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Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) announced today that the company’s president and CEO, Angelo Brisimitzakis, will present at the Oppenheimer Fourth Annual Industrials Conference in New York on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. A copy of the slide presentation will be available by 8 a.m. Eastern the day of the presentation on the Compass Minerals website at www.compassminerals.com : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. .

The live audio webcast also can be accessed at the company’s website and will be archived for 30 days following the presentation.

About Compass Minerals


Based in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Compass Minerals is a leading producer of minerals, including salt, sulfate of potash specialty fertilizer and magnesium chloride. The company provides highway deicing salt

to customers in North America and the United Kingdom and specialty fertilizer to growers worldwide. Compass Minerals also produces consumer deicing and water conditioning products, ingredients used in consumer and commercial foods, and other mineral-based products for consumer, agricultural and industrial applications. Compass Minerals also provides records management services to businesses throughout the U.K.



Compass MineralsPeggy Landon, 913-344-9315Director of
Investor Relations and Corporate Communications