January 30, 2007
Fresenius share split to become effective
Fresenius AG today announced that the share split with capital increase from the Company's funds approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting on December 4, 2006, will become effective on February 2, 2007. On the same day, the shares will be traded "ex split" and the shareholders' deposits will be adapted to the new number of shares. Every holder of an ordinary share now holds three ordinary shares and every holder of a preference share holds three preference shares.
The Fresenius shares will continue to trade under ISIN DE0005785604 (ordinary share) and ISIN DE0005785638 (preference share).
The subscribed capital of Fresenius AG now amounts to € 154.4 million, divided into 77,176,938 ordinary shares and 77,176,938 preference shares.
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Fresenius is a health care group with international operations, providing products and services for dialysis, hospital and the ambulatory medical care of patients. In 2006 group sales are expected to increase to more than € 10.7 billion. On September 30, 2006 the Fresenius Group had 104,179 employees worldwide.