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16.09.2011

Ad hoc Release according §15 WpHG Asklepios increases its share in MediClin AG and with 52.73 per cent holds now the majority of shares The chairman of the Management Board of MediClin AG will be Chairman of Corporate Management of Asklepios Kliniken Gmb

Offenburg, September 16, 2011 – Today MEDICLIN Aktiengesellschaft (MediClin AG) was informed by Asklepios Kliniken GmbH, Hamburg, that Asklepios will increase its share in the subscribed capital of MediClin AG from 34.72 per cent up to 52.73 per cent. In this context MediClin AG was informed that Asklepios has purchased over-the-counter in total 8,556,897 MediClin shares (this corresponds to about 18.01 per cent of the share capital of MediClin AG). The transfer is expected to take place on September 26, 2011. Acquired was a block of shares of Provinzial Rheinland Lebensversicherung AG Die Versicherung der Sparkassen, Düsseldorf, which Asklepios already was entitled to purchase since 2009.

In the context of the above mentioned majority shareholding the Supervisory Board of Asklepios Kliniken GmbH, Hamburg, decided today to appoint Dr. Ulrich Wandschneider, Chairman of the Management Board of MediClin AG, as Chairman of Corporate Management of Asklepios Klinik GmbH, effective November 1, 2011. On this date Dr. Wandschneider will take over the chair of the Corporate Management of the Asklepios Group and will resign as Chairman of the Management Board of MediClin AG but will be member of the Management Board of the Company for the time being. It is planed that Frank Abele, Member of Management Board, will take the role as Spokesman of the Management Board of Mediclin AG

About MediClin AG (Ticker: MED; ISIN: DE0006595101)
MediClin AG is a nation-wide clinic operator and large provider of services in the area of Psycho- and Neurosciences as well as Orthopaedic. With 34 clinics and 7 nursing care facilities and 11 Medizinische Versorgungszentren (medical care units) in 11 federal states MediClin has a total capacity of approximately 8,000 beds. MediClins’ facilities include acute care clinics, i.e., general hospitals, special treatment facilities, specialised hospitals and clinics for post-acute treatment and medical rehabilitation. MediClin has approximately 8,200 employees.