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Changes in Senior Management

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Kassel, 15 May 2009
K+S KALI GmbH
Changes in Senior Management
At its meeting held on 13 May 2009, the Supervisory  Board  of  K+S  
KALI  GmbH, Kassel, appointed Steffen Kirchhof as a new member of the
senior management  and as personnel director starting from 1 August 
2009. His mandate  will  run  until 31 July 2012. Moreover, he will 
be remaining in his previous  position  as  head of the Personnel 
holding unit in K+S Aktiengesellschaft.
Dr. Thomas Nöcker has tendered his resignation from the  position  of
personnel director of K+S KALI GmbH as of 31  July  2009.  In  
future,  he  will  dedicate himself completely to his 
responsibilities as member of the Board  of  Executive Directors of 
K+S Aktiengesellschaft.
The mandates of the previous members of the senior management, Dr. 
Ernst  Andres and Dr. Ralf Diekmann, were each extended by five years
starting from 1  January 2010 until 31 December 2014.
Note to editors Printable portrait photographs of Messrs. Kirchhof, 
Dr. Nöcker, Dr.  Andres  and Dr. Diekmann are available at 
www.k-plus-s.com
Your contact person:
Michael Wudonig
Phone:      +49 561 9301 1262
Fax:        +49 561 9301 1666 
michael.wudonig@k-plus-s.com
Profile:
Steffen Kirchhof
Member of senior management,
Personnel Director of K+S KALI GmbH
from 1 August 2009
Steffen Kirchhof was born in Frankfurt  am  Main  in  1967.  
Following  his  law studies he served legal traineeships in e.g.  
Würzburg,  Karlstadt,  Kerpen  and Bonn until 1998. In 1999, he 
joined the K+S Group  at  its  Kassel  site  as  an expert in the 
field of employment law and social law. From  2002  to  2004,  Mr. 
Kirchhof was employed as head of Executive Support in the  personnel 
department at the Kassel site. Since 2004, he has been  heading  the 
Personnel  functional unit. Starting from  1  August  2009,  he  will
become  member  of  the  senior management of K+S KALI GmbH as 
personnel director. Mr. Kirchhof is  married  and has two children.
Profile:
Dr. Thomas Nöcker
Member of the Board of Executive
Directors of K+S Aktiengesellschaft
and until 31 July 2009
Member of the Senior Management of K+S KALI GmbH
Dr. Thomas Nöcker was  born  in  Neukirchen-Vluyn  (North  
Rhine-Westphalia)  in 1958. After his  studies  of  law  and  after  
having  subsequently  obtained  a doctorate at Münster, he  served  
legal  traineeships  in  e.g.  Düsseldorf  and Montreal, Canada. In 
1991, he  joined  RAG  Aktiengesellschaft,  where  he  held various 
positions. Most recently, he  was  responsible  for  the  central  
staff division, a position he held until 1998. Subsequently, he was 
appointed  to  the Board of Executive Directors of RAG Saarberg AG in
1998, where he  was  assigned responsibility for personnel,  legal  
affairs  and  IT  management/organisation. Since August 2003, Dr.  
Nöcker has been a  member  of  the  Board  of  Executive Directors of
K+S Aktiengesellschaft. He is responsible for personnel  and  holds 
the  position  of  Personnel  Director.  He  is   also   responsible 
for   the complementary business segments logistics (KTG) and trading
business  (CFK)  as well  as  for  purchasing,  IT-Services,  
property  management   and   knowledge management. Dr. Nöcker  has  
tendered  his  resignation  from  the  position  of personnel 
director in the senior management of K+S  KALI  GmbH  as  of  31  
July 2009.
Profile:
Dr. Ernst Andres
Member of the Senior Management
of K+S KALI GmbH,
Marketing and Sales
Dr. Ernst Andres  was  born  in  Düdelsheim  (Hesse)  in  1955.  
After  studying agricultural science and subsequently obtaining a  
doctorate  in  Göttingen,  he joined Kali und Salz AG as a specialist
consultant in 1984. In 1985,  he  became head of the agricultural 
crop fertilization unit and headed the  Eastern  Europe application  
advice  department  from  1993.  Dr.  Andres  headed  the   product 
marketing unit from 1996 until the end of 2000. Subsequently, in 
2001,  he  took over the management of Potash Import & Chemical 
Cooperation (PICC), New York,  a marketing subsidiary of K+S KALI 
GmbH.  In  2004,  he  returned  to  the  Kassel headquarters as head 
of sales at K+S KALI GmbH. He has  been  appointed  to  the senior 
management of K+S KALI GmbH with effect from 1 January 2007.  Dr.  
Andres is married and has two children.
Profile:
Dr. Ralf Diekmann
Member of the Senior Management
of K+S KALI GmbH,
Production and Technology
Dr. Ralf Diekmann was born in Oetinghausen  (Westphalia)  in  1954.  
He  studied engineering and process technology at the University of 
Braunschweig. He  joined Kali  und  Salz  AG  in  1981.  After  
serving  in  various  positions  at   the Sigmundshall and Heringen 
sites, he  was  works  assistant  at  the  Wintershall plant from 
1985 to 1988. Subsequently,  he  took  over  the  management  of  the
potassium chloride and Kieserite factory at the Hattorf site. In  
1989,  he  was awarded a doctorate by TH Darmstadt. In 1991, Dr. 
Diekmann moved to  the  Kassel headquarters and headed the process 
technology department until 1994.  In  1994, he returned to the 
Sigmundshall site and  initially  headed  factory  operations there 
before becoming plant manager in  1995.  He  has  been  appointed  to
the senior management of K+S  KALI  GmbH  with  effect  from  1  
January  2007.  Dr. Diekmann is married and has two children.
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

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Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Ralf Bethke
Board of Executive Directors: Norbert Steiner (Chairman), Joachim Felker, Gerd
Grimmig, Dr. Thomas Nöcker
Registered Office: Kassel
Commercial Register: Kassel HRB 2669

Branche: Chemicals
ISIN: DE0007162000
WKN: 716200
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