Exhibit 99.1

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   LeAnne Zumwalt
   Investor Relations
   DaVita Inc.
   (650) 696-8910

DAVITA 2nd QUARTER 2008 RESULTS

El Segundo, California, August 4, 2008 – DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) today announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. Net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 was $95.0 million and $181.9 million, or $0.90 per share and $1.70 per share, respectively. This compares to net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 of $88.7 million and $165.2 million, or $0.83 per share and $1.55 per share, respectively, which exclude a valuation gain on the Company’s alliance and product supply agreement with Gambro and exclude after-tax gains on the sale of investment securities.

Net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 including the valuation gain on the Company’s alliance and product supply agreement with Gambro and including after-tax gains on the sale of investment securities was $125.0 million and $201.6 million, or $1.17 per share and $1.89 per share, respectively.

Financial and operating highlights include:

 

   

Cash Flow: For the rolling 12 months ended June 30, 2008 operating cash flow was $545 million and free cash flow was $446 million. For the three months ended June 30, 2008 operating cash flow was $135 million and free cash flow was $114 million.

 

   

Operating Income: Operating income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 was $206 million and $402 million, respectively, as compared to $206 million and $399 million, respectively, for the same periods of 2007, which exclude a pre-tax valuation gain of $55 million on the product supply agreement.

 

   

Volume: Total treatments for the second quarter of 2008 were 4,018,763 or 51,523 treatments per day, representing a per day increase of 6.0% over the second quarter of 2007. Non-acquired treatment growth in the quarter was 4.5% over the prior year’s second quarter.

 

   

Effective Tax Rate: The effective tax rate was 38.0% and 38.5% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, respectively. As a result of realizing certain tax benefits during the second quarter of 2008 we are lowering the range of our projected 2008 annual effective tax rate to 38.5%-39.5%. We currently project our 2009 effective tax rate to return to around 40.0%.

 

   

Share Repurchases: During the second quarter of 2008 and for the six months ended June 30, 2008, we repurchased a total of 2,778,853 and 3,461,353 shares, respectively, of our common stock for $137.2 million and $169.7 million, or an average price of $49.35 and $49.02 per share, respectively, pursuant to previously announced Board authorizations. We have not repurchased any additional shares of our common stock subsequent to June 30, 2008.

 

   

Center Activity: As of June 30, 2008, we operated or provided administrative services at 1,401 outpatient dialysis centers serving approximately 109,000 patients, of which 1,378 centers are consolidated in our financial statements. During the second quarter of 2008, we acquired 6 centers, opened 12 new centers, merged 2 centers, closed 4 centers, and discontinued providing administrative services to 1 center.


Outlook

We are narrowing our operating income guidance for 2008 to a range of $800-$840 million. Our operating income for 2009 is currently projected to be in the range of $820-$880 million. These projections and the underlying assumptions involve significant risks and uncertainties, including those described below and actual results may vary significantly from these current projections.

DaVita will be holding a conference call to discuss its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 on August 4, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The dial in number is (800) 399-4406. A replay of the conference call will be available on DaVita’s official web page, www.davita.com, for the following 30 days.

This release contains forward–looking statements, including statements related to our 2008 and 2009 operating results and our 2009 expected effective tax rate. Factors which could impact future results include the uncertainties associated with governmental regulations, general economic and other market conditions, competition, accounting estimates and the risk factors set forth in the Company’s SEC filings, including its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. The forward-looking statements should be considered in light of these risks and uncertainties.

These risks and uncertainties include those relating to:

 

   

the concentration of profits generated from commercial payor plans,

 

   

continued downward pressure on average realized payment rates from commercial payors, which may result in the loss of revenue or patients, and possible reductions in government payment rates,

 

   

changes in the structure of and payment rates under the Medicare ESRD Program which may further reduce Medicare payment rates,

 

   

changes in pharmaceutical or anemia management practice patterns, payment policies, or pharmaceutical pricing,

 

   

our ability to maintain contracts with physician medical directors,

 

   

legal compliance risks, including our continued compliance with complex government regulations and compliance with the corporate integrity agreement applicable to the dialysis centers acquired from Gambro Healthcare and assumed in connection with such acquisition, and

 

   

the resolution of ongoing investigations by various federal and state governmental agencies.

We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changes in underlying factors, new information, future events or otherwise.

