A rotary press, with a rotor rotatingly drivable around a vertical axis, which features a die plate having die bores on a partial circle and upper and lower punches guided in guiding devices, radial cams for the upper and lower punches, at least two compression stations spaced apart in the circumferential direction and with an upper and a lower compression roller, a first filling device in the circumferential direction of a first compression station and a second filling device located behind the first compression station in the circumferential direction, wherein the rotor features an annular surface in a radial distance to the partial circle for the die bores and being concentric to the rotational axis of the rotor, wherein first deflecting means are provided between the second compression station and the first filling device that direct the ejected pressed articles towards the annular surface, second deflecting means are provided that direct the pressed articles from the annular surface towards off from the rotor, and third deflecting means behind the first compression station in the circumferential direction which direct the pressed articles ejected from the die bores towards off from the rotor, characterised in that the annular surface is disposed radially inside the partial circle and limited towards the partial circle by an annular stationary lock-out between the first and the second deflecting means.