GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 17.04.2008 Release of a Voting Rights announcement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a letter of April 3, 2008, BlackRock Group communicated to us that the voting right share of BlackRock Inc. and BlackRock Holdco 1. LLC, New York, USA, each exceeded the 3% threshold in GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, Bochum, on April 2, 2008, and subsequently amounted to 3.02% of the voting rights, corresponding to 5,547,686 voting rights in GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft. All voting rights are attributed to BlackRock, Inc. and BlackRock Holdco 1. LLC, in each case pursuant to § 22 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Number 6 in connection with Sentence 2 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG). BlackRock, Inc. controls BlackRock Holdco 1. LLC. Bochum, April 17, 2008 The Executive Board DGAP 17.04.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Dorstener Straße 484 44809 Bochum Deutschland Internet: www.geagroup.com End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft: Amendment to our release as of April 6, 2008 according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
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