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RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG:Takeover of Kreiskrankenhaus Köthen/Saxony-Anhalt



RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG / Acquisition/Legal Matter



14.12.2006



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RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG, Bad Neustadt a.d.Saale



Takeover of Kreiskrankenhaus Köthen/Saxony-Anhalt



Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale, 14 December 2006 ----- At its council meeting

yesterday evening the District of Köthen in Saxony-Anhalt decided by a

large majority in favour of selling its district hospital to RHÖN-KLINIKUM

AG. The listed hospital group headquartered in the Rhön will acquire the

currently district-owned hospital, which is expected to achieve revenues of

EUR 24 million this year, as of 1 January 2007. The parties agreed to

maintain secrecy regarding the purchase price.



Kreiskrankenhaus Köthen currently has 264 beds. Its offering is comprised

of the specialty fields of internal medicine (125 beds), general surgery

(100 beds), gynaecology and obstetrics (32 beds) and the affiliated

practitioner department urology (7 beds). In 2005, a total of 10,229

patients were treated with a staff of 401.



Against the background of the German health reform, the national

introduction of DRGs (diagnosis related groups) for all hospitals, as well

as increasing competition, began looking for strong prospective buyers

early on by inviting them to submit bids. In the interest of its citizens,

the aim is to ensure future-oriented healthcare delivery in the long term.

In the end it was owing to our expertise and experience in privatising

previously publicly owned hospitals, the future medical concept we

submitted and above all our willingness to swiftly resolve the current

backlog in investment and medical equipment out of own funds that the

decision was taken in favour of the RHÖN-KLINIKUM Group. As part of a

general meeting of employees on 15 December 2006, representatives of the

Board of Management of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG will present the future concept to

the staff of Kreiskrankenhaus Köthen.







Brigitte Sallwey

Sallwey & Partner

Telemannstr. 18

D-60323 Frankfurt

Tel.: (+49) 069-97 203 628





DGAP 14.12.2006

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Language: English

Issuer: RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG

Salzburger Leite 1

97616 Bad Neustadt/ Saale Deutschland

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

Fax: +49 (0)9771 - 97 467

E-mail: fire.ir@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com

WWW: www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com

ISIN: DE0007042301

WKN: 704230

Indices: MDAX

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

Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart



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