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On 24 November 2009, Credit Agricole Asset Management informed us as follows:

On 10 November 2009, the voting interest held by Credit Agricole Asset Management, Paris, France, in GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, Bochum, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 3 %. On that date, Credit Agricole Asset Management held 3.05 % (5,608,826 voting rights) of the voting rights in GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft.

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