Fresenius Helios has presented the plan for its new main building at HELIOS Hospital Dr. Horst Schmidt in the German city of Wiesbaden. The seven-story structure, with total floor space of almost 100,000 square meters (more than 1 million square feet), will be built on an open site near the existing hospital building. Patients’ waiting times and the distances they need to cover will be significantly reduced in the new building, which will have 22 operating rooms and more than 900 beds. Construction is scheduled to start next spring, with completion in 2020. Building costs are estimated at around €200 million.

HELIOS Hospital Dr. Horst Schmidt, in the German city of Wiesbaden, will begin training about 160 students annually in nursing and other patient care occupations. The internal continuing education program for all employees now includes more than 2,000 different courses. HELIOS has invested about €3 million in new facilities for the training center, which will include seven modern teaching rooms, practice rooms, and a library.

The 66-bed hospital specializes in pulmonology, and will be affiliated to the nearby 540-bed HELIOS hospital Hildesheim. Closing of the transaction is expected April 1, 2015.

HELIOS Kliniken Group, a business segment of Fresenius SE, has strengthened its presence in the German hospital market. The company has agreed to acquire three hospitals in the Mansfeld-Südharz county of Saxony-Anhalt and two in the Northeim county of Lower Saxony. Combined sales of the five hospitals were approx. € 136 million in 2007.

The three acute care hospitals in Saxony-Anhalt are part of Krankenhaus-Holding GmbH Mansfeld-Südharz. They have a total capacity of 834 beds, of which 327 belong to Krankenhaus am Rosarium hospital in Sangerhausen and 507 to Klinikum Mansfelder Land & Pflege hospital, which has two locations in Lutherstadt Eisleben and Hettstedt. The three hospitals have about 1,600 employees and treated more than 30,000 patients in 2007. Sales were approx. € 86 million in the same period. HELIOS will own a 94.9 % stake in the hospitals, and the county will hold a 5.1 % share. With this acquisition HELIOS is now present in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. In the neighboring state of Thuringia, HELIOS already owns four clinics - a maximum care hospital in Erfurt and clinics in Bleicherode, Gotha and Blankenhain.

The two hospitals in Lower Saxony were previously owned by Rhume-Leine-Gande-Klinikum GmbH. They have a total capacity of 371 beds, of which 273 belong to Albert-Schweitzer-Krankenhaus in Northeim and 98 to the Evangelische Krankenhaus in Bad Gandersheim. The two hospitals employ about 1,000 people and treated more than 16,300 patients in 2007. Sales were approx. € 50 million in the same period. HELIOS will own a 94.9 % stake in Albert-Schweitzer-Krankenhaus and a 94.8 % stake in Evangelische Krankenhaus. The Northeim county and the Evangelisches Krankenhaus Foundation will own 5.1 % and 5.2 % respectively. At the location in Northeim, HELIOS plans to build a new clinic to expand and improve medical services. HELIOS currently owns six clinics in the north of Germany - a maximum care hospital in Schwerin and clinics in Bad Schwartau, Cuxhaven, Geesthacht, Leezen and Hamburg.

"We are pleased with the decision of these two counties to award their privatization projects to HELIOS. Our concept focuses on medical quality and transparency," said Ulf Mark Schneider, Chairman of the Management Board of Fresenius SE. "With this acquisition, we continue our successful expansion in the German hospital market. The five clinics are well-positioned in their regions and offer considerable potential for enhanced medical care."

The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase prices. The acquisitions are still subject to the approval of county and anti-trust authorities. Additionally, the acquisition in Mansfeld-Südharz is subject to the approval of the Fresenius SE Supervisory Board. HELIOS expects to close these transactions in the first half of 2009.

HELIOS Kliniken Group has 57 clinics, of which 38 are acute hospitals and 19 are postacute care clinics. With five maximum care hospitals in Berlin-Buch, Erfurt, Krefeld, Schwerin and Wuppertal, HELIOS maintains a leading market position in the privatization of hospitals of this size in Germany. HELIOS is one of the biggest providers of in-patient and out-patient care in Germany and treats about 1.5 million patients annually, of whom about 550,000 are in-patients. HELIOS has more than 17,300 beds and 30,000 employees. Sales in 2007 were more than € 1.8 billion.

