KWS SAAT AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act)

On July 24, 2007, SKAGEN AS, Stavanger, Norway, provided KWS SAAT AG, Einbeck, Germany, ISIN DE 0007074007, with the following voting rights announcement:

This is to notify that funds managed by SKAGEN AS have exceeded the threshold of 3% shareholdings in KWS SAAT AG, Grimsehlstr. 31, Postfach 1463, 37555 Einbeck, Germany, and as of 20 July 2007 own 3,58% (which equals 236 461 shares) of the company’s shares. All of these shares are attributable to SKAGEN AS pursuant Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 WpHG.

Einbeck, July 27, 2007

The Executive Board