Getinge strengthens competitiveness through concentration of production units and establishes global innovation center

Getinge continues to enhance its operational efficiency by further concentrating
its production to fewer units with greater resources. As a step in this pursuit,
the Extended Care business area intends to relocate the manufacturing of its
bath and hygiene products from Eslöv, Sweden, to the production facility in
Poznan, Poland, and to a third party.

The planned change will lead to the successive discontinuation of production in
Eslöv. All staff in Arjo Hospital Equipment in Eslöv and at Meditechnik in
Germany will be affected. About 150 employees in Eslöv and at Meditechnik are
expected to be made redundant, the majority in Sweden. The staff in Eslöv and at
Meditechnik was informed of the planned changes this morning.

“We will initiate discussions with the Swedish Public Employment Service and the
municipality to support the process of finding new employment for the staff who
are expected to be made redundant due to the planned discontinuation of the
operation in Eslöv,” says Alex Myers, Executive Vice President of Extended Care.

The discontinuation is scheduled to commence in mid-2013 and is expected to be
completed during the second half of 2014.

Getinge’s Extended Care business area, which operates under the ArjoHuntleigh
brand, will at the same time continue its intense focus on research and
development and on establishing a global innovation center in Malmö. The center
will concentrate on developing the company’s global range of mobility and
hygiene products, and will employ about 65 individuals. The center is expected
to open in spring 2013.

For further information, please contact:

Alex Myers

CEO, Extended Care

Tel: +46 10 335 46 53

E-mail: alex.myers@ArjoHuntleigh.com

GETINGE GROUP is a leading global provider of products and systems that
contribute to quality enhancement and cost efficiency in healthcare, care and
research. We operate under the three brands of ArjoHuntleigh, GETINGE and
MAQUET. ArjoHuntleigh focuses on patient mobility and wound management
solutions. GETINGE provides solutions for infection control in healthcare and
contamination prevention in biotechnology. MAQUET specializes in solutions,
therapies and products for surgical interventions and intensive care.

The information is such that Getinge AB must disclose in accordance with the
Swedish Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.