Company press releases 2010

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• Significant rise in order intake, net sales and EBIT
• Equity ratio at 32.4 percent
• Company expects best fiscal year on record

• ​Dr. Christian Hauer appointed as general manager

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• Starting January 1, 2011, Dr. Carla Kriwet will be new member of the Executive Board for Marketing and Sales.
• Dr. Dieter Pruss is leaving the company on December 31, 2010

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• Option for the issue of preferred shares instead of cash payment
• Reduction of liabilities
• Strengthening equity

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• Order intake, orders on hand and net sales increased
• Group EBIT over EUR 100 million – EBIT margin 10.1 percent
• Capital structure improved considerably: Equity ratio at 29.3 percent
• Purchase of the 25 percent share in Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG from Siemens concluded

​Lübeck – As a result of the continued positive business development in April and May, Dräger is expecting its business to progress better than previously anticipated for the full year 2010, driven by a good order situation and the strong development of net sales, especially in the regions Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

​Lübeck – Today, Dräger laid the foundation stone for its new production and logistics building.

​Lübeck / Kassel – Dräger and Gesundheit Nordhessen Holding AG, Kassel, (GNH) have entered into a ten-year medical technology leasing agreement.

​Lübeck – The annual shareholders’ meeting of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA has passed the resolution proposed by the general partner and the Supervisory Board on replacing the variable component of the purchase price of the 25 percent share in the medical division with the issue of an equity settled option.

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• Toni Schrofner new Executive Board member for production and logistics as of September 1, 2010
• Dr. Herbert Fehrecke is taking on research & development
• Gert-Hartwig Lescow’s contract extended ahead of time by five years

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• Order intake, orders on hand and net sales increased
• Earnings five times higher than at the same time in the prior year
• Cash flow from operating activities more than quadrupled
• Turnaround program continues to be successful

​Lübeck – Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA successfully concluded its buyback of all shares in Siemens Medical Holding GmbH, which holds 25 percent of the limited shares in Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG, from Siemens Beteiligungen Inland GmbH, a subsidiary of Siemens AG.

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• Orders on hand up 10 percent year-on-year
• Cash flow increased, capital employed decreased
• Higher dividend has been suggested