HELIOS Kliniken GmbH, a subsidiary of Fresenius SE, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Krefeld Municipal Hospitals. Yesterday, the Krefeld City Council voted to sell a 74.9 per cent interest in the hospitals to HELIOS. The Krefeld Municipal Hospitals include the Krefeld Clinic and the Cäcilien Hospital Krefeld-Hüls.

The Krefeld Clinic will be the fifth maximum-care hospital in the HELIOS clinic network following Berlin-Buch, Schwerin, Wuppertal and Erfurt. The Krefeld Clinic has a capacity of 1,023 beds and provided treatment for around 35,400 patients in 2006. The Cäcilien Hospital has 182 beds and treated about 4,600 patients. Both hospitals together have about 3,300 employees and achieved sales of approximately € 175 million in 2006.

The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price. HELIOS will continue to develop the Krefeld Clinic as both a maximum-care and an academic teaching hospital and plans to strengthen the Cäcilien Hospital by expanding its medical services. HELIOS will construct a new hospital on the site of the Krefeld Clinic and plans to modernize the Cäcilien Hospital.

The acquisition is subject to the approval of the district and antitrust authorities. HELIOS expects to complete the transaction in the first half of 2008.

"The acquisition is one of the largest recent hospital privatizations and an important step in HELIOS' growth strategy," said Dr. Ulf M. Schneider, Chairman of the Management Board of Fresenius SE. "The hospitals provide an excellent geographic and medical fit to the HELIOS network. Krefeld's decision for HELIOS confirms our privatization concept which is focused on the highest levels of medical quality and transparency," he added.

HELIOS Kliniken Group operates 58 clinics of its own with around 16,000 beds, including four maximum-care hospitals in Erfurt, Berlin-Buch, Wuppertal and Schwerin. The company's 27,000 employees carry out 460,000 in-patient treatments per year. In 2006, the group achieved sales of € 1.7 billion.

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HELIOS Kliniken GmbH, a subsidiary of Fresenius AG, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in HUMAINE Kliniken GmbH.

HUMAINE operates six acute and post acute care hospitals in the fields of neurology, oncology and traumatology with a total of 1,850 beds, thereof 1,530 in the acute care area. The group owns two advanced care hospitals with about 600 beds each. HUMAINE was founded in 1984 and has approximately 2,900 employees.

The clinic group is privately owned. In 2005, it achieved sales of € 197 million and operating profit (EBIT) of € 14 million. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price which is to be paid in a combination of cash and, to a lesser extent, Fresenius ordinary and preference shares. HELIOS expects that the transaction will be completed in mid-2006. Initially, 60% of the shares will be acquired, and HELIOS has an option to acquire the remaining 40 %. The acquisition of HUMAINE will be accretive to Fresenius Group's earnings per share in the fiscal year 2006.
The acquisition is an important step in the expansion strategy of HELIOS. "With HUMAINE we have acquired a well-managed clinic group which complements the HELIOS network both geographically and in terms of medical orientation. While the focus will continue to be on the privatization of public-sector hospitals, HELIOS takes advantage of the opportunity to purchase HUMAINE in order to strengthen the hospital operations business. HUMAINE is a profitable company and fully fits our financial acquisition criteria in the hospital sector. With the experienced management team we will rapidly integrate HUMAINE into the HELIOS Kliniken Group to achieve further profitability improvements," says Dr. Ulf M. Schneider, Chairman of the Management Board of Fresenius AG.

The acquisition still requires approval by the antitrust authorities.

HELIOS Kliniken Group operates 51 clinics of its own with a total of 14,300 beds, including four maximum-care hospitals in Erfurt, Berlin-Buch, Wuppertal and Schwerin. The company's 24,800 employees carry out 420,000 in-patient treatments a year and in 2005 achieved sales of € 1.55 billion.

Fresenius is a health care group with international operations, providing products and services for dialysis, hospital and the ambulatory medical care of patients. In 2005, sales were € 7.9 billion. On December 31, 2005 the Fresenius Group had 91,971 employees worldwide.

HELIOS Kliniken GmbH, a subsidiary of Fresenius AG, has obtained antitrust approval from the German antitrust authorities for the acquisition of a majority stake of HUMAINE Kliniken, announced in March. The transaction will be completed shortly.

HUMAINE operates six acute and post acute care hospitals in the fields of neurology, oncology and traumatology with a total of 1,850 beds. The majority of beds (1,530) is in the acute care sector. HUMAINE operates two major regional hospitals with about 600 beds each.

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