Ad-hoc | 24 May 2012 15:45
RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG / Key word(s): Offer/Agreement
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RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG
Ad hoc Disclosure according to § 15 paragraph 1 WpHG
The management board of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG will recommend that the
RHÖN-KLINIKUM shareholders accept the public offer by FPS Beteiligungs AG
Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale, 24 May 2012: On 18 May 2012, FPS Beteiligungs AG,
a 100 percent subsidiary of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, published a public
takeover offer to the shareholders of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG. In this context,
the management board of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG today entered into an agreement in
principle with the management board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA. This
agreement contains key points regarding the maintenance of jobs and
locations as well as measures for the integration of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG into
the Fresenius-Group in case the takeover offer will be successful. Against
the background of this agreement in principle, the management board of
RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG will recommend that the shareholders of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG
accept the public takeover offer by FPS Beteiligungs AG. The comprehensive
reasoned opinion (begründete Stellungnahme) of the management board of
RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG will be published within a few days. Presumably on Whit
Monday, 28 May 2012, the supervisory board of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG will resolve
on a separate own opinion based on a proposal submitted by the special
committee that was established for this purpose.
The Board of Management
Contact:
Folker Dries
Hering Schuppener Unternehmensberatung für Kommunikation
Mainzer Landstraße 41
60329 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: 069 / 92 18 74 26
Mobile: 0151 / 16 23 15 56
Fax: 069 / 92 18 74 40
E-Mail: fdries@heringschuppener.com
Dr. Kai G. Klinger
Head of Investor Relations
RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG
Schlossplatz 1
D-97616 Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale
Tel.: +49 (0)9771-65.13 18
Fax: +49 (0)9771-99.17 36
Mobile: +49 (0)151-12 58 27 07
E-Mail: kai.klinger@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com
web: http://www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com
Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Eugen Münch
Vorstand: Wolfgang Pföhler (Vors.), Volker Feldkamp, Dr. Erik Hamann,
Martin Menger, Dr. Irmgard Stippler
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale
Registergericht Schweinfurt HRB 1670
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Language: English
Company: RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG
Schlossplatz 1
97616 Bad Neustadt a.d.Saale
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)9771 - 65-0
Fax: +49 (0)9771 - 97 467
E-mail: rka@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com
Internet: www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com
ISIN: DE0007042301
WKN: 704230
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
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