Compass Minerals to Present at the KeyBanc Capital Markets Basic Materials and Packaging Conference

September 14, 2009

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 14, 2009-- Angelo Brisimitzakis, president and CEO of Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP), will present at the KeyBanc Capital Markets Basic Materials and Packaging Conference on Tuesday, September 15. The presentation will not be webcast, but slides with an updated business outlook and reconciliations of any non-GAAP financial measures are available 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