EANS-PVR: K+S Aktiengesellschaft / Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG (Securities Trading Act) with the aim of Europe-wide distribution

=------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. =-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG (share)

Person/company obliged to make the notification: =---------------------------------- Name: BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc. Place: New York, NY State: USA

BlackRock Advisors Holdings, 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 exceeded the threshold of 3% on 24.12.2012 and amounts to 3.007% (5,755,115 voting shares) on that day. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc., pursuant to Section 22 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with Sentence 2 WpHG.

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