Felix Büchting was appointed by the Supervisory Board as a full member of the Executive Board of KWS SAAT SE effective January 1, 2019. He has been given a five-year contract and will be responsible for Cereals, Human Resources and Agriculture. Felix Büchting previously worked for the company from 2005 to 2007 before gaining further professional experience outside KWS. Felix Büchting returned to KWS in 2016 and is currently head of the successfully growing Cereals Segment. The Executive Board has thus been expanded to five members.

KWS' Executive and Supervisory Boards will propose a dividend of EUR 3.20 for fiscal year 2017/2018 to the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on December 14, 2018. EUR 21.1 million would thus be distributed to KWS SAAT SE's shareholders. That would correspond to a dividend payout ratio of 21.2%, once again in line with the KWS Group's earnings-oriented policy of paying a dividend of 20% to 25% of its net income.

Capital spending in fiscal 2018/2019 will again focus on expansion of processing, production and research capacities and, as far as can be seen at present, will exceed EUR 100 million.