Voting Rights Announcements | 7 April 2008 14:49
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)
Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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In a letter of April 3, 2008, BlackRock Group communicated to us that the
voting right share of BlackRock Inc. and BlackRock Holdco 1. LLC, New York,
USA, each exceeded the 3% threshold in GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft,
Bochum, on April 2, 2008, and subsequently amounted to 3.02% of the voting
rights, corresponding to 5,547,686 voting rights in GEA Group
Aktiengesellschaft. All voting rights are attributed to BlackRock, Inc. and
BlackRock Holdco 1. LLC, in each case pursuant to § 22 Paragraph 1 Clause 1
Number 6 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG). BlackRock, Inc.
controls BlackRock Holdco 1. LLC.
Bochum, April 7, 2008
The Executive Board
07.04.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft
Dorstener Straße 484
44809 Bochum
Deutschland
Internet: www.geagroup.com
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