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KWS SAAT SE: Release of a capital market information

KWS SAAT SE / share buyback

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KWS SAAT AG: Release of a capital market information

KWS SAAT SE / share buyback



Disclosure pursuant to Art. 5 Sec. 1 lit. b) and Sec. 3 of the
Regulation
(EU) No 596/2014 (MAR) in conjunction with Art. 2 Sec. 2
and Sec. 3 of the
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/1052 -  3rd Interim
Announcement and announcement of completion

In the period from January 29, 2018 up to and including February 1, 2018,
KWS SAAT SE bought back a total of 4,757 shares of KWS SAAT SE within the
framework of the share buyback programme. In the announcement of December
19, 2017 pursuant to Art. 2 Sec. 1 of the Commission Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2016/1052 it was communicated that the repurchase of treasury
shares
would commence on January 10, 2018 (earliest possible acquisition
date).

The overall volume of the shares bought back daily in the period from
January 29, 2018 up to and including February 1, 2018 and the daily average
stock market prices of the shares are as follows:

<TABLE_START>

Datum               Total number of     Average stock       Volume
(EUR)
                    shares bought back  market prize (EUR)
                    (number)
January 29, 2018    1,365               343.7377              469,201.9605
January 30, 2018    1,070               334.2140              357,608.9800
January 31, 2018    1,831               340.6049              623,647.5719
February 1, 2018    491                 337.1731              165,551.9921

In total            4,757               339.7121            1,616,010.5045


<TABLE_END>

The share buyback program is completed. The total number of shares which
have been bought back by KWS SAAT SE within the framework of the share
buyback programme initiated on January 10, 2018 (earliest possible
acquisition date) thus amounts to 9,832 shares. This corresponds to
approx.
0.15% of the share capital. The purchase price paid at the stock exchange
was in average EUR  344,6310. The total consideration that was paid for the
shares amounts to EUR 3,388,412.0141.  The sole purpose of acquiring the
shares was to fulfill obligations from the Employee Stock Program within
the meaning of Art. 5 paragraph 2 c) of Regulation (EU) No.
596/2014.

Further information pursuant to Article 5 Sec. 1 lit. b) and Sec. 3 of
the
Regulation (EU) 596/2014 in conjunction with  Article 2 Sec. 2 and
Sec. 3
of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 is available online
under
http://www.kws.com/IR/Employee-Stock-Program.

The purchase of the KWS SAAT SE shares was carried out by a bank assigned
by KWS SAAT SE and exclusively via the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (XETRA
trading).

Einbeck, February 6, 2018

KWS SAAT SE

The Executive Board


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     Language:    English
     Company:     KWS SAAT SE
                  Grimsehlstraße 31
                  37555 Einbeck
                  Germany
     Internet:    www.kws.de



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