This release contains non-GAAP financial measures. For reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, see the attached reconciliation schedules.

 

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DAVITA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

     Three months ended
June 30,
    Six months ended
June 30,
 
     2008     2007     2008     2007  

Net operating revenues

   $ 1,407,304     $ 1,312,735     $ 2,752,028     $ 2,590,901  

Operating expenses and charges:

        

Patient care costs

     973,286       891,013       1,903,495       1,772,598  

General and administrative

     125,199       122,432       245,964       235,653  

Depreciation and amortization

     52,892       47,058       105,703       92,848  

Provision for uncollectible accounts

     37,497       33,944       72,128       67,579  

Minority interests and equity income, net

     12,876       12,346       22,457       22,964  

Valuation gain on alliance and product supply agreement

     —         (55,275 )     —         (55,275 )
                                

Total operating expenses and charges

     1,201,750       1,051,518       2,349,747       2,136,367  
                                

Operating income

     205,554       261,217       402,281       454,534  

Debt expense

     (55,320 )     (62,911 )     (114,386 )     (131,781 )

Other income

     2,987       7,658       7,850       10,853  
                                

Income before income taxes

     153,221       205,964       295,745       333,606  

Income tax expense

     58,270       80,940       113,860       132,000  
                                

Net income

   $ 94,951     $ 125,024     $ 181,885     $ 201,606  
                                

Earnings per share:

        

Basic earnings per share

   $ 0.91     $ 1.19     $ 1.71     $ 1.92  
                                

Diluted earnings per share

   $ 0.90     $ 1.17     $ 1.70     $ 1.89  
                                

Weighted average shares for earnings per share:

        

Basic

     104,814,817       105,451,306       106,082,024       105,246,995  
                                

Diluted

     105,617,173       107,011,248       106,927,556       106,879,727  
                                

 

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DAVITA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

 

     Six months ended
June 30,
 
     2008     2007  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 181,885     $ 201,606  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     105,703       92,848  

Valuation gain on alliance and product supply agreement

     —         (55,275 )

Stock-based compensation expense

     19,216       16,326  

Tax benefits from stock award exercises

     5,264       12,481  

Excess tax benefits from stock award exercises

     (3,055 )     (10,516 )

Deferred income taxes

     17,171       27,458  

Minority interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries

     21,934       23,502  

Distributions to minority interests

     (29,423 )     (25,230 )

Equity investment losses (income)

     523       (538 )

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

     4,462       (1,866 )

Non-cash debt and non-cash rent charges

     6,953       8,430  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, other than from acquisitions and divestitures:

    

Accounts receivable

     (119,996 )     (27,427 )

Inventories

     (301 )     19,503  

Other receivables and other current assets

     (12,493 )     (33,793 )

Other long-term assets

     (10,344 )     (5,095 )

Accounts payable

     (18,255 )     (31,146 )

Accrued compensation and benefits

     4,091       (701 )

Other current liabilities

     58,078       13,891  

Income taxes

     (10,057 )     (10,292 )

Other long-term liabilities

     4,178       (234 )
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     225,534       213,932  
                

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Additions of property and equipment, net

     (145,007 )     (104,999 )

Acquisitions and purchases of other ownership interests

     (69,652 )     (6,262 )

Proceeds from asset sales

     125       622  

Purchase of investments available for sale

     (1,352 )     (21,214 )

Purchase of investments held-to-maturity

     (15,777 )     (15,862 )

Proceeds from sale of investments available for sale

     5,321       25,403  

Proceeds from maturities of investments held-to-maturity

     15,462       15  

Contributions from minority owners

     18,983       13,476  

Purchase of intangible assets

     (65 )     (556 )
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (191,962 )     (109,377 )
                

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Borrowings

     8,397,822       8,227,417  

Payments on long-term debt

     (8,397,476 )     (8,271,098 )

Deferred financing costs

     (130 )     (4,228 )

Purchase of treasury stock

     (169,673 )     —    

Excess tax benefits from stock award exercises

     3,055       10,516  

Stock award exercises and other share issuances, net

     12,770       19,538  
                

Net cash used in financing activities

     (153,632 )     (17,855 )
                

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (120,060 )     86,700  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     447,046       310,202  
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 326,986     $ 396,902  
                

 

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DAVITA INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

