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 
 
2020-11-30 / 16:22 
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* 
+-+------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|X|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* 
+----------------------------------------------------------+ 
|Legal entity: Schroders plc                               | 
|City of registered office, country: London, United Kingdom| 
+----------------------------------------------------------+ 
*4. Names of shareholder(s)* 
holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3. 
 
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*5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:* 
+-----------+ 
|24 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          |     4.12 %|    0.02 %|    4.13 %|     180492172| 
+-------------+-----------+----------+----------+--------------+ 
|Previous     |     4.34 %|    0.01 %|    4.35 %|             /| 
|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|     7427590|     0.00 %|      4.12 %| 
+------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ 
|*Total*     |        7427590         |         4.12 %         | 
+------------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------+ 
*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        |         |         | 
+-------+------------+-----------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|CFD    |N/A         |N/A        |Cash     |    27706|   0.02 %| 
+-------+------------+-----------+---------+---------+---------+ 
|       |            |           |*Total*  |    27706|   0.02 %| 
+-------+------------+-----------+---------+---------+---------+ 
*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 voting|   Total of both| 
|                    | rights (if|      rights| (if at least 5%| 
|                    |at least 3%|     through|        or more)| 
|                    |   or more)| instruments|                | 
|                    |           |(if at least|                | 
|                    |           | 5% or more)|                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroders plc       |          %|           %|               %| 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroder            |          %|           %|               %| 
|Administration      |           |            |                | 
|Limited             |           |            |                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroder            |          %|           %|               %| 
|International       |           |            |                | 
|Holdings Limited    |           |            |                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroder Investment |          %|           %|               %| 
|Management Limited  |           |            |                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|-                   |          %|           %|               %| 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroders plc       |          %|           %|               %| 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroder            |          %|           %|               %| 
|Administration      |           |            |                | 
|Limited             |           |            |                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroder            |          %|           %|               %| 
|International       |           |            |                | 
|Holdings Limited    |           |            |                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroder US Holdings|          %|           %|               %| 
|Inc.                |           |            |                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroder Investment |          %|           %|               %| 
|Management North    |           |            |                | 
|America Inc.        |           |            |                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|-                   |          %|           %|               %| 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroders plc       |          %|           %|               %| 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroder            |          %|           %|               %| 
|Administration      |           |            |                | 
|Limited             |           |            |                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroder            |          %|           %|               %| 
|International       |           |            |                | 
|Holdings Limited    |           |            |                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|Schroder Unit Trusts|          %|           %|               %| 
|Limited             |           |            |                | 
+--------------------+-----------+------------+----------------+ 
|-                   |          %|           %|               %| 

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