Fresenius SE & 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 SE & Co. KGaA 

15.05.2012 18:23

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Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Bad Homburg v.d.H.

- ISIN DE0005785604 -
- German Securities ID No. (WKN) 578 560 -


1. BlackRock, Inc., with its registered office in New York, U.S.A., has
notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that their percentage of
voting rights in Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Else-Kröner-Str. 1, 61352 Bad
Homburg v. d. H., Germany, exceeded the threshold of 5% on May 4, 2012, and
amounts to 5.36% (equivalent to 8,756,380 voting rights of a total of
163,366,002 voting rights) as per this date. All of the voting rights are
attributable to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no.
6 in connection with section 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

2. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., with its registered office in Wilmington,
U.S.A., has notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that their
percentage of voting rights in Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Else-Kröner-Str. 1,
61352 Bad Homburg v. d. H., Germany, exceeded the threshold of 5% on May 4,
2012, and amounts to 5.21% (equivalent to 8,514,097 voting rights of a
total of 163,366,002 voting rights) as per this date. All of the voting
rights are attributable to BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. pursuant to section 22
para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with section 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

3. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., with its registered office in New
York, U.S.A., has notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that
their percentage of voting rights in Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA,
Else-Kröner-Str. 1, 61352 Bad Homburg v. d. H., Germany, exceeded the
threshold of 5% on May 4, 2012, and amounts to 5.21% (equivalent to
8,514,097 voting rights of a total of 163,366,002 voting rights) as per
this date. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock Financial
Management, Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection
with section 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

4. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc., with its registered office in
New York, U.S.A., has notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that
their percentage of voting rights in Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA,
Else-Kröner-Str. 1, 61352 Bad Homburg v. d. H., Germany, exceeded the
threshold of 3% on May 4, 2012, and amounts to 3.31% (equivalent to
5,407,668 voting rights of a total of 163,366,002 voting rights) as per
this date. All of the voting rights are attributable to BlackRock
International Holdings, Inc. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6
in connection with section 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

 
5. BR Jersey International Holdings, L.P., with its registered office in
St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, has notified us pursuant to section 21
para. 1 WpHG that their percentage of voting rights in Fresenius SE & Co.
KGaA, Else-Kröner-Str. 1, 61352 Bad Homburg v. d. H., Germany, exceeded the
threshold of 3% on May 4, 2012, and amounts to 3.31% (equivalent to
5,407,668 voting rights of a total of 163,366,002 voting rights) as per
this date. All of the voting rights are attributable to BR Jersey
International Holdings, L.P. pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6
in connection with section 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

6. BlackRock Group Limited, with its registered office in London, United
Kingdom, has notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that their
percentage of voting rights in Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Else-Kröner-Str. 1,
61352 Bad Homburg v. d. H., Germany, exceeded the threshold of 3% on May 4,
2012 and amounts to 3.17% (equivalent to 5,173,948 voting rights of a total
of 163,366,002 voting rights) as per this date. All of the voting rights
are attributable to BlackRock Group Limited pursuant to section 22 para. 1
sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with section 22 para. 1 sent. 2 WpHG.

Bad Homburg v.d.H., May 2012

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, 
represented by Fresenius Management SE, 
Board of Management



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Language:     English
Company:      Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
              Else-Kröner-Straße 1
              61352 Bad Homburg v.d.H.
              Germany
Internet:     www.fresenius.com
 
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