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DGAP-News: RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG (english)

DGAP-News: RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG (english)

RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG: Annual General Meeting in Frankfurt/Main



RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG / AGM/EGM



10.06.2009



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Shareholders approve increase in dividend on 10 June 2009 at 13:50 p.m.





Results for financial year 2008



* 1.6 million patients treated (+ 6.7%)

* Revenues: EUR 2.1 billion (+ 5.2%)

* Net consolidated profit: EUR 122.6 million (+ 10.3 %)

* Dividend proposal: EUR 0.35 per ordinary share



Q1 2009 results



* More than 450,000 patients treated (+ 10.3 %)

* Revenues: EUR 559.1 million (+ 7.4 %)

* Net consolidated profit: EUR 30.7 million (+ 3.7 %)



Outlook



* Forecast for 2009 reaffirmed

* Capital increase promptly in the second half of the year





Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale/Frankfurt am Main, 10 June 2009 ---- At its Annual

General Meeting today in Frankfurt am Main - for the first time held in the

Jahrhunderthalle Höchst - Wolfgang Pföhler, chairman of the Board of

Management of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG, was pleased with the development in 2008:

'Also in its 21st financial year, the RHÖN-KLINIKUM Group succeeded in

reaching its targets and strengthening its position as a reliable

healthcare provider'.



For the first quarter, he reported further significant growth. And: 'We are

optimistic for the further course of the year', said Wolfgang Pföhler. The

Board of Management confirmed its forecast for 2009: The Group expects to

generate revenues of roughly EUR 2.3 billion and a net consolidated profit

of EUR 130 million within a possible fluctuation range of plus or minus EUR

5 million. Pföhler thus confirmed the forecast given at the results press

conference in March.



Company decides to strengthen capital basis for future growth



Regarding the planned capital increase, Pföhler moreover outlined the

Group's future development: 'Starting from the 37 sites in Germany, we want

to build up a healthcare network making it possible for patients to reach

one of the facilities of our hospital network within maximum 1.5 to two

hours. Our claim is to offer generalised high-quality healthcare provision

that is accessible and affordable for everyone.'



The Supervisory Board and the Board of Management on 24 May 2009 decided to

strengthen the Company's equity capital basis. The capital increase is

currently being prepared and is to be carried out promptly - if and to the

extent the capital markets permit - in the second half of the year.

Utilising its authorised capital, RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG wishes to raise an

amount of up to EUR 500 million.



'The crucial premise for our decision is the wave of hospital

privatisations in the offing for the period from 2010', Pföhler explained.

The global economic and financial crisis will result in rapidly declining

tax revenues at all levels of government (federal, state and local).

Already before the crisis, the investment backlog for German hospitals had

grown to as much as EUR 50 billion.



If the state wanted to avoid rationing medical care, one alternative would

be to work more with experienced, reliable and competent healthcare

providers. 'We are certain that we will succeed in convincing people of our

offering and in presenting an innovative concept of secure healthcare as an

answer to rationing.' Pföhler said.



Following the last recession in 2002/2003, public hospital operators added

almost 20 facilities to the hospital network between 2004 and 2006.

Building on this experience, a similar development could be expected from

2010 given the much more pronounced recession currently witnessed.



'Our capital increase thus at the same time is a strong signal and offer to

the federal states, cities and municipalities', Pföhler emphasised, 'We are

planning this capital increase out of a position of strength of a market

and innovation leader that has set its sights on growth. It is an offer to

shareholders and investors to invest in the core of our business model and

to participate in the expansion of our healthcare network at the different

care levels.'



'We shall continue to employ our restructuring and rationalisation

expertise, coupled with our innovative strength, to modernise hospitals and

to achieve an increasing integration of outpatient and inpatient care',

Wolfgang Pföhler concluded.



Shareholders approve increase in dividend



The proposal of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board to

distribute a dividend for financial year 2008 of EUR 0.35 (previous year:

EUR 0.28) per share with dividend entitlement (DE 0007042301; 103,680,000

non-par shares) was accepted by the shareholders.







Dr. Irmgard Stippler

Board Member for Communication/IT

Phone +49 9771 65-1321 Fax: +49 9771 65-1820

E-mail: kommunikation@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com





10.06.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP



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Language: English

Issuer: RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG

Schlossplatz 1

97616 Bad Neustadt a.d.Saale

Deutschland

Phone: +49 (0)9771 - 65-0

Fax: +49 (0)9771 - 97 467

E-mail: rka@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com

Internet: www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com

ISIN: DE0007042301

WKN: 704230

Indices: MDAX

Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München;

Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart



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