Compass Minerals to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 2009 Agriculture, Protein and Fertilizer Conference

May 5, 2009

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 5, 2009-- Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) announced today that the company’s president and CEO, Angelo Brisimitzakis, will present at the BMO Capital Markets 2009 Agriculture, Protein and Fertilizer Conference on Thursday, May 14 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A webcast of the presentation will be available on the Compass Minerals website at www.compassminerals.com, and replays of the webcast will be available on the website for 30 days beginning May 15.

Corresponding slides and reconciliations of any non-GAAP financial measures will be available by 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 14 on the company’s website at www.compassminerals.com/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.

Source: Compass Minerals

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