RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG: RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG publishes preliminary business figures

for full-year 2011



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RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG: RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG publishes preliminary business

figures for full-year 2011



09.02.2012 / 07:00



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Number of treated patients grows by +11.5 % to over 2.2 million

Revenues climb by +3.0 % to reach EUR 2.63 billion

Operating EBITDA improves by +9.8 % to EUR 337 million

Net consolidated profit rises by +11.0 % to EUR 161 million



Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, 9 February 2012 -------- With its revenue and

earnings figures for financial year 2011 published today, RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG

has clearly performed in line with expectations, comfortably reaching its

stated targets as in the past despite a challenging regulatory environment.

'Last year's growth in patient numbers well into double digit territory

demonstrates impressively our reliable and generalised-coverage medical

care competence as well as the high quality of our medical offering', said

Wolfgang Pföhler, chairman of the Board of Management of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG.



In 2011, a total of 2,277,000 patients were treated in the Group's

facilities. This translates into growth of 11.5 % compared with the year

before. Revenues rose over the same period by 3.0 % to reach EUR 2.63

billion. During the reporting period, net consolidated profit stood at EUR

161 million, exceeding the figure of the same period in 2010 by 11.0 %. In

2011, operating EBITDA was EUR 337 million, which corresponds to a 9.8 %

rise compared with the previous year. Reported EBITDA was moreover boosted

by a one-off, non-operative extraordinary effect in the amount of EUR 17

million.



'Despite tougher framework conditions and substancial price pressures, we

demonstrated last year that providing high-quality medical care for

everyone can be reconciled to demanding economic objectives within the

German healthcare system. That is something we are proud of. We once again

expect rising demand at our hospitals accompanied by correspondingly

earnings contributions', said Dr. Erik Hamann, CFO at RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG.



'Our high capacity to invest, which is ultimately fed from the surpluses

generated by our hospitals, is what forms the basis of sustainable,

efficient and thus also affordable hospital care. During the past financial

year, for example, we opened new buildings in Gießen, Marburg, Hildesheim,

Erlenbach and Munich. At the same time this is the starting point for our

sound growth course whose core element is the focus on sustainable and

integrated care structures. In this regard we deliberately do away with the

boundaries between hospitals and outpatient care centres in the interest of

meeting the real need of patients, and create the basis for the

patient-oriented, open medical care of tomorrow', adds Wolfgang Pföhler in

conclusion.



Summary of key figures



2011 2010 Change in %

Patients treated 2,277,153 2,041,782 +11.5 %

Revenues (EUR m) 2,628 2,550 +3.0 %

Operating EBITDA (EUR m) 337 307 +9.8 %

Net consolidated profit (EUR m)161 145 +11.0 %



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RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG is one of the largest healthcare providers in Germany. Its

corporate objective is high-quality medical care for everyone. Currently,

our Group counts 53 hospitals at 43 sites as well as 38 medical care

centres (MVZs) throughout Germany. We employ more than 39,000 persons. In

financial year 2011, more than 2.2 million patients were treated in the

Group's facilities. Further information is available at:

www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com





Dr. Kai G. Klinger

Head of Investor Relations



RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG

Schlossplatz 1

D-97616 Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale

Tel.: +49 (0)9771-65.13 18

Fax: +49 (0)9771-99.17 36

Mobil: +49 (0)151-12 58 27 07

E-Mail: kai.klinger@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com

web: www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com





Hans-Jürgen Heck

RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG

Head of Group Press and Public Relations

Schlossplatz 1

97616 Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale

Tel. + 49 (9771) 65-1322

Fax: + 49 (9771) 65-1820

hans-juergen.heck@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com





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Language: English

Company: RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG

Schlossplatz 1

97616 Bad Neustadt a.d.Saale

Germany

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

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

Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart





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