RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG  / Key word(s): Offer/Agreement

24.05.2012 15:45

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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: 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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