Annual document in accordance with Sec. 10 WpPG
(“Wertpapierprospektgesetz”: German Securities Prospectus Act)

The German Securities Prospectus Act came into force on July 1, 2005. Under Sec. 10 WpPG, listed companies are obligated to inform investors at least once a year of the capital market publications they have issued over the last twelve months. For this reason, all the information required by Sec. 10 WpPG that Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA published or made available to the public from fiscal year 2009 has been summarized below. Please note that the publications may be (partly) out of date.

Ad hoc releases in accordance with the German Securities
Trading Act

  • Ad hoc release dated February 19, 2009 „Dräger reviewing the buy-back of the Siemens stake in Dräger Medical AG & Co. KG“
  • Ad hoc release dated June 15, 2009 „Dräger countering negative earnings trend by launching turnaround program“
  • Ad hoc release dated December 29, 2009 „Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA purchases minority stake in the medical division“

Publications on securities transactions by persons with management functions in accordance with Sec. 15a WpHG

In fiscal year 2009 Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA did not publish any information on securities transactions by persons with management functions (directors´ dealings) in accordance with Sec. 15a WpHG.

Reports on transactions by persons with management functions in accordance with Sec. 15a WpHG are published at www.dgap.de under the heading Directors´ Dealings.

Publications regarding significant voting rights in accordance with
Sec. 26 WpHG

In fiscal year 2009, there were no publications regarding significant voting rights in accordance with Sec. 26 WpHG.

Interim reports of the Dräger Group

The Q1 report as of March 31, 2009 was published on May 6, 2009, the H1 report as of June 30, 2009 on August 6, 2009 and the Q3 report as of September 30, 2009 on November 5, 2009.

Annual report containing the single entity and group financial statements for fiscal year 2008

The annual report as of December 31, 2008 was published on March 19, 2009.

Preliminary announcements for financial reports

The publications in accordance with Sec. 37v, 37w, 37x et seq. WpHG (preliminary announcements on the publication of financial reports) were made on March 2, 2009 at www.dgap.de under the heading Preliminary Announcements.

Other publications pursuant to Sec. 30b et seq. WpHG

The convocation and agenda of the 2009 annual shareholders´ meeting was published on March 20, 2009 in the electronic version of the German Federal Gazette and a short version on March 21, 2009 in the Börsen-Zeitung.

Notification of the distribution of dividends for 2009 was published in the Börsen-Zeitung on May 9, 2009 and in the electronic version of the German Federal Gazette on May 11, 2009.

Company calendar

The company calendar is available under the heading Financial calendar.

If the respected internet link is not available or not working, you can obtain a free and – except for the interim reports – also printed copy from Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA.

Beginning with the half-yearly financial report 2009, no more printed versions of the interim reports will be published but will be available as a pdf-file under the heading Financial reports.

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