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K+S Aktiengesellschaft 05.03.2015 18:00 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG on March 03, 2015: 1. Listed company: K+S Aktiengesellschaft Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 7, 34131 Kassel, Germany 2. Notifier: BlackRock, Inc., New York, NY, United States 3. Triggering event: Falling below threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 27.02.2015 6. Total amount of voting rights: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 191400000 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25 WpHG: 1.39% (equals 2651834 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 1.39% (equals 2651834 voting rights) Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG: 4.79% (equals 9164437 voting rights) 2) Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG on March 03, 2015: 1. Listed company: K+S Aktiengesellschaft Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 7, 34131 Kassel, Germany 2. Notifier: BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, United States 3. Triggering event: Falling below threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 27.02.2015 6. Total amount of voting rights: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 191400000 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25 WpHG: 1.39% (equals 2651834 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 1.39% (equals 2651834 voting rights) Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG: 4.70% (equals 9002310 voting rights) 3) Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG on March 03, 2015: 1. Listed company: K+S Aktiengesellschaft Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 7, 34131 Kassel, Germany 2. Notifier: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, NY, United States 3. Triggering event: Falling below threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 27.02.2015 6. Total amount of voting rights: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 191400000 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25 WpHG: 1.39% (equals 2651834 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 1.39% (equals 2651834 voting rights) Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG: 4.61% (equals 8833000 voting rights) 05.03.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: K+S Aktiengesellschaft Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 7 34131 Kassel Germany Internet: www.k-plus-s.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------