KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA: Release of a capital market information
January 25, 2021 at 01:34 pm
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KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA: Release of a capital market information
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA / 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 & Co. KGaA / Share buyback
In the period from January 18, 2021 up to and including January 22, 2021, KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA bought back a total of 10,348 shares of KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA within the framework of the share buyback program. In the announcement of December 18, 2020 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 11, 2021 (earliest possible acquisition date). The share buyback commenced on January 18, 2021. 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 18, 2021 up to and including January 22, 2021 and the daily volume-weighted average stock market prices of the shares are as follows:
Date
Total number of shares bought back (number)
Average stock market prize (EUR)
Volume (EUR)
January 18, 2021
2,908
71.6255
208,286.9540
January 19, 2021
851
71.9237
61,207.0687
January 20, 2021
1,982
74.3037
147,269.9334
January 21, 2021
2,121
76.2890
161,808.9690
January 22, 2021
2,486
74.2705
184,636.4630
In total
10,348
73.7543
763,209.3881
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 https://www.kws.com/corp/en/company/investor-relations/financial-news/employee-participation/.
The purchase of the KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA shares was carried out by a bank assigned by KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA and exclusively via the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (XETRA trading).
Einbeck, January 25, 2021
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
The Executive Board of the personally liable partner
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KWS SAAT SE & Co KgaA is a Germany-based company engaged in the development, production and distribution of seeds for farmers. The Companyâs activities are divided into three segments: Corn, Sugarbeet and Cereals. The Corn segment offers corn, rapeseed, sunflower, sorghum, millet, and field crop seeds. The Sugarbeet segment provides sugar beet, and energy beet seeds, as well as animal feed. The Cereals segment offers wheat, rye, hybrid rye, winter barley, spring barley, oil and field crop and organic seeds. The Company also provides seeds for fodder beets, soybeans, grain peas and catch crops. It operates through a number of subsidiaries in Germany, Switzerland, the United States, France, Italy, Austria, Turkey, Chile and Belgium, among others.