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Handout - K+S Aktiengesellschaft

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

Corporate Strategy<br />

Differentiation and Sustainable Margin<br />

Growth through Specialisation<br />

Expansion of Strategic Business Sectors<br />

through Acquisitions and Cooperations<br />

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Consolidation and expansion of market<br />

positions by increased marketing of<br />

speciality products<br />

Realisation of more attractive margins<br />

through refinement strategy<br />

➨<br />

External growth in the core business<br />

sectors Fertilizers and Salt<br />

Expansion of a Balanced<br />

Regional Portfolio<br />

Setting Standards for Quality,<br />

Reliability and Service<br />

Increasing Efficiency and<br />

Exploiting Synergies<br />

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Reduction of seasonal and regional<br />

fluctuations in demand for salt and<br />

fertilizers due to a balanced<br />

regional portfolio<br />

Fertilizers: Expansion of market<br />

presence in important overseas<br />

markets and tapping into new<br />

attractive sales markets in future<br />

growth regions<br />

Salt: Local production in the volumedriven<br />

Salt business<br />

➨<br />

➨<br />

The goal is to be our customers’<br />

preferred partner<br />

Strengthening of customer loyalty<br />

through service efforts, e.g.<br />

targeted advice to customers in the<br />

use of fertilizers<br />

➨<br />

➨<br />

Optimisation of the international<br />

production network<br />

Generation of synergies in the<br />

exchange of technical, geological<br />

and logistics know-how between<br />

the potash and salt production<br />

January 2013 <strong>K+S</strong> Group 6

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