EANS-Adhoc: K+S sells COMPO to investment company Triton / Closing of the transaction, with an enterprise value of EUR 205 million for COMPO, is expected to take place as early as this summer

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20.06.2011

With the consent of the Supervisory Board, the Board of Executive
Directors of K+S Aktiengesellschaft has decided to sell the business
activities of COMPO to the European private equity investor Triton. A
corresponding sales agreement was signed today. With this step, the
examination of a sale of COMPO started last year has reached its
conclusion.

The effective economic date of the transfer is 1 March 2011. The
closing of the transaction, with an enterprise value of EUR 205
million for COMPO, is expected to take place as early as this summer.
After the deduction of assumed liabilities, K+S expects a cash inflow
of probably about EUR 150 million. The transaction is not subject to
a financing condition. The sale is subject to approval by the EU
antitrust authority. For K+S, the sale involves a book loss of about
EUR 90 million in the second quarter of 2011. This and the net
earnings of COMPO generated this year prior to the closing will from
then on be stated as "discontinued operations". In financial year
2010, COMPO generated revenues of EUR 402.3 million and an EBITDA
margin of approximately 4%.

The strategy of the K+S Group provides for growth in the Potash and
Magnesium Products and the Salt business segments in particular and
for focussing management resources and financial means on this
correspondingly.

K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Kassel, 20 June 2011

The Board of Executive Directors

End of ad hoc notification

Further inquiry note:
Christian Herrmann
Telefon: +49(0)561-9301-1460
E-Mail: christian.herrmann@k-plus-s.com

end of announcement euro adhoc
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