* K+S shares jump 10.3 pct on report, close 7.3 pct higher
* Top-level meeting discussed jobs, sites -Handelsblatt
* Potash declines to comment
(Adds shares, detail from newspaper report and background)
FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Potash Corp POT.TO is
prepared to launch a hostile takeover offer for German potash
mining rival K+S SDFGn.DE under certain conditions, German
newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Tuesday.
Handelsblatt cited financial sources as saying that Canada's
Potash Corp had talked to brokerages in Canada about such plans.
Potash Corp declined to comment.
K+S shares jumped as much as 10.3 percent on the report and
closed 7.3 percent higher at 36.11 euros, the biggest intra-day
rise since a 40 percent surge in late June following Potash's
initial takeover bid.
K+S had previously rejected a takeover proposal worth 41
euros ($45.85) per share.
New top-level talks were held in Wiesbaden, regional capital
of Hesse where K+S is headquartered, Handelsblatt said.
Far-reaching guarantees on jobs and facilities were discussed,
the newspaper added, citing a spokesman for the Canadian
company.
K+S has previously dismissed as unreliable assurances by
Potash about maintaining jobs and mine sites in Germany.
($1 = 0.8943 euros)