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)

03.09.2010 13:58 

Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
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On August 31, 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 fallen below the 3% limit of the Voting
Rights on August 25, 2010 and now amount to 2.76% (this corresponds to
8,224,184 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1,
No. 6 of the WpHG in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG, 2.76% of the
Voting Rights (this corresponds to 8,224,184 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to BlackRock, Inc.

On August 31, 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 fallen below the 3%
limit of the Voting Rights on August 25, 2010 and now amount to 2.61% (this
corresponds to 7,765,408 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section
1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG,
2.61% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 7,765,408 Voting Rights) is
to be attributed to BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

On August 31, 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 fallen below the 3%
limit of the Voting Rights on August 25, 2010 and now amount to 2.61% (this
corresponds to 7,765,408 Voting Rights). According to Article 22, Section
1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG,
2.61% of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 7,765,408 Voting Rights) is
to be attributed to BlackRock Holdco 2 Inc.


Bad Homburg v.d.H., September 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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