DGAP Voting Rights Announcement: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution 2020-11-24 / 11:02 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. *Notification of Major Holdings* *1. Details of issuer* +------------------------------+----------------------------+ |Name: |GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft| +------------------------------+----------------------------+ |Street: |Peter-Müller-Straße 12 | +------------------------------+----------------------------+ |Postal code: |40468 | +------------------------------+----------------------------+ |City: |Düsseldorf | | |Germany | +------------------------------+----------------------------+ |Legal Entity Identifier (LEI):|549300PHUU0ZZWO8EO07 | +------------------------------+----------------------------+ *2. Reason for notification* +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ | |Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights | +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ | |Acquisition/disposal of instruments | +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ | |Change of breakdown of voting rights | +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ |X|Other reason: | | |voluntary group notification with triggered threshold on | | |subsidiary level | +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ *3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation* +--------------------------------------------------------+ |Natural person (first name, surname): Ségolène Gallienne| |Date of birth: 07 Jun 1977 | +--------------------------------------------------------+ *4. Names of shareholder(s)* holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3. +------------------------+ |Oliver Capital S.à r.l. | +------------------------+ *5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:* +-----------+ |20 Nov 2020| +-----------+ *6. Total positions* +-------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+ | |% of voting| % of| Total of| Total number| | | rights| voting| both in %| of voting| | |attached to| rights| (7.a. +| rights| | | shares| through| 7.b.)| pursuant to| | | (total of|instrument| | Sec. 41 WpHG| | | 7.a.)| s| | | | | | (total of| | | | | | 7.b.1 +| | | | | | 7.b.2)| | | +-------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+ |New | 8.51 %| 0.00 %| 8.51 %| 180492172| +-------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+ |Previous | 8.51 %| 0 %| 8.51 %| /| |notification | | | | | +-------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+ *7. Details on total positions* *a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec. 33, 34 WpHG)* +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ |ISIN | Absolute | In % | +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ | | Direct| Indirect| Direct| Indirect| | | (Sec. 33| (Sec. 34| (Sec. 33| (Sec. 34| | | WpHG)| WpHG)| WpHG)| WpHG)| +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ |DE0006602006| 0| 15357460| 0.00 %| 8.51 %| +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ |*Total* | 15357460 | 8.51 % | +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ *b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 1 WpHG* +---------+---------------+------------+-----------+-----------+ |Type of |Expiration or |Exercise or | Voting| Voting| |instrumen|maturity date |conversion | rights|rights in %| |t | |period | absolute| | +---------+---------------+------------+-----------+-----------+ | | | | 0| 0.00 %| +---------+---------------+------------+-----------+-----------+ | | |*Total* | 0| 0.00 %| +---------+---------------+------------+-----------+-----------+ *b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 2 WpHG* +-------+------------+-----------+---------+---------+---------+ |Type of|Expiration |Exercise or|Cash or | Voting| Voting| |instrum|or maturity |conversion |physical | rights|rights in| |ent |date |period |settlemen| absolute| %| | | | |t | | | +-------+------------+-----------+---------+---------+---------+ | | | | | 0| 0.00 %| +-------+------------+-----------+---------+---------+---------+ | | | |*Total* | 0| 0.00 %| +-------+------------+-----------+---------+---------+---------+ *8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation* +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ | |Person subject to the notification obligation is not | | |controlled nor does it control any other undertaking(s) that| | |directly or indirectly hold(s) an interest in the | | |(underlying) issuer (1.). | +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ |X|Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the | | |ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity: | +-+------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |Name | % of voting| % of|Total of both| | | rights (if| voting| (if at least| | | at least 3%| rights| 5% or more)| | | or more)| through| | | | |instrument| | | | | s (if at| | | | | least 5%| | | | | or more)| | +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Ségolène Gallienne | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Stichting | %| %| %| |Administratiekantoor | | | | |Frère-Bourgeois | | | | +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Frère-Bourgeois SA | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Filux SA | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Financière de la Sambre| %| %| %| |SA | | | | +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Kermadec SA | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Parjointco NV | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Parjointco Switzerland | %| %| %| |SA | | | | +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Pargesa Netherlands BV | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Groupe Bruxelles | %| %| %| |Lambert | | | | +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-GBL Verwaltung S.A. | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Oliver Capital S.à r.l.| 8.45 %| %| 8.45 %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Ségolène Gallienne | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Stichting | %| %| %| |Administratiekantoor | | | | |Frère-Bourgeois | | | | +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Frère-Bourgeois SA | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Filux SA | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Financière de la Sambre| %| %| %| |SA | | | | +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ |-Kermadec SA | %| %| %| +------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+
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