August 12, 2014
Fresenius mourns death of Dr. Gerhard Rupprecht
Fresenius is mourning the loss of Dr. Gerhard Rupprecht, who died in an accident at the end of last week. Dr. Rupprecht, who was 65, joined the Supervisory Board of Fresenius AG (now Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA) in October 2004, and as Deputy Chairman since March 2011 made important contributions to the company's successful development.
Dr. Rupprecht, a doctorate holder in mathematics and former Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Deutschland AG, had also been a member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius Management SE since May 2010.
The Supervisory Boards, the Management Board and the company's employees will retain respectful memories of Dr. Rupprecht, and remain grateful for his many valuable services to Fresenius.
Fresenius is a global health care group, providing products and services for dialysis, hospital and outpatient medical care. In 2013, Group sales were €20.3 billion. On June 30, 2014, the Fresenius Group had 209,933 employees worldwide.
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This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Future results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, e.g. changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, results of clinical trials, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, and the availability of financing. Fresenius does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this release.
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany
Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11852
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Gerd Krick
General Partner: Fresenius Management SE
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany
Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11673
Management Board: Dr. Ulf M. Schneider (Chairman), Dr. Francesco De Meo, Dr. Jürgen Götz,
Mats Henriksson, Rice Powell, Stephan Sturm, Dr. Ernst Wastler
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Gerd Krick