EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT WORLDWIDE

At the end of 2010, 73,452 employees (full-time equivalents) worked for Fresenius Medical Care. Our workforce therefore grew once again, by 5,464 or 8% compared to the previous year. This rise was due to the continued organic growth of our dialysisDialysisForm of renal replacement therapy where a semipermeable membrane – in peritoneal dialysis the peritoneum of the patient, in hemodialysis the membrane of the dialyzer – is used to clean a patient’s blood. services business and to acquisitions in all regions, especially with regard to dialysis clinics. In the reporting year, acquisitions accounted for 3.7% of our worldwide growth in employee numbers. No staff were laid off due to factory closures or similar measures in the year under review, continuing the trend of previous years. The number of employees has grown by an average of more than 7% a year in the past 10 years.

In the Asia-Pacific region, our staff count grew by 30% last year, giving it the highest growth rate in percentage terms, followed by EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) with 12%. In 2010, our organic growth in these regions was supported by acquisitions, mostly in our clinic network. In Asia, this was due primarily to purchasing the clinic operator Asia Renal Care see here. In all other regions, the number of clinics also rose again, and with it the number of employees.

At the end of the year under review, as in 2009, Fresenius Medical Care employed approximately 3,600 people in Germany, accounting for around 5.2% of the total workforce. This underlines our high degree of internationalization. The average age of Fresenius Medical Care employees in Germany was 41.8 years, up slightly on 2009 (41.1 years old). The average length of employment in the Company increased from 10.9 years in 2009 to 11.1 years in 2010. Our rate of staff turnover was again very low at 2.8% compared to 1.9% in the previous year.

Worldwide payroll costs at Fresenius Medical Care in the reporting year amounted to $3.97 BN, around 7% higher than in 2009 ($3.71 BN). As in the previous year, personnel costs accounted for around 33% of revenue. Average expenditure per employee in 2010 was $54 THOUS (2009: $54.6 THOUS).