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<strong>K+S</strong> Group<br />

<strong>K+S</strong> sold COMPO<br />

• COMPO, based in Münster / Westphalia, is<br />

one of the leading suppliers of branded goods<br />

for home and garden and employs more than<br />

1,000 employees globally.<br />

• In compliance with its growth strategy, <strong>K+S</strong><br />

will focus its financial and management<br />

resources in particular on the Potash and<br />

Magnesium Products and Salt business<br />

segments.<br />

Therefore, on 20 June 2011, <strong>K+S</strong> announced<br />

the sale of COMPO to the investment<br />

company Triton for an enterprise value of €<br />

205 million.<br />

The closing of the transaction was<br />

successfully completed on 18 October 2011.<br />

Since the reporting on the second quarter,<br />

COMPO is stated as a “discontinued<br />

operation” in accordance with IFRS.<br />

January 2013 <strong>K+S</strong> Group 26

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