EANS-Voting Rights: K+S Aktiengesellschaft / Release of a voting rights announcement according to article 26, section 1.1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution

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Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is
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Person/company obliged to make the notification:

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Name: K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Address: Bertha-von-Suttner-Straße 7, 34131 Kassel
Place: Kassel
State: Deutschland

Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, USA, notified us on 17 December 2009 on its own
behalf and on behalf of such further subsidiaries as mentioned below pursuant to
Section 21 para. 1 and Section 24 German Securities Trading Act that:

1. Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, on 9 December 2009, has exceeded
the thresholds of 3% and 5% of the voting rights of K+S Aktiengesellschaft, and
on that day holds 6.90% (13,200,000 shares, each carrying one voting right) of
the voting rights; and

2. Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, has fallen below the thresholds
of 5% and 3% on 14 December 2009 and on that day holds 0.04% (76,388 shares) of
the voting rights of K+S Aktiengesellschaft, whereby the aforementioned voting
rights have to be attributed pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 2 German
Securities Trading Act.

3. The holding entity of Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany, Morgan
Stanley International Holdings Inc., Wilmington, USA, on 9 December 2009, has
exceeded the thresholds of 3% and 5% of the voting rights of K+S
Aktiengesellschaft, and on that day holds 7.68% (14,705,208 shares, each
carrying one voting right) of the voting rights, whereby the aforementioned
voting rights have to be attributed pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1
German Securities Trading Act from Morgan Stanley Bank AG and certain other
subsidiaries; and

4. Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., Wilmington, USA, on 14 December
2009 has fallen below the thresholds of 5% and 3% of the voting rights of K+S
Aktiengesellschaft, and on that day holds 0.88% (1,684,767 shares, each carrying
one voting right) of the voting rights, whereby of these voting rights 0.04%
(76,388 shares) have to be attributed pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No.
2 and sent. 2 and 0.84% (1,608,379 shares) have to be attributed pursuant to
Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act.

5. The holding entity of Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., Morgan
Stanley, Wilmington, USA, on 9 December, has also exceeded the thresholds of 3%
and 5% of the voting rights of K+S Aktiengesellschaft, and on that day holds
7.78% (14,881,494 shares, each carrying one voting right) the aforementioned
voting rights have to be attributed pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent.1 No. 1
German Securities Trading Act from Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.
and Morgan Stanley Bank AG and certain other subsidiaries.

6. Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, USA, on 14 December 2009, has fallen below the
tresholds of 5% and 3% of the voting rights of K+S Aktiengesellschaft, and on
that day holds 1.10% (2,100,568 shares, each carrying one voting right) of the
voting rights, whereby of these voting rights 0.04% (76.388 shares) have to be
attributed pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 2 and sent. 2 and 1.06%
(2,024,180 shares) have to be attributed pursuant to Section 22 para. 1 sent. 1
No. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act.

end of announcement euro adhoc
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Branche: Chemicals
ISIN: DE0007162000
WKN: 716200
Index: DAX, Midcap Market Index, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX,
Prime All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / regulated dealing
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