Publication pursuant to § 26 (1) WpHG (July 12, 2004)

Tessner Beteiligungs GmbH, Goslar, sent us the following notification in accordance with Section 21 (1) of the German Securities Trading Act:

We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 21 (1) of the German Securities Trading Act that our voting rights in KWS SAAT AG, Einbeck, exceeded the thresholds of 5% and 10% on July 12, 2004, and since that time have amounted to 10.61%.

Einbeck, July 2004

The Executive Board

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