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KWS SAAT SE: Release of a capital market information

KWS SAAT SE / Share buyback program

22.01.2019 / 12:15
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KWS SAAT SE: Release of a capital market information

KWS SAAT SE / share buyback program / 1st Interim Announcement

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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 - 1st Interim
Announcement

KWS SAAT SE / share buyback

In the period from January 14, 2019 up to and including January 18, 2019,
KWS SAAT SE bought back a total of 1,576 shares of KWS SAAT SE within the
framework of the share buyback programme. In the announcement of December
19, 2018 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 9, 2019 (earliest possible acquisition date). The
share buyback commenced on January 14, 2019. The sole purpose of acquiring
the shares is to fulfill obligations from the Employee Stock Program within
the meaning of Art. 5 paragraph 2 c) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

The overall volume of the shares bought back daily in the period from
January 14, 2019 up to and including January 18, 2019 and the daily volume-
weighted average stock market prices of the shares are as follows:


Datum               Total number of      Average stock        Volume (EUR)
                    shares bought back   market prize (EUR)
                    (number)
January 14, 2019    236                  281.4110              66,412.9960
January 15, 2019    270                  288.5630              77,912.0100
January 16, 2019    220                  294.5227              64,794.9940
January 17, 2019    446                  296.9417             132,435.9982
January 18, 2019    404                  298.9282             120,766.9928

In total            1,576                293.3522             462,322.9910


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, January 22, 2019 KWS SAAT SE The Executive Board --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.01.2019 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: KWS SAAT SE Grimsehlstraße 31 37555 Einbeck Germany Internet: www.kws.de End of News DGAP News Service