Fresenius is further expanding its access to innovation networks through its own corporate venture capital fund. Fresenius Ventures invests in founders, technologies, and business models from early financing rounds through to the growth stage. The newly established unit combines venture capital with medical, regulatory, and operational expertise and provides access to clinical, scientific, and academic networks.
With an intended investment volume of more than €200 million over the next 5 years, Fresenius Ventures targets growth fields adjacent to Fresenius’ existing strategic platforms (Bio)Pharma, MedTech, and Care Provision. Potential investment areas of Fresenius Ventures include, for example, precision nutrition, microbiome research, new modalities, and digital care provision solutions. Investments will be made in line with Fresenius’ capital allocation approach.
Michael Sen, CEO of Fresenius, says: “Fresenius Ventures is a strategic instrument of #FutureFresenius. Through targeted investments in promising healthcare innovators, we gain early access to breakthrough technologies, new ideas, and entrepreneurial talent. This step enables us to strengthen our innovation capabilities within the healthcare ecosystem and tap into adjacent growth fields while consistently strengthening Fresenius. I am delighted that Dr. Thomas Michael Thestrup, a highly experienced healthcare and corporate venture capital expert, will lead Fresenius Ventures.”
Thomas Michael Thestrup joins Fresenius from Angelini Ventures, an international healthcare venture capital company and part of the Italian industrial group Angelini Industries.
“Fresenius Ventures backs the innovators shaping the next era of healthcare with the experience, pace, and conviction founders expect. We offer more than capital: deep operating and regulatory expertise across global markets, coupled with access to the clinical, scientific, and academic ecosystems where real progress happens today,” says Thomas Thestrup, Managing Director and Head of Fresenius Ventures.
Thomas Thestrup has more than 15 years of experience in research, health tech, and the pharma industry. Prior to Angelini Ventures, he worked for Lundbeck A/S as Director of Corporate Business Development and Strategy. Further positions prior to this include Global Business Development at UCB as well as Life Science Ventures at Sunstone Capital. Thomas Thestrup received his Ph.D. from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Munich.
For more information about Fresenius Ventures, please see: fresenius- ventures.com
This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Future results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, e.g. changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, results of clinical trials, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, the availability of financing and unforeseen impacts of international conflicts. Fresenius does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this release.
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany / Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11852
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Wolfgang Kirsch
General Partner: Fresenius Management SE
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany / Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11673
Management Board: Michael Sen (Chairman), Pierluigi Antonelli, Sara Hennicken, Dr. Michael Moser, Dr. Christian Pawlu
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Wolfgang Kirsch
Fresenius is further expanding its access to innovation networks through its own corporate venture capital fund. Fresenius Ventures invests in founders, technologies, and business models from early financing rounds through to the growth stage. The newly established unit combines venture capital with medical, regulatory, and operational expertise and provides access to clinical, scientific, and academic networks.
With an intended investment volume of more than €200 million over the next 5 years, Fresenius Ventures targets growth fields adjacent to Fresenius’ existing strategic platforms (Bio)Pharma, MedTech, and Care Provision. Potential investment areas of Fresenius Ventures include, for example, precision nutrition, microbiome research, new modalities, and digital care provision solutions. Investments will be made in line with Fresenius’ capital allocation approach.
Michael Sen, CEO of Fresenius, says: “Fresenius Ventures is a strategic instrument of #FutureFresenius. Through targeted investments in promising healthcare innovators, we gain early access to breakthrough technologies, new ideas, and entrepreneurial talent. This step enables us to strengthen our innovation capabilities within the healthcare ecosystem and tap into adjacent growth fields while consistently strengthening Fresenius. I am delighted that Dr. Thomas Michael Thestrup, a highly experienced healthcare and corporate venture capital expert, will lead Fresenius Ventures.”
Thomas Michael Thestrup joins Fresenius from Angelini Ventures, an international healthcare venture capital company and part of the Italian industrial group Angelini Industries.
“Fresenius Ventures backs the innovators shaping the next era of healthcare with the experience, pace, and conviction founders expect. We offer more than capital: deep operating and regulatory expertise across global markets, coupled with access to the clinical, scientific, and academic ecosystems where real progress happens today,” says Thomas Thestrup, Managing Director and Head of Fresenius Ventures.
