EANS-News: K+S Aktiengesellschaft / K+S Receives Investment Grade Ratings / Experience Growth

K+S Aktiengesellschaft / K+S Receives Investment Grade Ratings /
Experience Growth

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Kassel (euro adhoc) - Kassel, 23 April 2009

Experience Growth
K+S Receives Investment Grade Ratings

The international rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's have given K+S
Aktiengesellschaft an "investment grade" rating. Standard & Poor's rates K+S as
"BBB+", while Moody's rates it as "Baa2". Both agencies see the outlook as
being "stable".

Norbert Steiner, chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of K+S
Aktiengesellschaft, is very pleased with this assessment: "Being placed in the

much sought after 'investment grade' category attests to the Group's
financial position - with the acquisition of Morton Salt already
included," he said. "In view of the difficult environment on the
capital markets at present, this good assessment of our
creditworthiness continues to enable us to engage in flexible
borrowing and therefore to attain our financial targets."

Experience growth The K+S Group is one of the world's leading
suppliers of speciality and standard fertilizers, plant care as
well as salt products. With its products and brands, K+S offers
its customers a range of needs-based goods and services which
provides growth opportunities in virtually every sphere of daily
life. The K+S Group employs 12,000 people and achieved revenues
of just under EUR 5.0 billion in 2008. K+S is quoted on all
German stock exchanges (ISIN: DE0007162000, symbol: SDF) and listed
on the DAX® share index.

Additional information can be found in the new Rating section at
www.k- plus-s.com/de/ir.

Your contact persons:
Investor Relations:
Christian Herrmann
phone: +49 561 9301-1460
fax: +49 561 9301-2425
christian.herrmann@k-plus-s.com

Press:
Oliver Morgenthal
phone: +49 561 9301-1047
fax: +49 561 9301-1666
oliver.morgenthal@k-plus-s.com

K+S Aktiengesellschaft Communications P.O. Box 10 20 29, 34111
Kassel, Germany Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 7, 34131 Kassel
www.k-plus-s.com
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Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Ralf Bethke Board of Executive
Directors: Norbert Steiner (Chairman), Joachim Felker, Gerd Grimmig,
Dr. Thomas Nöcker Registered Office: Kassel Commercial Register:
Kassel HRB 2669

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ots Originaltext: K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

Investor Relations:

Christian Herrmann

phone: +49 561 9301-1460

fax: +49 561 9301-2425

christian.herrmann@k-plus-s.com

Press:

Oliver Morgenthal

phone: +49 561 9301-1047

fax: +49 561 9301-1666

oliver.morgenthal@k-plus-s.com

Branche: Chemicals
ISIN: DE0007162000
WKN: 716200
Index: DAX, Midcap Market Index, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX,
Prime All Share
Börsen: Börse Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Börse Berlin / regulated dealing
Börse Hamburg / regulated dealing
Börse Stuttgart / regulated dealing
Börse Düsseldorf / regulated dealing
Börse Hannover / regulated dealing
Börse München / regulated dealing