ASSETS    June 30,
2008
    December 31,
2007
 

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 326,986     $ 447,046  

Short-term investments

     51,138       40,278  

Accounts receivable, less allowance of $202,489 and $195,953

     1,046,665       927,949  

Inventories

     81,222       80,173  

Other receivables

     220,343       198,744  

Other current assets

     34,756       34,482  

Deferred income taxes

     228,129       247,578  
                

Total current assets

     1,989,239       1,976,250  

Property and equipment, net

     985,503       939,326  

Amortizable intangibles, net

     170,831       183,042  

Investments in third-party dialysis businesses

     18,350       19,446  

Long-term investments

     7,896       22,562  

Other long-term assets

     45,745       35,401  

Goodwill

     3,831,996       3,767,933  
                
   $ 7,049,560     $ 6,943,960  
                
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY     

Accounts payable

   $ 207,206     $ 225,461  

Other liabilities

     544,229       486,151  

Accrued compensation and benefits

     345,830       334,961  

Current portion of long-term debt

     52,195       23,431  

Income taxes payable

     —         16,492  
                

Total current liabilities

     1,149,460       1,086,496  

Long-term debt

     3,657,118       3,683,887  

Other long-term liabilities

     83,344       83,448  

Alliance and product supply agreement, net

     38,642       41,307  

Deferred income taxes

     181,419       166,055  

Minority interests (fair value under potential put obligations—$292,000 and $330,000)

     159,698       150,517  

Commitments and contingencies

    

Shareholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock ($0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued)

    

Common stock ($0.001 par value, 450,000,000 shares authorized; 134,862,283 shares issued; 104,221,739 and 107,130,127 shares outstanding)

     135       135  

Additional paid-in capital

     734,845       707,080  

Retained earnings

     1,697,175       1,515,290  

Treasury stock, at cost (30,640,544 and 27,732,156 shares)

     (647,225 )     (487,744 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (5,051 )     (2,511 )
                

Total shareholders’ equity

     1,779,879       1,732,250  
                
   $ 7,049,560     $ 6,943,960  
                

 

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DAVITA INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL DATA

(unaudited)

(dollars in millions, except for per share and per treatment data)

 

     Three months ended     Six months
ended
June 30,
2008
 
     June 30,
2008
    March 31,
2008
    June 30,
2007
   

Financial Results excluding the valuation gain on the alliance and product supply agreement and gains on sale of investment securities for the three months ended June 30, 2007:

        

Net income(1)

   $ 95.0     $ 86.9     $ 88.7     $ 181.9  

Diluted earnings per share(1)

   $ 0.90     $ 0.80     $ 0.83     $ 1.70  

Operating income(1)

   $ 205.6     $ 196.7     $ 205.9     $ 402.3  

Operating income margin(1)

     14.6 %     14.6 %     15.7 %     14.6 %

Business Metrics:

        

Volume

        
 

Treatments

     4,018,763       3,934,777       3,792,419       7,953,540  
 

Number of treatment days

     78.0       77.4       78.0       155.4  
 

Treatments per day

     51,523       50,837       48,621       51,181  
 

Per day year over year increase

     6.0 %     6.3 %     5.3 %     6.1 %
 

Non-acquired growth year over year

     4.5 %     5.0 %     4.6 %     4.8 %

Revenue

        
 

Total operating revenue

   $ 1,407     $ 1,345     $ 1,313     $ 2,752  
 

Dialysis revenue per treatment, including the lab

   $ 335.98     $ 328.95     $ 337.94     $ 332.51  
 

Per treatment increase from previous quarter

     2.1 %     0.3 %     0.0 %     —    
 

Per treatment (decrease) increase from previous year

     (0.6 %)     (2.6 %)     2.7 %     (1.6 %)

Expenses

        

A.

 

Patient care costs

        
 

Percent of revenue

     69.2 %     69.2 %     67.9 %     69.2 %
 

Per treatment

   $ 242.19     $ 236.41     $ 234.95     $ 239.33  
 

Per treatment increase (decrease) from previous quarter

     2.4 %     1.5 %     (1.4 %)     —    
 

Per treatment increase (decrease) from previous year

     3.1 %     (0.8 %)     0.4 %     1.2 %

B.

