GEA Group AG

Report Publication Announcement • Apr 22, 2009

News Details

Corporate | 22 April 2009 12:00

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft: GEA reports the order intake of the first quarter on the occasion of the Annual General Meeting 2009

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft / AGM/EGM/Miscellaneous

Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory
AG.
The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

---

Bochum, 22 April 2009 - GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft reports the order
intake of the first quarter 2009 on the occasion of this year's Annual
General Meeting. Compared to the first quarter of previous year GEA's order
intake in Q1 2009 dropped by 22 percent to EUR 1,073 million, as expected.

As previously announced, GEA began to counteract the downturn. 'Already
last year, when world recession became a certainty, we immediately started
implementing a bundle of measures' said Jürg Oleas, Chairman of the
Executive Board of GEA Group. 'We adjust capacities, cut overheads and put
strong emphasis on maximizing liquidity. Currently, we have implemented
short-time work for 19% of our German workforce. We remain prepared to take
the scope of our measures to the next level, should the world economy
deteriorate further.'

The interim report on the first quarter 2009 will be published on May 5th
2009.

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft is one of the largest pure mechanical
engineering groups in Germany. As an internationally operating technology
group, it concentrates on specialty mechanical engineering with a focus on
process technology and components. Group revenue amounted to EUR 5.2
billion in fiscal year 2008. The Group generated about 50 percent of this
revenue from the high-growth food manufacturing and beverages industries.
As of December 31, 2008, a workforce of over 21,000 employees served
customers in 50 countries. GEA Group is a market and technology leader in
90 percent of its business areas. GEA Group is listed in the MDAX index
(G1A, WKN 660200).
22.04.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

---

Language: English
Issuer: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft
Dorstener Straße 484
44809 Bochum
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)234 980-0
Fax: +49 (0)234 980-1004
E-mail: investor.relations@geagroup.com
Internet: www.geagroup.com
ISIN: DE0006602006
WKN: 660200
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard),
Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München; Freiverkehr in Hannover,
Stuttgart

End of News DGAP News-Service

---