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K+S KALI GmbH / Changes in Senior Management

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K+S KALI GmbH
Changes in Senior Management

At its meeting held on 13 May 2009, the Supervisory Board of K+S
KALI GmbH, Kassel, appointed Steffen Kirchhof as a new member of the
senior management and as personnel director starting from 1 August
2009. His mandate will run until 31 July 2012. Moreover, he will
be remaining in his previous position as head of the Personnel
holding unit in K+S Aktiengesellschaft.

Dr. Thomas Nöcker has tendered his resignation from the position of
personnel director of K+S KALI GmbH as of 31 July 2009. In
future, he will dedicate himself completely to his
responsibilities as member of the Board of Executive Directors of
K+S Aktiengesellschaft.

The mandates of the previous members of the senior management, Dr.
Ernst Andres and Dr. Ralf Diekmann, were each extended by five years
starting from 1 January 2010 until 31 December 2014.

Note to editors Printable portrait photographs of Messrs. Kirchhof,
Dr. Nöcker, Dr. Andres and Dr. Diekmann are available at
www.k-plus-s.com

Your contact person:
Michael Wudonig
Phone: +49 561 9301 1262
Fax: +49 561 9301 1666
michael.wudonig@k-plus-s.com

Profile:
Steffen Kirchhof
Member of senior management,
Personnel Director of K+S KALI GmbH
from 1 August 2009

Steffen Kirchhof was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1967.
Following his law studies he served legal traineeships in e.g.
Würzburg, Karlstadt, Kerpen and Bonn until 1998. In 1999, he
joined the K+S Group at its Kassel site as an expert in the
field of employment law and social law. From 2002 to 2004, Mr.
Kirchhof was employed as head of Executive Support in the personnel
department at the Kassel site. Since 2004, he has been heading the
Personnel functional unit. Starting from 1 August 2009, he will
become member of the senior management of K+S KALI GmbH as
personnel director. Mr. Kirchhof is married and has two children.

Profile:
Dr. Thomas Nöcker
Member of the Board of Executive
Directors of K+S Aktiengesellschaft
and until 31 July 2009
Member of the Senior Management of K+S KALI GmbH

Dr. Thomas Nöcker was born in Neukirchen-Vluyn (North
Rhine-Westphalia) in 1958. After his studies of law and after
having subsequently obtained a doctorate at Münster, he served
legal traineeships in e.g. Düsseldorf and Montreal, Canada. In
1991, he joined RAG Aktiengesellschaft, where he held various
positions. Most recently, he was responsible for the central
staff division, a position he held until 1998. Subsequently, he was
appointed to the Board of Executive Directors of RAG Saarberg AG in
1998, where he was assigned responsibility for personnel, legal
affairs and IT management/organisation. Since August 2003, Dr.
Nöcker has been a member of the Board of Executive Directors of
K+S Aktiengesellschaft. He is responsible for personnel and holds
the position of Personnel Director. He is also responsible
for the complementary business segments logistics (KTG) and trading
business (CFK) as well as for purchasing, IT-Services,
property management and knowledge management. Dr. Nöcker has
tendered his resignation from the position of personnel
director in the senior management of K+S KALI GmbH as of 31
July 2009.

Profile:
Dr. Ernst Andres
Member of the Senior Management
of K+S KALI GmbH,
Marketing and Sales

Dr. Ernst Andres was born in Düdelsheim (Hesse) in 1955.
After studying agricultural science and subsequently obtaining a
doctorate in Göttingen, he joined Kali und Salz AG as a specialist
consultant in 1984. In 1985, he became head of the agricultural
crop fertilization unit and headed the Eastern Europe application
advice department from 1993. Dr. Andres headed the product
marketing unit from 1996 until the end of 2000. Subsequently, in
2001, he took over the management of Potash Import & Chemical
Cooperation (PICC), New York, a marketing subsidiary of K+S KALI
GmbH. In 2004, he returned to the Kassel headquarters as head
of sales at K+S KALI GmbH. He has been appointed to the senior
management of K+S KALI GmbH with effect from 1 January 2007. Dr.
Andres is married and has two children.

Profile:
Dr. Ralf Diekmann
Member of the Senior Management
of K+S KALI GmbH,
Production and Technology

Dr. Ralf Diekmann was born in Oetinghausen (Westphalia) in 1954.
He studied engineering and process technology at the University of
Braunschweig. He joined Kali und Salz AG in 1981. After
serving in various positions at the Sigmundshall and Heringen
sites, he was works assistant at the Wintershall plant from
1985 to 1988. Subsequently, he took over the management of the
potassium chloride and Kieserite factory at the Hattorf site. In
1989, he was awarded a doctorate by TH Darmstadt. In 1991, Dr.
Diekmann moved to the Kassel headquarters and headed the process
technology department until 1994. In 1994, he returned to the
Sigmundshall site and initially headed factory operations there
before becoming plant manager in 1995. He has been appointed to
the senior management of K+S KALI GmbH with effect from 1
January 2007. Dr. Diekmann is married and has two children.

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Further inquiry note:

Your contact person:

Michael Wudonig

phone: +49 561 9301-1262

fax: +49 561 9301-1666

michael.wudonig@k-plus-s.com

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P.O. Box 10 20 29, 34111 Kassel, Germany

Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 7, 34131 Kassel

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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

Branche: Chemicals
ISIN: DE0007162000
WKN: 716200
Index: DAX, Midcap Market Index, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX,
Prime All Share
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