Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s leading renal therapy company was once again honored with numerous Investor Relation awards in 2008.

As in the previous year, Fresenius Medical Care was awarded for the best Investor Relations work among corporations of the German Stock Index (Dax) by business magazine “Capital” and the German Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management (DVFA).

Fresenius Medical Care also continues to hold top positions internationally
and among industry peers: Based on a Europe-wide industry survey by “Institutional Investor”, Fresenius Medical Care’s Investor Relations once again takes the lead in the health care sector.

Further top ratings came from “Thomson Reuters Extel Surveys”: in the Medtech & Services Sector, Fresenius Medical Care came in first in the categories “Best Investor Relations Team” and “Best Online Annual Report in Industry”.

CFO Lawrence Rosen took the first position as best Pan-European Chief Financial Officer. Oliver Maier, Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, also ranked first in the category Investor Relations Individual in the Med Tech & Services sector.

Additionally, Fresenius Medical Care’s latest annual report for the 2007 business year was also awarded several times: This year’s “Vision Awards”
of the “League of American Communications Professionals” (LACP) honored Fresenius Medical Care with Platinum awards for ranking first in the categories “Health Care – Providers & Services” and “Best Cover”. The annual report came in fifth in the TOP 100 international ranking.

Furthermore, the annual analysis “The best Annual Reports 2008” conducted on behalf of “Manager Magazine”, ranked Fresenius Medical Care second among the 30 corporations in the German Dax Index and third among all 184 Annual Reports evaluated.

The company also received top rankings from “IR Global Rankings”:
Here, Fresenius Medical Care was honored with the first position in both categories: “Best Online Report in the Industry” and “Best Investor-Relations-Team”.

Oliver Maier, who has been the Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Fresenius Medical Care since 1999 said: “I would like to thank the entire team for their great work! This lasting success is owed to the continuous commitment of all team members and the strong support of the management. Our main task has always been to provide our shareholders and analysts with a detailed picture of Fresenius Medical Care by offering accessible, transparent and current information. Considering that not all news is always positive, we feel especially honored to receive an even higher level of recognition and praise for our work in 2007 and 2008.The numerous recognitions are an incentive for the team to retain this high level of work quality and to further advance. We also want to thank everybody who participated and voted for our company in the competitions and surveys mentioned. We are very grateful for every feedback we receive as it allows us to better evaluate the information needs of the market.”

Background information:

The ”Capital Investor Relations Award” is one of the most prestigious German Investor Relations awards. “Capital” magazine, together with the German Association for financial analysis and asset management (DVFA), awarded the prize in June 2008 for the 12th time.

“Institutional Investor Research Group” has published industry standard rankings for the international financial sector for over 40 years. Sell-side and buy-side analysts are surveyed on a regular basis. The ranking was published in May 2008.

The 35th “Thomson Reuters Extel Survey” was published in June 2008 after surveying over 7,500 capital market professionals from investment firms, more than 1,500 sell-side analysts and 450 of Europe’s largest quoted companies worldwide.

During the annual “Vision Awards” which took place recently in July 2008, the “League of American Communications Professionals” awards the best annual reports worldwide. In the process, a Jury awards 36 prizes in 9 categories (each has a Platinum-, Gold-, Silver- and Bronze-Award) and assesses an industry-based and total overview. In 2008, the assessment included more than 3,000 annual reports.

Every year, “Manager Magazine” identifies “The Best Annual Reports” based on a detailed analysis focused on content, layout and language. Each of the three categories undergoes objective scientific analysis by individual universities. In addition, a jury of capital markets experts evaluates the informative value, reporting efficiency and reliability of the annual reports. 184 German annual reports were analyzed and the results published September 2008.

“IR Global Rankings” is a comprehensive ranking system for Investor Relations performance. Its independent experts review the worldwide communication processes between corporations and their analysts and investors. The mentioned rankings were also published in May 2008.