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Transaction in Own Shares • Feb 6, 2018

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Other Capital Market Information | 6 February 2018 11:32

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:

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

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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