual General Meeting, the power of attorney may
be granted, revoked, and the proof of authorization may be documented
electronically under www.k-plus-s.com/agm, under fax no. +49 89
30903-74675, or at the admission points to the Annual General
Meeting.

Exemptions from the text form requirement may exist for banks,
shareholders' associations, or equivalent persons or institutions
(compare Section 135 and Section 125 Paragraph 5 of the German Stock
Corporation Act (AktG)).

We offer our shareholders to have themselves represented in the
Annual General Meeting by proxies appointed by the Company. Granting
the power of attorney and its revocation require the text form and
may be transmitted under the Internet address www.k-plus-s.com/agm or
to the above-mentioned address. The proxies appointed by the Company
exercise the voting right exclusively based on the instructions
issued by the shareholder. Please note that the proxies appointed by
the Company will not accept any mandates to make speeches, enter
objections against resolutions of the Annual General Meeting, or to
ask questions or submit motions.

We would like to point out that powers of attorney and instructions
issued via the Internet-based system can only be changed using this
system and may be revoked only there or by attending the Annual
General Meeting in person and issuing a declaration in text form.

If a shareholder authorizes more than one person, the Company may
reject one or several of them.

4. Shareholder rights

Shareholders, whose shares together amount to one-twentieth of the
share capital or the proportionate amount of EUR 500,000, may demand,
pursuant to Section 122 Paragraph 2 of the German Stock Corporation
Act (AktG), that items are placed on the Agenda and announced.
Requests to amend the Agenda must be received by the Company in
written form at least 30 days prior to the meeting, i.e. by 13 April
2013, 12:00 p.m. We ask that requests to amend the Agenda be sent to
the following address:

K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Investor Relations
Bertha-von-Suttner-Straße 7
34131 Kassel, Germany

We will announce motions for requests to amend the Agenda received in
time, if they meet the legal requirements.

Each shareholder has the right to submit a counter-motion to any
proposal of the Board of Executive Directors and/ or the Supervisory
Board concerning a specific item of the Agenda. A counter-motion must
be made available on the Company's website as set forth in more
detail in Section 126 Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the German Stock
Corporation Act (AktG), if it is received by the Company under the
address specified below no later than on 29 April 2013, 12:00 p.m.

Each shareholder may also submit an election proposal for the
election of Supervisory Board members or of auditors to the Company
as set forth in more detail in Section 127 of the German Stock
Corporation Act (AktG). An election proposal must be made available
on the Company's website as set forth in more detail in Sections 127,
126 Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), if
it is received by the Company under the address specified below no
later than on 29 April 2013, 12:00 p.m. We will make counter-motions
or election proposals, which have been received in time, available on
the Internet under www.k-plus-s.com/agm, if they meet the legal
requirements. We will also make any comments by the management
available under the aforementioned Internet address. Counter-motions
and election proposals from shareholders shall be exclusively
addressed to:

K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Investor Relations
Bertha-von-Suttner-Straße 7
34131 Kassel, Germany
fax: +49 561 9301-2425
e-mail: investor-relations@k-plus-s.com

Upon request, the Board of Executive Directors shall provide
information to any shareholder or shareholders' representative during
the Annual General Meeting about matters of the Company, if it is
necessary for a proper assessment of the item of the Agenda. The
information obligation also extends to the legal and commercial
relationships of the Company with affiliated companies.

In order to facilitate a proper reply, shareholders and shareholders'
representatives, who intend to submit questions during the Annual
General Meeting, are requested to transmit these questions as early
as possible to the aforementioned address. This transmission is not a
prerequisite for a reply. The information right is not affected by
this.

More detailed explanations and information on the rights of
shareholders pursuant to Sections 122 Paragraph 2, 126 Paragraph 1,
127 and 131 Paragraph 1 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)
are available to shareholders on the Company's website under
www.k-plus-s.com/agm.

5. Total number of shares and voting rights

At the time the Annual General Meeting is convened, the Company's
share capital is divided into 191,400,000 no-par value registered
shares with the same number of voting rights.

6. Information on the Company's website

The information according to Section 124a of the German Stock
Corporation Act (AktG) as well as additional explanations regarding
the aforementioned shareholder rights are available on the Company's
website under www.k-plus-s.com/agm. The recorded voting results will
also be published there after the Annual General Meeting.

Information over the telephone is available under +49 561 9301-1100.

7. Transmission of the Annual General Meeting on the Internet

The Annual General Meeting will be transmitted on the Internet until
the end of the speech of the Chairman of the Board of Executive
Directors under www.k-plus-s.com/agm.

Kassel, April 2013

The Board of Executive Directors
K+S Aktiengesellschaft
with registered seat in Kassel, Germany

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

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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: investor-relations@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