K+S Aktiengesellschaft (KPLUF)

30.99 +0.57 (+1.88%) At close: 10:58AM EDT

K+S Aktiengesellschaft

Bertha-von-Suttner Strasse 7
Kassel 34131
Germany
49 561 9301 1100
https://www.kpluss.com

Sector(s): Basic Materials
Industry: Agricultural Inputs
Full-time employees: 10,711

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Dr. Burkhard Lohr	CEO, CFO & Chairman of Exec. Directors	2.27M	N/A	1963
Mr. Holger Riemensperger	COO, Labor Director & Member of the Board of Exec. Directors	1.13M	N/A	1970
Julia Bock	Head of Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Frauke Riva	Head of Corp. Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Michael Wudonig CFA	Head of PR	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Oliver Morgenthal	Head of Public Affairs	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Katja Seeger	Head of Online & Project Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Hans-Jürgen Müller	Head of Representative Office Berlin	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2021, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

K+S Aktiengesellschaft, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a supplier of mineral products for the agricultural, industrial, consumer, and community segments worldwide. It operates through Agriculture, and Industry+ segments. The Agriculture segment offers potassium chloride for important crops, such as cereals, corn, rice, and soybeans; and fertilizer specialties that are used for crops for magnesium and sulfur, including rapeseed or potatoes, as well as for chloride-sensitive crops consisting of citrus fruits, grapes, or vegetables. The segment markets under the product brands, including KALISOP, KORN-KALI, PATENTKALI, ESTA KIESERIT, MAGNESIA-KAINIT, SOLUMOP, SOLUSOP, SOLUNOP, SOLUMAP, SOLUMKP, EPSO TOP, EPSO MICROTOP, EPSO COMBITOP, EPSO PROFITOP, and EPSO BORTOP. The Industry+ segment provides potash, magnesium, and salt products for industrial applications that are available in different degrees of purity and in specific grain sizes under the brands comprising APISAL, AXAL, BÄCKERSTOLZ, KASA, k-DRILL, NUTRIKS, and SOLSEL. The company was founded in 1889 and is based in Kassel, Germany.

Corporate governance

K+S Aktiengesellschaft’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 May 2022 is 5. The pillar scores are Audit: 10; Board: 5; Shareholder rights: 1; Compensation: 5.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.