EQS-CMS: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft: Release of a capital market information

Düsseldorf, 4 March 2024

Disclosure pursuant to Art. 5 para. 1 lit. a) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 and Art. 2 para. 1 sentence 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 – Change Notification

Suspension of the share buyback program in connection with the Annual General Meeting 2024

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft ("GEA") has announced a share buyback program by means of ad hoc notification dated 7 November 2023 and initial announcement pursuant to Art. 5 para. 1 lit. a) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 and Art. 2 para. 1 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 dated 8 November 2023. The share buyback is being conducted since 9 November 2023.

The company has already announced in the initial announcement that the share buyback program can be suspended at any time where needed and legally permitted.

In connection with both the publication of the convocation of the Annual General Meeting and the conduction of the Annual General Meeting on 30 April 2024, no shares shall be repurchased.

Therefore, no shares will be bought back by the credit institution acting on behalf of and for the account of GEA in the following periods:

• 7 March until 11 March 2024 (including the first and the last day);
• 23 April until 3 May 2024 (including the first and the last day).