K+S: no threat from Potash Corp bid battle: report
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Potash miner K+S
Potash Corp is facing a hostile $39 billion bid from BHP Billiton
"We are following the latest developments ... calmly," Jan Peter Nonnenkamp told Boersen Zeitung newspaper in an interview published on Saturday.
Asked if K+S, the world's fourth-largest potash miner, should act to ensure it does not become a takeover target, he said: "A change of ownership at (Potash Corp) would not create new capacity.
"The worldwide potash market would continue to offer sufficient space for K+S. That is true for standard products, but particularly more so for our specialty products," he said.
"In the past few years, K+S was able to assert itself very successfully against export cartels like Canpotex or BPC."
Nonnenkamp said K+S would continue to create value for shareholders, which was "the best protection against takeovers."
(Editing by John Stonestreet)
