FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Buying shares: No matter whether you work full-time or part-time: Everyone buys the same number of shares as a share package.

Receiving shares: You will receive shares on a pro-rata basis based on your level of employment as of January 1 of the year in which the offer is made.

Buying shares: You can also buy the share package if you are on parental leave. If you are working part-time during your parental leave, the purchase price is deducted from your net salary. If you are not working at that time and are not receiving a salary, please transfer the purchase sum.

Receiving shares: The share package is based on the year for which the target attainment is measured. You will receive 1/12 of the amount distributed for each month of the year in which you have worked. This also includes partial months.

Buying shares: You can also buy the share package if you are taking a leave of absence from the compensatory time account.

Receiving shares: Payouts are calculated for the year in which they are issued. You will receive 1/12 of the amount distributed for each month of the year in which you have worked. This also includes partial months.

Buying shares: You can also buy the share package after your sick leave payments have ended. If you do not receive a salary in the year in which the shares are purchased and from which the purchase price could be deducted, please transfer the purchase sum.

Receiving shares: Payouts are calculated for the year in which they are issued. You will receive 1/12 of the amount distributed for each month of the year in which you have worked. This also includes partial months.

Buying shares: You can also buy the share package if you are in the active or passive phase of partial retirement.

Receiving shares: During the active phase you will receive your payout depending on your target working time. Then in the passive phase you will no longer receive a payout. In the year in which you switch from the active to the passive phase, you will receive a proportion of the payout: You will receive 1/12 of the amount distributed for each month of the year in which you have worked.

All shares you have either bought through Fresenius or have received free-of-charge are, of course, yours to keep after you leave Fresenius. This does not affect the lock-up period.

If you leave Fresenius before the offer cut-off date, you will no longer be able to participate in the employee share plan. .

If you leave Fresenius after the offer cut-off date, participation is still possible. If you no longer receive a salary in the month in which the share purchase takes place, we will inform you separately about the payment.

If you retire before the offer cut-off date, you will no longer be able to participate in the employee share plan.

If you retire after the offer cut-off date, participation is still possible. If you no longer receive a salary in the month in which the share purchase takes place, we will inform you separately about the payment.

During an assignment abroad, special regulations may apply. Eligible employees will be informed accordingly.

You can simply transfer the share price. Your employer will provide you with all information (account details, purpose, etc.) in time.

The consolidated profit is an important performance indicator for Fresenius. It indicates the profit after interest and income tax are deducted and is published annually in the business report.

The transfer deadline is the day before the day the shares are booked out of the company's deposit account. This is usually 10 working days before the payroll run in June.

In this case, please contact the Benefit Programs team:
+49 (0) 6172-608-1333
benefits@fresenius.com

tOption is only activated for the subscription period of 6 weeks. Changes cannot be made outside the subscription period. Before each subscription period, the personal login data in the form of UserID and one-time password will be communicated to the authorised subscribers on the payslip. If you are authorised to subscribe and do not receive a payslip, you will be notified of your login details in other ways (letter and/or E-Mail).

For an error-free transfer of the shares to your securities account, please note the following specifications ‘Information on the securities account’. If the securities account details in the previous year do not correspond to the specifications of our administrator (which may have been updated in the meantime), your securities account details must be checked against the above criteria, corrected if necessary and entered again.

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