GEA Group AG

Share Issue/Capital Change • Aug 1, 2007

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Other Capital Market Information | 1 August 2007 14:22

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
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 Annual Shareholders' Meeting of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, Bochum,
on April 30, 2007 authorized the Executive Board to call in the shares
purchased by the company pursuant to section 71 (1) no. 8 of the German
Stock Corporation Act (AktG) with the consent of the Supervisory Board but
without any further resolution being adopted by the Shareholders' Meeting.

The company's Executive Board decided on June 5, 2007 to use this
authorization to call in 6,231,002 no-par-value bearer shares without
reducing the company's issued capital by adjusting the proportional amount
of the other shares in the company's issued capital pursuant to section 71
(1) no. 8 sentence 6 AktG. The Supervisory Board approved this measure on
June 19, 2007. The calling in of these shares was completed with their
retirement on July 31, 2007.

The company's issued capital still amounts to EUR 496,890,368.79 and is now
divided into 188,135,616 no-par-value bearer shares.

Bochum, August 2007
The Executive Board

DGAP 01.08.2007

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

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