Thomas Thestrup has more than 15 years of experience in research, health tech, and the pharma industry. Prior to Angelini Ventures, he worked for Lundbeck A/S as Director of Corporate Business Development and Strategy. Further positions prior to this include Global Business Development at UCB as well as Life Science Ventures at Sunstone Capital. Thomas Thestrup received his Ph.D. from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Munich.
For more information about Fresenius Ventures, please see: fresenius-ventures.com
This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Future results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, e.g. changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, results of clinical trials, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, the availability of financing and unforeseen impacts of international conflicts. Fresenius does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this release.
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany / Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11852
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Wolfgang Kirsch
General Partner: Fresenius Management SE
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany / Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11673
Management Board: Michael Sen (Chairman), Pierluigi Antonelli, Sara Hennicken, Dr. Michael Moser, Dr. Christian Pawlu
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Wolfgang Kirsch
Fresenius announced today that the Company's Q2 2026 Aide Memoire is now available on the Company's financial results section.
As a service to capital market participants, Fresenius provides a quarterly Aide Memoire ahead of the publication of the Company's quarterly results. This document includes a summary of relevant information that Fresenius has communicated previously or made publicly available to the capital market or otherwise. Fresenius' Q2 2026 financial results will be published on August 5, 2026.
The German Bundestag and Bundesrat approved the Act to Stabilize Contributions Rates in the Statutory Health Insurance System (GKV-Beitragssatzstabilisierungsgesetz) on July 10, 2026. This completes the parliamentary process.
Fresenius’ perspective in brief:
- Fresenius’ Full Year 2026 guidance is unchanged.
- The approved Act preserves annual hospital reimbursement growth, and on balance, is more favourable than the Cabinet Draft, confirming the direction the Company flagged in April 2026.
- Fresenius Helios’ revenue growth and 10-12% EBIT margin ambition as part of the Fresenius Financial Framework remains unchanged.
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Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA announced the successful issuance of a €1 billion dual-tranche bond offering on July 1, 2026. The bonds are expected to settle on July 8, 2026.
The transaction consists of the following two tranches:
- €500 million of fixed rate notes with a coupon rate of 3.375%, maturing July 8, 2031; and
- €500 million of fixed rate notes with a coupon rate of 3.750%, maturing July 8, 2034.
Fresenius will use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing of existing financial liabilities.
The bonds were issued by Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA under the Fresenius Debt Issuance Program. The company has applied to have the bonds admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
The bond issuance does not impact Fresenius' full-year 2026 financial guidance, and the transaction fully covers refinancing requirements for the full year 2026 while proactively addressing certain debt maturities in 2027.
Overall, the transaction further strengthens Fresenius’ financial flexibility, limits potential future refinancing risks, and supports the balance sheet. In addition, the Company successfully extends the average maturity of its debt portfolio. Fresenius remains committed to its self-imposed target leverage corridor of 2.5 to 3.0x net debt/EBITDA. Deleveraging and a strong balance sheet are clear priorities within the Company’s stated capital allocation priorities, which are key to delivering the ambitions of #FutureFresenius.
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This announcement is a general information and not a prospectus. It has been prepared on the basis that any offer of securities in any Member State of the European Economic Area ("EEA") will be made pursuant to the prospectus and any supplement thereto prepared by Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Fresenius Finance Ireland Public Limited Company and Fresenius Finance Ireland II Public Limited Company in combination with the relevant final terms relating to such securities or pursuant to an exemption under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”) from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of securities. Investors should not purchase or subscribe for any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus, as supplemented, in combination with the relevant final terms relating to such securities, to be issued by the company in connection with the offering of such securities. The applicable final terms for such securities, when published, will be available on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.LuxSE.com) together with the prospectus and any supplement thereto. Copies of the prospectus are also available free of charge from Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA at Else-Kröner Strasse 1, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany.
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Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA announced the successful issuance of a €1 billion dual-tranche bond offering on July 1, 2026. The bonds are expected to settle on July 8, 2026.
The transaction consists of the following two tranches:
- €500 million of fixed rate notes with a coupon rate of 3.375%, maturing July 8, 2031; and
- €500 million of fixed rate notes with a coupon rate of 3.750%, maturing July 8, 2034.