 

General & administrative expenses

        
 

Percent of revenue

     8.9 %     9.0 %     9.3 %     8.9 %
 

Per treatment

   $ 31.15     $ 30.69     $ 32.28     $ 30.93  
 

Per treatment increase (decrease) from previous quarter

     1.5 %     (9.4 %)     5.5 %     —    
 

Per treatment increase (decrease) from previous year

     (3.5 %)     0.3 %     4.4 %     (1.7 %)

C.

 

Bad debt expense as a percent of current-period revenue

     2.7 %     2.6 %     2.6 %     2.6 %

D.

 

Consolidated effective tax rate

     38.0 %     39.0 %     39.3 %     38.5 %

 

(1) These are non-GAAP financial measures. For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, see attached reconciliation schedules.

 

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DAVITA INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL DATA—continued

(unaudited)

(dollars in millions, except for per share and per treatment data)

 

     Three months ended     Six months
ended
June 30,
2008
     June 30,
2008
    March 31,
2008
    June 30,
2007
   

Cash Flow

        

Operating cash flow

   $ 134.5     $ 91.0     $ 125.9     $ 225.5

Operating cash flow, last twelve months

   $ 544.6     $ 536.0     $ 501.0    

Free cash flow (1)

   $ 114.4     $ 73.2     $ 101.7     $ 187.6

Free cash flow, last twelve months (1)

   $ 445.7     $ 433.1     $ 389.5    

Capital expenditures:

        

Development and relocations

   $ 60.2     $ 46.1     $ 30.8     $ 106.3

Routine maintenance/IT other

   $ 20.2     $ 18.5     $ 24.7     $ 38.7

Acquisition expenditures

   $ 60.9     $ 8.8     $ 6.1     $ 69.7

Accounts Receivable

        

Net receivables

   $ 1,047     $ 960     $ 960    

DSO

     70       68       69    

Debt/Capital Structure

        

Total debt (2)

   $ 3,705     $ 3,701     $ 3,703    

Net debt, net of cash (2)

   $ 3,378     $ 3,222     $ 3,306    

Leverage ratio (see Note 1)

     3.07 x     2.94 x     3.23 x  

Overall effective weighted average interest rate during the quarter

     5.75 %     6.10 %     6.52 %  

Effective weighted average interest rate end of the quarter

     5.68 %     5.79 %     6.43 %  

Effective weighted average interest rate on the Senior Secured Credit Facilities end of the quarter

     4.59 %     4.80 %     6.01 %  

Economically fixed interest rates as a percentage of our total debt

     69 %     72 %     79 %  

Share repurchases

   $ 137.2     $ 32.5     $ —       $ 169.7

Clinical (quarterly averages)

        

Dialysis adequacy - % of patients with Kt/V > 1.2

     95 %     95 %     93 %  

Patients with albumin > 3.5

     82 %     82 %     84 %  

Patients with Hb>=11

     81 %     80 %     84 %  

 

(1) These are non-GAAP financial measures. For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, see attached reconciliation schedules.
(2) Excludes an unamortized balance of a debt premium associated with our senior notes that is not actually outstanding debt principal.

 

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DAVITA INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL DATA—continued

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

Note 1: Calculation of the Leverage Ratio

Under the Company’s current Senior Secured Credit Facilities (Credit Agreement), the leverage ratio is defined as all funded debt plus the face amount of all letters of credit issued, minus cash and cash equivalents, divided by “Consolidated EBITDA”. The leverage ratio determines the interest rate margin payable by the Company for its term loan A and revolving line of credit under the Credit Agreement by establishing the margin over the base interest rate (LIBOR) that is applicable. The following leverage ratio was calculated using “Consolidated EBITDA” as defined in the Credit Agreement. The calculation below is based on the last twelve months of “Consolidated EBITDA”, pro forma for the routine acquisitions that occurred during the period. The Company’s management believes that the presentation of “Consolidated EBITDA” is useful to investors to enhance their understanding of the Company’s leverage ratio under its Credit Agreement.

