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K+S Aktiengesellschaft: Voting rights announcement according to § 21 para. 1 WpHG

Voting rights according to article 21-26 WpHG

Kassel (pta024/20.11.2014/18:00) - Release of Voting rights announcement according to § 21 para. 1 WpHG

1. On the 18.11.2014 BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, NY, USA - United States has informed us according to § 21 para. 1 WpHG that via shares their Voting Rights on the K+S Aktiengesellschaft, Kassel, Germany, ISIN: DE000KSAG888, have exceeded the 3% and 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on 14.11.2014 and on that day amounted to 5.02% (this corresponds to 9601667 Voting Rights) . 2.02% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 3867934 Voting Rights) are attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act). 0.001% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 2246 Voting Rights) are attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 2 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act). 0.03% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 49008 Voting Rights) are attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act). 3.09% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5920700 Voting Rights) are attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act). Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure.

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emitter: K+S Aktiengesellschaft address: Bertha-von-Suttner-Straße 7, 34131 Kassel country: Germany contact person: Andrea Rach phone: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail] website: www.k-plus-s.com

ISIN(s): DE000KSAG888 (share) stock exchanges: regulated market in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Hannover, Berlin

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