Fresenius will use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing of existing financial liabilities.
The bonds were issued by Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA under the Fresenius Debt Issuance Program. The company has applied to have the bonds admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
The bond issuance does not impact Fresenius' full-year 2026 financial guidance, and the transaction fully covers refinancing requirements for the full year 2026 while proactively addressing certain debt maturities in 2027.
Overall, the transaction further strengthens Fresenius’ financial flexibility, limits potential future refinancing risks, and supports the balance sheet. In addition, the Company successfully extends the average maturity of its debt portfolio. Fresenius remains committed to its self-imposed target leverage corridor of 2.5 to 3.0x net debt/EBITDA. Deleveraging and a strong balance sheet are clear priorities within the Company’s stated capital allocation priorities, which are key to delivering the ambitions of #FutureFresenius.
This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Future results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, e.g. changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, results of clinical trials, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, the availability of financing and unforeseen impacts of international conflicts. Fresenius does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this release.
This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, securities to any person in Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore or the United States of America (the “United States”) or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. The securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, absent registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Subject to certain exceptions, the securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada, Japan or Singapore or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, Japan or Singapore. The offer and sale of the securities referred to herein has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan or Singapore. There will be no public offer of the securities in the United States.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Future results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, e.g. changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, results of clinical trials, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, the availability of financing and unforeseen impacts of international conflicts. Neither Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Fresenius Finance Ireland Public Limited Company nor Fresenius Finance Ireland II Public Limited Company undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this announcement.
This announcement is a general information and not a prospectus. It has been prepared on the basis that any offer of securities in any Member State of the European Economic Area ("EEA") will be made pursuant to the prospectus and any supplement thereto prepared by Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Fresenius Finance Ireland Public Limited Company and Fresenius Finance Ireland II Public Limited Company in combination with the relevant final terms relating to such securities or pursuant to an exemption under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”) from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of securities. Investors should not purchase or subscribe for any securities referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus, as supplemented, in combination with the relevant final terms relating to such securities, to be issued by the company in connection with the offering of such securities. The applicable final terms for such securities, when published, will be available on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.LuxSE.com) together with the prospectus and any supplement thereto. Copies of the prospectus are also available free of charge from Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA at Else-Kröner Strasse 1, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany.
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Today, Fresenius has launched the AI-powered assistant – “AskFRE” – on its Investor Relations (IR) website, marking an important step in advancing its digital capital markets communications. The solution is a joint initiative of the Fresenius AI Center of Excellence and the Investor Relations team.
With AskFRE, visitors can now interact with an integrated AI chatbot that provides direct answers to capital market-relevant information. This includes financial results, company updates and other IR content – based exclusively on publicly available Fresenius disclosures.
In an increasingly fast-paced and data-driven environment, digital investor relations play a key role in delivering timely, transparent and stakeholder-focused communication. AskFRE supports this ambition by enabling more intuitive access to financial information and tailored user interactions, while reinforcing the consistency and accessibility of Fresenius’ disclosures.
With AskFRE, Fresenius underscores its commitment to advancing a best in class digital investor relations experience.
AskFRE is now available: https://www.fresenius.com/AskFRE-Your-IR-Assistant
Today, Fresenius has launched the AI-powered assistant – “AskFRE” – on its Investor Relations (IR) website, marking an important step in advancing its digital capital markets communications. The solution is a joint initiative of the Fresenius AI Center of Excellence and the Investor Relations team.
With AskFRE, visitors can now interact with an integrated AI chatbot that provides direct answers to capital market-relevant information. This includes financial results, company updates and other IR content – based exclusively on publicly available Fresenius disclosures.
In an increasingly fast-paced and data-driven environment, digital investor relations play a key role in delivering timely, transparent and stakeholder-focused communication. AskFRE supports this ambition by enabling more intuitive access to financial information and tailored user interactions, while reinforcing the consistency and accessibility of Fresenius’ disclosures.
With AskFRE, Fresenius underscores its commitment to advancing a best in class digital investor relations experience.
