K+S Aktiengesellschaft appointed Dr. Burkhard Lohr (49) to the Board of Executive Directors of the company. Lohr will take over his position as CFO with effect from 1 June 2012. From 2006, Lohr has been CFO and additionally, from May 2008, Personnel Director of Hochtief AG, Essen. Previously, he had been CFO of Hochtief Construction AG, Essen, and for a number of years a member of the senior management of Hochtief in Essen and Munich. After 38 successful years in business, of which the past seven years on the Board of Executive Directors of the company, Joachim Felker will, at the age of 60, retire upon expiration of his contract on September 30, 2012.