KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Mar 16, 2021

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Voting Rights Announcements | 16 March 2021 11:26

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

16.03.2021 / 11:26

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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuer

Name:	KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
Street:	Grimsehlstraße 31
Postal code:	37555
City:	Einbeck Germany
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):	529900FR2K4P9L9XLV21

2. Reason for notification

	Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
	Acquisition/disposal of instruments
	Change of breakdown of voting rights
X	Other reason: acting in concert

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationNatural person (first name, surname): Hans-Joachim Tessner

Date of birth: 06 March 1944

4. Names of shareholder(s)

holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3.

Tessner Beteiligungs GmbH

AKB Stiftung

Büchting Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH

RETOKE Holding Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:05 March 2021

6. Total positions

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.)	% of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2)	Total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.)	Total number of voting rights pursuant to Sec. 41 WpHG
New	68.86 %	0.00 %	68.86 %	33,000,000
Previous notification	15.11 %	n/a %	n/a %	/

7. Details on total positions

a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec. 33, 34 WpHG)

ISIN	Absolute		In %
	Direct (Sec. 33 WpHG)	Indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG)	Direct (Sec. 33 WpHG)	Indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG)
DE0007074007	15,000	22,709,305	0.05 %	68.82 %
Total	22,724,305		68.86 %

b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 1 WpHG

Type of instrument	Expiration or maturity date	Exercise or conversion period	Voting rights absolute	Voting rights in %
			0	0.00 %
		Total	0	0.00 %

b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 2 WpHG

Type of instrument	Expiration or maturity date	Exercise or conversion period	Cash or physical settlement	Voting rights absolute	Voting rights in %
				0	0.00 %
			Total	0	0.00 %

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

	Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled nor does it control any other undertaking(s) that directly or indirectly hold(s) an interest in the (underlying) issuer (1.).
X	Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

Name	% of voting rights (if at least 3% or more)	% of voting rights through instruments (if at least 5% or more)	Total of both (if at least 5% or more)
Hans-Joachim Tessner	68.86 %	%	68.86 %
Tessner Holding KG	%	%	%
Tessner Beteiligungs GmbH	68.82 %	%	68.82 %

9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 34 para. 3 WpHG

(only in case of attribution of voting rights in accordance with Sec. 34 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 WpHG)

Date of general meeting:

Holding total positions after general meeting (6.) after annual general meeting:

Proportion of voting rights	Proportion of instruments	Total of both
%	%	%

10. Other explanatory remarks:

Date

12 March 2021

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

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