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RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG: Results Press Conference in Frankfurt/Main on 28 April

2011



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Results

RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG: Results Press Conference in Frankfurt/Main on 28

April 2011



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Results for financial year 2010

* Further 13.4% increase in patient treatments is proof of the trust in the

high quality of medical care offering.

* Growth in revenues of 9.9% and in earnings of 10.2% in 2010 demonstrate

the sustainability of growth course.

* Occupation of new buildings in Gießen and Marburg in the first quarter of

2011. The investment commitments there - EUR 260 million from shareholder

funds - were fully met. Gießen and Marburg are proof of investment

capability and innovative strength.



Q1 2011 results

* Continued rise in patient numbers by 69,839 cases or 13.7% to a total of

579,632 cases (previous year: 509,793 cases) underscores our good start

into the new financial year.

* Revenues climbed by 3.7% to reach EUR 647.2 million.

* Net consolidated profit rose by EUR 3.7 million or 10.8% to reach EUR

38.0 million.

* EBITDA rose by EUR 5.7 million or 7.8% to reach EUR 78.8 million.

* EBIT improved by EUR 3.8 million or 8.1% to EUR 50.6 million.



Forecast for the further course of 2011



The Company confirms its forecast for 2011. Despite a challenging

environment, the Company expects to generate revenues of roughly EUR 2.65

billion, an EBITDA of EUR 340 million and a net consolidated profit of

approximately EUR 160 million, with the last two figures potentially

fluctuating within a range of plus or minus 5%.





Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale/Frankfurt am Main, 28 April 2011

At its annual Results Press Conference today, the Board of Management of

RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG will confirm the trend figures already published in

February. 'We can look back on a successful financial year 2010. 'Patient

numbers have grown once again', said Wolfgang Pföhler, chairman of the

Board of Management of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG. 'We are proud of the achievement

of our employees and facilities. The growing demand for our healthcare

services is proof of the trust people put in the high quality of our

medical offering. We have succeeded in continuing our growth in both the

outpatient and inpatient area. Our revenue and earnings targets were met as

expected. We once again succeeded in expanding our market share in 2010.

Our long-standing facilities report organic growth well above the emerging

national average. At the same time we stick to our policy of investing the

lion's share of our corporate profit in our hospitals and MVZs, - some 70%

of that profit is reinvested. That makes our investment ratio significantly

higher than that of any public operator. The reliability of our business

model was once again demonstrated. We can thus present a thoroughly

positive result for financial year 2010', Pföhler said.



Results for financial year 2010

In 2010, a total of more than two million patients were treated in the

Group's facilities. During the same period, revenues rose to EUR 2.55

billion. Net consolidated profit increased as forecast by 10.2% to EUR

145.1 million. Compared with last year, EBITDA was raised by 8.2% to EUR

307.3 million and EBIT by 8.7% to EUR 197.9 million. Operating cash flow

saw an increase of 7.4% to EUR 255.9 million.

The 13.4% rise in patient treatments was 'proof of the great trust in the

quality of our work'. With growth in revenues of 9.9% and in earnings of

10.2% in 2010, RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG moreover demonstrated the sustainability of

its growth course - also in times of crisis. Pföhler gave assurance that

this 'reliable' course would also be 'steadfastly' maintained in the new

financial year.

On 8 June 2011, the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board will

propose a dividend of EUR 0.37 (previous year: EUR 0.30) per ordinary

non-par share with dividend entitlement (DE 0007042301; 138,232,000 non-par

shares).



Jobs in 2010

As at 31 December 2010, RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG employed a total of 38,058 people

in ten federal states.

That is 1176 more than in the previous year. Above all doctors and nursing

staff were added. In many regions, the Group's facilities have come to be

amongst the largest employers.



Q1 2011 results

The Management is pleased with the start the Company has made into

financial year 2011. Already in the first three months, the Group treated

579,632 patients (+ 13.7%). Revenues rose to EUR 647.2 million (+3.7%). Net

consolidated profit rose 10.8% to reach EUR 38.0 million.

EBITDA climbed to EUR 78.8 million (+ 7.8%). EBIT stood at EUR 50.6

million, which translates into a rise of 8.1% versus the previous year's

level. As at 31 March 2011, the Group had 38,174 employees.

'The good first-quarter figures provide a very good starting point for

reliably reaching our forecast for full-year 2011', said Dr. Erik Hamann,

the Company's CFO.

To major projects were already successfully concluded in the first quarter.

At the University Hospital of Gießen and Marburg two new buildings were put

into service. At both sites the moves were completed without any incidents.



Outlook for 2011:

Securing the future sustainability of good medical care is one of the key

aims pursued by the Group. Demographic trends and the related growing need

for high-quality medical care for the elderly present new challenges for

the healthcare system. 'We are committed to meeting these needs by creating

medical care offerings tailored to the individual needs of patients. We

have starting doing this by strengthening our medical care networks within

our Group, for example in acute geriatrics.

The groundwork for this has been laid with the acquisition of the Salze

Klinik hospital and the integration of a geriatric focus within our

hospital network - an outstanding medical concept in which we are once

again setting standards nationally. We are forging ahead with efforts to

implement viable and path-breaking service offerings.

At the same time, we continue to be committed to seeing through our

development from classic hospital operator to integrated healthcare

provider. The emerging structural transformation shows that we have come a

good way towards successfully completing the process begun two years ago:

advances in medicine and medical technology are giving rise to more and

more opportunities for outpatient treatment. There is hardly any better

example of how inpatient services are thus being shifted into the

outpatient segment than the specialist field of ophthalmology. We

identified the opportunities it holds early on, and are able to offer

patients innovative care services after our market entry into the field of

ophthalmology at the beginning of the year.

Right now the basis is being created for new legislation governing

outpatient care', explained the chairman of the Board of Management,

Wolfgang Pföhler. This new healthcare provision act has been prompted by

the shortage of doctors that is in the offing, especially in rural and

structurally weak regions.

As one of the largest providers of healthcare in Germany, RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG

wants to participate in shaping the required system change. And the Company

views the integration of outpatient and inpatient care and the creation of

attractive working conditions for doctors designed to harmonise family and

career as an important first step towards this goal.



'Good health means quality of life, which is the highest human good. In

2011 also, our objective is thus to offer generalised high-quality care

that is accessible and affordable for everyone', said Pföhler.





Contact:



Hans-Jürgen Heck

Head of Group Press and Public Relations



Schlossplatz 1

97616 Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale

Germany



Tel.: ++49 (0) 9771/ 65 - 1322

Fax: ++49 (0) 9771/ 65 - 1820

E-mail: hans-juergen.heck@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com



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 35 medical care

centres (MVZs) throughout Germany. We employ more than 38,000 persons. In

financial year 2010, more than two million patients were treated in the

Group's facilities.

Further information is available at: www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com.





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Language: English

Company: 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

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

Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart





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