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Jan 27, 2011

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Fresenius SE: Change of Legal Form, Conversion of Preference Shares to Ordinary Shares

In the annual general meeting of Fresenius SE, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, on May 12, 2010, a change in legal form from the legal form of SE to the legal form of SE & Co. KGaA (“Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien”, partnership limited by shares) was decided. The conversion will presumably be entered in the Commercial Register on January 28, 2011. Upon the entry of the conversion, Fresenius SE will continue to exist as Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA. Upon entry and by act of law, owners of ordinary shares (DE0005785604) as well as owners of preference shares (DE0005785638) will be unit holders of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA.

Furthermore, the annual general meeting of Fresenius SE decided the conversion of preference shares into ordinary shares. Thereby, all nonvoting preference shares of Fresenius SE will be converted at a ratio of 1:1 into ordinary shares with voting rights of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA.

Upon entry of the change in legal form into the Commercial Register, the ordinary shares (DE0005785604) and preference shares (DE0005785638) of Fresenius SE will expire by act of law. Consequently, exchange trading of these shares is scheduled to be suspended in the course of January 28, 2011.

At the same time, trading in Eurex options and the Eurex stock futures contract on Fresenius SE preference shares (FRE3/FREG) will presumably be set on “HALT”.

Introduction in trading of ordinary shares of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA shares including ordinary shares originating from the conversion of preference shares of Fresenius SE is scheduled to take place on January 31, 2011 under the ISIN DE0005785604.

This circular contains a description of the necessary adjustments to the Eurex option and the Eurex stock futures contract on Fresenius SE preference shares (FRE3/FREG).

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