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Closing expected to occur in summer 2021 Transaction subject to customary closing conditions, including antitrust approvals K+S Aktiengesellschaft signed today a definitive agreement to sell its Operating Unit Americas, comprising its American salt businesses, to Stone Canyon Industries Holdings LLC, Mark Demetree and affiliates for a total of USD 3.2 billion, representing 12. ...

In response to market rumors, K+S confirms that it is in very advanced negotiations with Stone Canyon Industries Holdings LLC about a potential sale of its operating unit Americas. The purchase price is expected to be $ 3.2 billion (enterprise value). Agreements have not been signed and hence there is no certainty that an agreement can be reached and announced.

Against the background of the global economic crisis triggered by the corona pandemic, the Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board of K+S Aktiengesellschaft have precautionary decided on 8 May 2020 to adjust the dividend proposal for 2019 to the legal minimum dividend of € 0.04 per share (previous dividend proposal € 0.15 per share). ...

Today, the Supervisory Board has agreed with the decision of the Board of Executive Directors from March 5, 2020 to drive the complete sale of the Operating Unit Americas forward. Signing is expected in 2020. Thus, the focus on the business with mineral fertilizers and specialties is connected with a comprehensive realignment of K+S. ...

K+S is responding to the current weak demand for potash by reducing fertilizer production for potassium chloride by up to 300 thousand tonnes by the end of 2019.

Despite the persistent, extreme drought, full production at the three sites of the Werra potash plant is now guaranteed up to and including December 23. Against this background and assuming a prolonged extreme drought, disposal-related stoppages in production are now only expected to continue over the holidays until January 1. Should significant rainfall occur in the coming days, these stoppages could be further reduced.

The K+S Group is now expecting earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in a range of € 660 – 740 million for the year 2018. This equals unchanged to a significant increase versus the previous year (€ 577 million).

On December 23, 2016 the Kassel regional council approved the continued deep-well injection of saline wastewater from potash production at the Werra plant. The water law permit will be valid from January 1, 2017 until December 31, 2021 and enables an annual volume of 1.5 million cubic meters to be injected – two million cubic meters had been applied for on average for the years 2016 - 2021.

At today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of K+S Aktiengesellschaft appointed Dr. Burkhard Lohr the new Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of K+S Aktiengesellschaft.

On the basis of preliminary figures, EBIT I for the K+S Group results to around € 10 million in the second quarter 2016 (Q2/15: € 179.2 million).