GEA Group AG

Transaction in Own Shares • Dec 31, 2007

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Other Capital Market Information | 31 December 2007 08:14

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 30e of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft / Law amendment of securities according to § 30e Para. 1, No. 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act]

Release of a Post-admission Duties announcement according to Article 30e
Para. 1, No. 1 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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The statutory General Meeting of Shareholders of GEA Group
Aktiengesellschaft, Bochum, on April 30, 2007 authorized the Management
Board to redeem the shares repurchased by the company in accordance with
Section 71 Paragraph 1 No. 8 of the German Stock Corporation Law with the
approval of the Supervisory Board and without a resolution by the General
Meeting of Shareholders.

On the basis of this authorization the Executive Board of the company
resolved on December 21, 2007 to redeem a total of 4,152,771 of its own
individual bearer shares without a reduction in the company's share capital
through adjustment of the percentage amount of the remaining individual
share certificates in the company's share capital as specified in Section
71 Paragraph 1 No. 8 Sentence 6 of the German Stock Corporation Law [AktG].
This measure was already approved in advance by the company's Supervisory
Board. Redemption of the shares was carried out through disposal of the
individual share certificates as of December 31, 2007.

The share capital of the company continues to amount to EUR 496,890,368.79
and is now divided into 183,982,845 individual bearer share certificates.

Bochum, im Dezember 2008
The Executive Board

31.12.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft
Dorstener Straße 484
44809 Bochum
Deutschland
Internet: www.geagroup.com

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