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| Investor News | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA Investor Relations Else-Kr ner-Str. 1 D-61352 Bad Homburg Contact: | ||
| Oliver Maier | |||
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| Fax: | + 49 6172 609 2301 | ||
| E-mail : | ir@fmc-ag.com | ||
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| Heinz Schmidt | |||
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| June 2, 2006 |
Renal Care Group Subpoenaed
Regarding Stock Option Program
Bad Homburg, Germany Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA
announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Renal Care Group, Inc., has
received a subpoena from the United States Attorney s Office for the Southern
District of New York requesting documents relating to grants of stock options
by Renal Care Group during the period from when Renal Care Group was formed in
1996 through the present. Fresenius Medical Care completed the acquisition of
Renal Care Group on March 31, 2006.
Medical Care s confidence in the management of Renal Care Group, the Company
believes that Renal Care Group s option program was appropriately administered.
On behalf of Renal Care Group, Fresenius Medical Care will cooperate with the
U.S. Attorney s office to resolve this matter expeditiously.
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, June 02, 2006
Fresenius Medical Care is the world s largest, integrated provider of
products and services for individuals undergoing dialysis because of chronic
kidney failure, a condition that affects more than 1,400,000 individuals
worldwide. Through its network of approximately 2,045 dialysis clinics in North
America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Africa, Fresenius Medical Care
provides dialysis treatment to approximately 158,700 patients around the globe.
Fresenius Medical Care is also the world s leading provider of dialysis
products such as hemodialysis machines, dialyzers and related disposable
products. Fresenius Medical Care is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(FME, FME3) and the New York Stock Exchange (FMS, FMS-p).
For more information about Fresenius Medical Care visit the Company s
website at www.fmc-ag.com.
release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks
and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those described
in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, including changes
in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, foreign
exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative
proceedings, and the availability of financing. These and other risks and
uncertainties are detailed in Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA s
reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fresenius
Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA does not undertake any responsibility to update
the forward-looking statements in this release.