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            |           %|         %|            %| 
+------------------------+------------+----------+-------------+ 

(MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires

November 24, 2020 05:02 ET (10:02 GMT)