CNA Presents Fresenius Medical Care North America with National Safety Award for Ninth Consecutive Year.

CHICAGO -- For the ninth consecutive year, CNA insurance companies presented its Safety in Excellence Award to Fresenius Medical Care North America, the North American subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA. CNA's award recognizes a company's national leadership and dedicated commitment to employee health, safety, loss prevention and risk control. For nine consecutive years, Fresenius has demonstrated significant reductions in employee lost time injury rates.

Held at CNA's home office in Chicago, the award presentation was made by Steve Lilienthal, chairman and chief executive officer, CNA. Lilienthal was joined by Bill Boyd, senior vice president, CNA Risk Control, and Ron Murtlow, vice president, CNA Risk Management Underwriting.

"This marks the ninth consecutive year that Fresenius Medical Care North America has received our Safety in Excellence Award," said Lilienthal. "This was an especially tremendous accomplishment as Fresenius saw a reduction in its most serious employee injuries during a year in which it experienced a 24% growth."

Fresenius officials - including Larry Park, vice president of Corporate Health, Safety, Environmental Affairs, Engineering, Security and Risk Management; and Eric Bishop, vice president, Finance Administration - were on hand to receive the award. They were joined by George Kuklevsky, managing director, Marsh USA Inc., and John Lapreay, senior vice president, Marsh USA Inc.

"Without the dedicated efforts of all our employees, this award would not be possible," said Park. "Through their contributions, the entire company has been honored for the ninth consecutive year in the area of employee health and safety."

Fresenius Medical Care is the world's largest integrated provider of products and services for individuals undergoing dialysis because of chronic kidney failure, a condition that affects more than 1,500,000 individuals worldwide. Through its network of 2,194 dialysis clinics in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Africa, Fresenius Medical Care provides dialysis treatment to 169,216 patients around the globe. Fresenius Medical Care is also the world's leading provider of dialysis products such as hemodialysis machines, dialyzers and related disposable products. Fresenius Medical Care is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FME, FME3) and the New York Stock Exchange (FMS, FMS/P).

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