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In 2006, Fresenius Kabi made acquisitions of € 14 million, mainly referring to subsequent costs for the acquisition of Endomed Laboratório Farmacéutico Ltda., Brazil, as well as the take over of a distributor in South Africa.

In 2007, Fresenius ProServe spent € 175 million on acquisitions mainly related to the acquisition of the remaining 40% of the shares of HUMAINE Kliniken GmbH (HUMAINE), Germany, and the acquisition of a majority stake of 75% in the Krefeld Municipal Hospitals, Germany, by HELIOS Kliniken GmbH (HELIOS).

In the first quarter of 2007, Fresenius ProServe closed the divestiture of its subsidiary Pharmaplan GmbH, Germany, to NNE A/S, Denmark. Furthermore, Fresenius ProServe sold its subsidiary Pharmatec GmbH, Germany, to Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany. This transaction was completed on June 30, 2007.

Fresenius ProServe made acquisitions in an amount of € 139 million, which mainly referred to the acquisition of 60 % of the stakes in HUMAINE by HELIOS and additional stakes in HELIOS in 2006. Since the beginning of the third quarter of 2006, HUMAINE has been consolidated.

In the fourth quarter of 2006, Fresenius Biotech signed a contract to acquire additional shares of Trion Pharma GmbH, Germany in an amount of € 9 million. Contingent upon the achievement of certain performance criteria, additional contractual milestone payments in a maximum amount of € 14 million have been agreed. The acquisition was closed in the first quarter of 2007.

IMPACTS ON THE FRESENIUS GROUP’S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
RESULTING FROM ACQUISITIONS

In the fiscal year 2007, all acquisitions have been accounted for applying the purchase method and accordingly have been consolidated starting with the date of acquisition. Each single acquisition is not material. The excess of the total acquisition costs over the fair value of the net assets acquired was € 585 million and € 2,811 million in 2007 and 2006, respectively.

The purchase price allocations are not yet finalized for all acquisitions. Based on preliminary purchase price allocations, the recognized goodwill was € 495 million and the other intangible assets were € 90 million. Of this goodwill, € 210 million is attributable to the acquisitions of Fresenius Medical Care, € 163 million to Fresenius Kabi’s acquisitions and € 122 million to Fresenius ProServe’s acquisitions.

The acquisitions completed in 2007 or included in the consolidated statements for the first time for a full year, contributed the following amounts to the development of sales and earnings:

in million € 2007
 
Sales 538
EBITDA 97
EBIT 77
Net interest -51
Net income 5
 

The acquisitions increased the total assets of the Fresenius Group by € 618 million.