Voting Rights Announcements | 4 February 2015 18:00


K+S Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

K+S Aktiengesellschaft 

04.02.2015 18:00

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1) On February 3, 2015, BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC, Wilmington, DE, United
States has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that
via shares its Voting Rights on K+S Aktiengesellschaft, Kassel, Germany,
have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on January 30, 2015
and on that day amounted to 3.19% (this corresponds to 6112751 Voting
Rights).
0.53% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 1008422 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).
2.67% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5104329 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.

2) On February 3, 2015, BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC, Wilmington, DE, United
States has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that
via shares its Voting Rights on K+S Aktiengesellschaft, Kassel, Germany,
have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on January 30, 2015
and on that day amounted to 3.19% (this corresponds to 6112751 Voting
Rights).
0.53% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 1008422 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).
2.67% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5104329 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.

3) On February 3, 2015, BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc., Wilmington, DE,
United States has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the
WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on K+S Aktiengesellschaft, Kassel,
Germany, have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on January 30,
2015 and on that day amounted to 3.19% (this corresponds to 6112751 Voting
Rights).
0.53% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 1008422 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).
2.67% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 5104329 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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Language:     English
Company:      K+S Aktiengesellschaft
              Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 7
              34131 Kassel
              Germany
Internet:     www.k-plus-s.com
 
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