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  0001194577
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001433660
  John Bean Technologies CORP
  001-34036
  70 W MADISON
  SUITE 4400
  CHICAGO
  IL
  60602
  312 861-5900
  BURDAKIN DAVID C
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  2000
  226000.00
  31837903
  08/10/2023
  NYSE
  Common
  03/12/2014
  Purchase
  Open Market
  N
  2000
  03/12/2014
  Cash/Check
  Y
  08/14/2023
  /s/ Christian Nasser as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for David Burdakin