 

     Rolling
12-months

ended
June 30, 2008
 

Net income

   $ 362,057  

Income taxes

     227,604  

Debt expense including the write-off of deferred financing costs

     239,752  

Depreciation and amortization

     206,325  

Minority interests and equity income, net

     44,978  

Other

     727  

Stock-based compensation expense

     37,040  
        

“Consolidated EBITDA”

   $ 1,118,483  
        
     June 30, 2008  

Total debt, excluding debt premium of $4.1 million

   $ 3,705,195  

Letters of credit issued

     50,002  
        
     3,755,197  

Less: cash and cash equivalents

     (326,986 )
        

Consolidated net debt

   $ 3,428,211  
        

Last twelve months “Consolidated EBITDA”

   $ 1,118,483  
        

Leverage ratio

     3.07x  
        

In accordance with the Company’s Credit Agreement, the Company’s leverage ratio cannot exceed 4.75 to 1.0 as of June 30, 2008. At that date, the Company’s leverage ratio did not exceed 4.75 to 1.0.

 

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RECONCILIATIONS FOR NON-GAAP MEASURES

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

1. Net income excluding the valuation gain on the alliance and product supply agreement (the Product Supply Agreement) and gains on the sale of investment securities:

We believe that net income excluding the valuation gain on the Product Supply Agreement and gains on the sale of investment securities enhances a user’s understanding of our normal net income for these periods by providing a measure that is more meaningful because it excludes a non-recurring non-cash item that resulted from the termination of our purchase obligation for dialysis machines from Gambro Renal Products Inc. under the Amended Product Supply Agreement and non-recurring gains on the sale of investment securities and accordingly is more comparable to current and prior periods and indicative of consistent net income. This measure is not a measure of financial performance under United States generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered as an alternative to net income.

 

     Three months ended     Six months ended
June 30,
 
     June 30,
2008
   March 31,
2008
   June 30,
2007
    2008    2007  

Net income

   $ 94,951    $ 86,934    $ 125,024     $ 181,885    $ 201,606  

Less: Valuation gain

     —        —        (55,275 )     —        (55,275 )

Gain on the sale of investment securities

     —        —        (4,234 )     —        (4,234 )

Add: Related income tax

     —        —        23,149       —        23,149  
                                     
   $ 94,951    $ 86,934    $ 88,664     $ 181,885    $ 165,246  
                                     

2. Operating income excluding the pre-tax valuation gain on the Product Supply Agreement:

We believe that operating income excluding the valuation gain on the Product Supply Agreement enhances a user’s understanding of our normal operating income for these periods by providing a measure that is more meaningful because it excludes a non-recurring non-cash item that resulted from the termination of our purchase obligation for dialysis machines from Gambro Renal Products Inc. under the Amended Product Supply Agreement and accordingly is more comparable to prior periods and indicative of consistent operating income items. This measure is not a measure of financial performance under United States generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered as an alternative to operating income.

 

     Three months ended     Six months ended
June 30,
 
     June 30,
2008
   March 31,
2008
   June 30,
2007
    2008    2007  

Operating income

   $ 205,554    $ 196,727    $ 261,217     $ 402,281    $ 454,534  

Less: Valuation gain

     —        —        (55,275 )     —        (55,275 )
                                     
   $ 205,554    $ 196,727    $ 205,942     $ 402,281    $ 399,259  
                                     

 

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RECONCILIATIONS FOR NON-GAAP MEASURES

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

3. Free cash flow

Free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures for routine maintenance and information technology. We believe free cash flow is a useful adjunct to cash flow from operating activities and other measurements under United States generally accepted accounting principles, since free cash flow is a meaningful measure of our ability to fund acquisition and development activities and meet our debt service requirements. Free cash flow is not a measure of financial performance under United States generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities, as an indicator of cash flows or as a measure of liquidity.

 

     Three months ended     Six months
ended

June 30,
2008
 
     June 30,
2008
    March 31,
2008
    June 30,
2007
   

Cash provided by operating activities

   $ 134,510     $ 91,024     $ 125,901     $ 225,534  

Less: Expenditures for routine maintenance and information technology

     (20,153 )     (17,827 )     (24,157 )     (37,980 )
                                

Free cash flow

   $ 114,357     $ 73,197     $ 101,744     $ 187,554  
                                

 

     Rolling 12-Month Period  
     June 30,
2008
    March 31,
2008
    June 30,
2007
 

Cash provided by operating activities

   $ 544,638     $ 536,029     $ 500,977  

Less: Expenditures for routine maintenance and information technology

     (98,897 )     (102,901 )     (111,511 )
                        

Free cash flow

   $ 445,741     $ 433,128     $ 389,466  
                        

 

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