DGAP-PVR: 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 / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

18.05.2010 17:52 

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On May 12, 2010, BlackRock Inc., New York, USA has informed us according to
Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, Bad Homburg, Deutschland, ISIN:
DE0005785802, WKN: 578580, have exceeded the 3% limit of the Voting Rights
on May 6, 2010 and now amount to 3.53% (this corresponds to 10,437,692
Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of
the WpHG in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG, 3.53% of the Voting
Rights (this corresponds to 10,437,692 Voting Rights) is to be attributed
to BlackRock, Inc.

On May 12, 2010, BlackRock Financial Mangement Inc., New York, USA has
informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares
its Voting Rights on Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, Bad Homburg,
Deutschland, ISIN: DE0005785802, WKN: 578580, have exceeded the 3% limit of
the Voting Rights on May 6, 2010 and now amount to 3.37% (this corresponds
to 9,954,735 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence
1, No. 6 of the WpHG in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG, 3.37% of
the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 9,954,735 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

On May 12, 2010, BlackRock Holdco 2 Inc., Willmington, Delaware, USA has
informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares
its Voting Rights on Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, Bad Homburg,
Deutschland, ISIN: DE0005785802, WKN: 578580, have exceeded the 3% limit of
the Voting Rights on May 6, 2010 and now amount to 3.37% (this corresponds
to 9,954,735 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence
1, No. 6 of the WpHG in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG, 3.37% of
the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 9,954,735 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to BlackRock Holdco 2 Inc.


Bad Homburg v.d.H., May 2010

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
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.fmc-ag.de
 
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