EANS-Voting Rights: 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) 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 5% on 25.04.2012 and amounts to 4.98% (9,522,669 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 5% on 25.04.2012 and amounts to 4.83% (9,247,586 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 5% on 25.04.2012 and amounts to 4.83% (9,247,586 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. 4. 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 fell below the threshold of 3% on 25.04.2012 and amounts to 2.98% (5,712,572 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. Further inquiry note: Kai Kirchhoff Telefon: +49(0)561-9301-1885 E-Mail: kai.kirchhoff@k-plus-s.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: K+S Aktiengesellschaft Bertha-von-Suttner-Straße 7 D-34131 Kassel phone: +49 (0)561 9301-1460 FAX: +49 (0)561 9301-2425 mail: christian.herrmann@k-plus-s.com WWW: http://www.k-plus-s.com sector: Chemicals ISIN: DE000KSAG888 indexes: DAX, Midcap Market Index, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX, Prime All Share stockmarkets: regulated dealing: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt language: English
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