If shareholders or proxies make use of the opportunity to submit questions in advance of the Virtual Annual General Meeting via the Shareholder Portal the answers will - in general - be given by stating their names, which may be taken notice of in the virtual Annual General Meeting. In the course of submission of questions, the shareholders or proxies have the opportunity to object that their names are stated.

Shareholders and proxies also have the possibility to submit statements in video form via the Shareholder Portal. These are published in the Shareholder Portal including the disclosure of the submitting shareholder's and, as the case may be, proxy's name and are accessible for all users of the Shareholder Portal. Shareholders and proxies may withdraw their consent to the publication of their statement at any time with effect for the future. This does not affect the lawfulness of data processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of data are Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a), Art. 6 (1) sent. 1 point c) as well as Art. 6 (1) sent. 1 point f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU Datenschutz-Grundverordnung), "GDPR".

3. Categories of recipients of personal data, sources of data and retention period

The Company and, respectively, the service providers of the Company that are engaged in the context of the Virtual Annual General Meeting receive the personal data of the shareholders or proxies from the registration office, which receives the data either from the shareholders or proxies themselves or from the depositary banks of the shareholders. The service providers engaged by the Company receive only personal data from the Company that are required to provide the requested services, and process data only based on instructions by the Company. Additional personal data relating to questions, statements, countermotions, election proposals and requests of shareholders or proxies may also be collected in the context of the Virtual Annual General Meeting. Statements published in the Shareholder Portal are available there until the end of the Annual General Meeting and subsequently will be deleted in a timely manner. In addition, personal data will be made available to shareholders and proxies in the context of the virtual Annual General Meeting within the framework of statutory provisions. The personal data will be stored by the Company in accordance with legal obligations and for the avoidance of potential liability risks and will be deleted afterwards.

4. Rights of data subjects and contact details of the data protection officer

In accordance with the statutory provisions, shareholders and proxies are at all times entitled as data subjects to exercise their rights of access, to rectification, of restriction, of objection and to erasure regarding the processing of their personal data and are also entitled to exercise their right to data portability in accordance with Chapter III of the GDPR. Shareholders and proxies have a right to withdraw any consent given by them. Shareholders and proxies can assert these rights towards the Company free of charge via the contact details stated above or directly to the Data Protection Officer: Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Mr. Andreas Münch, Else-Kröner-Straße 1, 61352 Bad Homburg v.d.H., Germany, email: datenschutzbeauftragter@fresenius.com. In addition, shareholders have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR.

Further information regarding the processing of personal data of shareholders or proxies through use of the Shareholder Portal are available in the Shareholder Portal. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Language:     English 
Company:      Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 
              Else-Kröner-Straße 1 
              61352 Bad Homburg v.d.H. 
              Germany 
Phone:        +49 (0)6172 608-2485 
Fax:          +49 (0)6172 608-2488 
E-mail:       ir-fre@fresenius.com 
Internet:     www.fresenius.com 
ISIN:         DE0005785604 
WKN:          578560 
Listed:       Regulated Market in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Munich; Regulated Unofficial Market in 
              Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Luxembourg Stock Exchange 
 
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