Consolidated Financial Statements Auditor`s Report 
AUDITOR’S REPORT
To the Fresenius Societas Europaea, Bad Homburg v. d.Höhe
We have audited the consolidated financial statements prepared by the Fresenius Societas Europaea, Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe, comprising the balance sheet, the income statement, statement of changes in equity, cash flow statement and the notes to the consolidated financial statements for the business year from January 1 to December 31, 2008. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP) are the responsibility of the parent company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements based on our audit. In addition, we have been engaged to express an opinion as to whether the voluntarily prepared group management report is in agreement with the group management report of Fresenius Societas Europaea, Bad Homburg v. d.Höhe, prepared in accordance with § 290 and § 315 HGB [Handelsgesetzbuch “German Commercial Code“] apart from appropriate incorporation of US GAAP financial data.
We conducted our audit of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with § 317 HGB and German generally accepted standards for the audit of financial statements promulgated by the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit such that misstatements materially affecting the presentation of the net assets, financial position and results of operations in the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework and in the group management report are detected with reasonable assurance. Knowledge of the business activities and the economic and legal environment of the Group and expectations as to possible misstatements are taken into account in the determination of audit procedures. The effectiveness of the accounting-related internal control system and the evidence supporting the disclosures in the consolidated financial statements and the group management report are examined primarily on a test basis within the framework of the audit. The audit includes assessing the annual financial statements of those entities included in consolidation, the determination of entities to be included in consolidation, the accounting and consolidation principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Our audit has not led to any reservations.
In our opinion, based on the findings of our audit, the consolidated financial statements comply with US GAAP and give a true and fair view of the net assets, financial position and results of operations of the Group in accordance with these requirements. The voluntarily prepared group management report is consistent with the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP and is, apart from appropriate incorporation of US GAAP financial data, in agreement with the group management report of Fresenius Societas Europaea prepared in accordance with § 290 and § 315 HGB, on which we issued an unqualified statutory audit opinion. Based on this, the group management report as a whole provides a suitable view of the Group’s position and suitably presents the opportunities and risks of future development.
Frankfurt am Main, February 26, 2009
KPMG AG
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
(former
KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft)
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