AskFRE is now available: https://www.fresenius.com/AskFRE-Your-IR-Assistant
- Large majority approves actions of General Partner and the members of the Supervisory Board
- Dividend of €1.05 per share agreed
At today’s Annual General Meeting, the shareholders of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA approved the proposals of the General Partner and the Supervisory Board with a large majority.
The actions of the General Partner and the members of the Supervisory Board in 2025 were also approved, by 99.41 percent and more than 96 percent respectively. 99.77 percent of shareholders voted in favor of approving the annual financial statements. 92.61 percent approved the compensation report for the 2025 financial year and 99.99 percent approved the dividend proposal of €1.05 per share. A large majority also approved the creation of new conditional capital and authorized capital, and authorized the buyback of its own shares as well as the conversion of bearer shares to registered shares. This will enable transparent, direct communication between Fresenius and its shareholders.
76.62 percent of the share capital was represented at the AGM.
This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Future results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, e.g. changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, results of clinical trials, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, the availability of financing and unforeseen impacts of international conflicts. Fresenius does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this release.
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany / Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11852
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Wolfgang Kirsch
General Partner: Fresenius Management SE
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany / Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11673
Management Board: Michael Sen (Chairman), Pierluigi Antonelli, Sara Hennicken, Robert Möller, Dr. Michael Moser
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Wolfgang Kirsch
- Thanks to its disciplined execution of #FutureFresenius, Fresenius is today stronger than ever before. Rejuvenate is paying off and delivering accelerated performance for long-term value creation. With its combination of operating strength and resilience, Fresenius is today able to actively help shape the healthcare of the future.
- Shareholders’ trust is to be rewarded: proposed dividend of €1.05 per share – an increase of 5% compared to last year
Despite the mounting geopolitical uncertainty, Fresenius healthcare group had a very good 2025 and entered 2026 with strong momentum. “Fresenius is financially flexible, operationally strong, and strategically focused – and therefore ideally positioned to actively help shape the future of healthcare. This is the result of a future-focused strategy that a strong and highly competent team developed and implemented with discipline in recent years,” said Wolfgang Kirsch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius, at today’s Annual General Meeting in Frankfurt am Main.
2025 marked the start of the third phase in the #FutureFresenius strategy: Rejuvenate. The aim is to make the company more innovative and resilient while continuing to create long-term value for customers and patients. The financial results for 2025 and the first quarter of 2026 make clear: Rejuvenate is paying off and delivering accelerated performance for long-term value creation. The shareholders’ trust should also be rewarded: The proposed dividend of €1.05 per share corresponds to a 5% increase compared to last year.
Michael Sen, CEO of Fresenius, emphasized: “In the past financial year, we showed that Fresenius can deliver a strong performance even in an environment where volatility has become the norm. We further strengthened our balance sheet, raised our full-year guidance twice during the year, and delivered on our commitments. At the same time, we continued to make targeted investments in innovation and digitalization – from new product launches to AI-supported hospital platforms. In doing so, we are strengthening Fresenius and laying the foundations for our long- term success.”
Every year, Fresenius invests more than €600 million in R&D within its core businesses – for example, in intravenous generics, biosimilars, infusion and nutritional therapies, and medical technology. The hospitals of Quirónsalud and Helios are actively involved in medical research, with more than 1,700 clinical studies and over 3,100 scientific publications in 2025. Patients benefit directly from this research through access to cutting-edge therapies and care.
The company moreover continues to strategically advance digitalization and the use of AI in healthcare. One building block is the strategic partnership between Fresenius and SAP. The objective of this collaboration is to build an open, interoperable, AI- enabled digital healthcare ecosystem for Germany and Europe. As announced in early May, Fresenius and SAP have invested jointly in Avelios Medical, a start-up developing a next-generation, cloud-native hospital information system.
This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Future results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, e.g. changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, results of clinical trials, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, the availability of financing and unforeseen impacts of international conflicts. Fresenius does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this release.
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany / Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11852
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Wolfgang Kirsch
General Partner: Fresenius Management SE
Registered Office: Bad Homburg, Germany / Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Bad Homburg, HRB 11673
Management Board: Michael Sen (Chairman), Pierluigi Antonelli, Sara Hennicken, Robert Möller, Dr. Michael Moser
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Wolfgang Kirsch