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

1. BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, informed us pursuant to Sections 21 Paragraph
1 WpHG that their percentage holding of the voting rights in K+S
Aktiengesellschaft fell below the threshold of 3% on 25.08.2010 and amounts to
2.80% (5,366,415 voting shares) on that day.

All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock, Inc., pursuant to
Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.

2. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, USA, informed us pursuant to Sections
21 Paragraph 1 WpHG that their percentage holding of the voting rights in K+S
Aktiengesellschaft fell below the threshold of 3% on 25.08.2010 and amounts to
2.70% (5,164,980 voting shares) on that day.

All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., pursuant
to Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.

3. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA, informed us pursuant to
Section 21 Paragraph 1 WpHG that their percentage holding of the voting
rights in K+S Aktiengesellschaft fell below the threshold of 3% on 25.08.2010
and amounts to 2.70% (5,164,980 voting shares) on that day.

All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock Financial Management,
Inc., pursuant to Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with
Sentence 2 WpHG.

end of announcement euro adhoc
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ots Originaltext: K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

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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