KWS SAAT SE: Release of a capital market information

KWS SAAT SE: 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 - 1st Interim Announcement

In the period from January 15, 2018 up to and including January 19, 2018, KWS SAAT SE bought back a total of 2,688 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 15, 2018 up to and including January 19, 2018 and the daily volumeweighted average stock market prices of the shares are as follows:

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Datum Total number of Average stock Volume (EUR)

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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 23, 2018

KWS SAAT SE

The Executive Board