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Home Consolidated Financial Statements Notes Notes in accordance with the german commercial code (HGB) 38. Information on the Supervisory Board

38. INFORMATION ON THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

The Supervisory Board appoints the members of the Management Board and supervises and advises the Management Board in managing the Company. However, the Supervisory Board is fundamentally prohibited from managing the Company in any way. The compensation of the Supervisory Board is determined by the Annual General Meeting and is subject to the provisions contained in Section 14 of the Articles of Association of Fresenius SE. Each member of the Supervisory Board shall receive a fixed compensation of € 13 thousand. The members of the Audit Committee and the Personnel Committee of the Supervisory Board receive an additional € 10 thousand each and the Chairman of the committee a further € 10 thousand. For each full fiscal year, the remuneration increases by 10% for each percentage point that the dividend paid on each ordinary share for that year (gross dividend according to the resolution of the Annual General Meeting) exceeds 3.6% of the amount equal to the subscribed capital divided by the number of nonpar value shares; residual amounts are interpolated. The Chairman receives twice this amount and the deputies to the Chairman one and a half times the amount of a Supervisory Board member. All members of the Supervisory Board receive appropriate compensation for costs of travel and accommodation incurred in connection with their duties as members of the Supervisory Board. Fresenius SE provides to the members of the Supervisory Board insurance coverage in an adequate amount (relating to their function) and on an adequate excess amount basis.

For the years 2008 and 2007, the compensation for the members of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE were as follows:

	Fixed compensation		Compensation for commitee services		Variable compensation		Total compensation
in thousand €	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007
Dr. Gerd Krick	26	26	30	25	173	162	229	213
Dr. Dieter Schenk	20	16	0	0	129	100	149	116
Niko Stumpfögger (since July 16, 2007)	20	8	0	0	129	49	149	57
Prof.Dr. h.c. Roland Berger (since May 21, 2008)	8	0	12	0	53	0	73	0
Gerhard Herres (until July 13, 2007)	0	7	0	0	0	43	0	50
Dario Ilossi (since July 16, 2007)	13	6	0	0	86	38	99	44
Konrad Kölbl (since July 16, 2007)	13	6	10	3	86	38	109	47
Dr. Gabriele Kröner (until May 21, 2008)	5	13	0	0	33	81	38	94
Dr. Bernd Mathieu (until July 13, 2007)	0	7	0	0	0	43	0	50
Klaus-Peter Müller (since May 21, 2008)	8	0	0	0	53	0	61	0
Christel Neumann (until July 13, 2007)	0	7	0	0	0	43	0	50
Ilona Oesterle (until July 13, 2007)	0	7	0	0	0	43	0	50
Dr. Gerhard Rupprecht	13	13	0	0	86	81	99	94
Wilhelm Sachs	13	13	10	3	86	80	109	96
Dr. Karl Schneider	13	13	20	11	86	81	119	105
Stefan Schubert (since July 16, 2007)	13	6	0	0	86	38	99	44
Rainer Stein (since July 16, 2007)	13	6	10	3	86	38	109	47
Volker Weber (until July 13, 2007)	0	10	0	11	0	64	0	85
Dr. Bernhard Wunderlin (until May 21, 2008)	5	13	8	16	33	81	46	110
Total	183	177	100	72	1,205	1,103	1,488	1,352