Voting Rights Announcements | 5 January 2012 17:37


Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA 

05.01.2012 17:37

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On January 4, 2012, BlackRock Inc., New York, USA has informed us according
to Article 21, Para. 1 of the German Securities Trade Act
(Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG) that it has exceeded the threshold of 5%
of the voting rights in Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, Bad Homburg,
Germany, ISIN: DE0005785802, WKN: 578580, on December 22, 2011 and as of
that date holds 5.0048% of the voting rights (15,012,217 voting rights).
According to Article 22, Para. 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 in conjunction with
sentence 2 of the WpHG, these voting rights are altogether attributed to
BlackRock, Inc.

Bad Homburg v.d.H., January 2012

Fresenius Medical Care
The Management Board



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Language:     English
Company:      Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA
              Else-Kröner-Straße 1
              61352 Bad Homburg
              Germany
Internet:     www.fmc-ag.de
 
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