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STADA – Listed in the stock exchange

STADA has been a publicly listed company since 1997. Since July 2001, STADA's shares have belonged to the MDAX^® stock exchange segment of the Deutsche Börse AG, since December 2002 to EuroSTOXX 600 and since May 2003 to MSCI Small Cap Europe.

In 2011, the STADA share price was very volatile and temporarily decreased significantly. In addition to global stock market turbulence and the resulting high level of general volatility in worldwide share prices from which even the STADA share price could not escape, the significant price decrease in the third quarter of 2011 was attributable to a previously published ad hoc release¹⁾ on high burdening one-time special effects due to the increased risk of default on outstanding receivables to the Serbian subsidiary Hemofarm from various Serbian pharmaceutical wholesalers. In the fourth quarter of 2011, the share price stabilized – also as a result of the letter of comfort issued by the Serbian government for the payment of deliveries from drug manufacturers to government agencies²⁾. The STADA share was listed at EUR 27.34 on March 31, 2011, was EUR 27.00 on June 30, 2011, and reached EUR 15.81 on September 30, 2011. At year-end 2011, the share price was EUR 19.25, while the 2010 year-end price amounted to EUR 25.38. The STADA share thus decreased by approx. 24% in the course of 2011, and was 34% higher than the year’s lowest price of EUR 14.40.

The STADA share recorded a very positive development in the first quarter of 2012. Whereas the STADA share price closed at EUR 19.25 at the end of 2011, it amounted to EUR 24.61 at the end of the first quarter of 2012 and thus rose by nearly 28%. At the end of the first quarter of 2012, STADA’s market capitalization amounted to EUR 1.451 billion. At the end of 2011, this figure was EUR 1.135 billion.

The relevant national comparative indices for STADA decreased in the course of 2011. The German benchmark index DAX^®3) decreased by 15% in 2011 compared to the previous year. The MDAX^®4) of which the STADA share is part, saw a minus of 12% in the same period (respectively XETRA^®5) closing prices).

At year-end 2011, the STADA market capitalization amounted to EUR 1.135 billion. At the previous year-end it had been EUR 1.494 billion. Based on Deutsche Börse AG’s index system, which only considers free float, STADA, in terms of market capitalization, took place 22 in the MDAX^® in 2011. STADA had also occupied position 22 in this category in the previous year.

The average daily volume of the STADA share in the trading volume at the XETRA^® trading and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange amounted to a total of EUR 10.0 million in 2011. In 2010, the average trading volume per day of the STADA share had been EUR 12.4 million. Thus in trading volume based on Deutsche Börse AG’s index system, STADA occupied place 19 in 2011. In the previous year, STADA had occupied position 11 in this area.

On December 31, 2011, a total of approx. 44,000 shareholders held share capital of STADA Arzneimittel AG. Based on results of regularly carried out analyses of the Company’s shareholder structure, STADA assumes that at least approx. 57% of STADA’s shares are held by institutional investors and that approx. 13% of STADA’s capital is held by pharmacists and doctors.

Here you will find an overview of the Publications in accordance with § 26 WpHG since 2008:

• Publications in accordance with § 26 WpHG of the financial year 2008 (PDF)
• Publications in accordance with § 26 WpHG of the financial year 2009 (PDF)
• Publications in accordance with § 26 WpHG of the financial year 2010 (PDF)
• Publications in accordance with § 26 WpHG of the financial year 2011 (PDF)
• Publications in accordance with § 26 WpHG of the financial year 2012 (PDF)

STADA Arzneimittel AG's free float, in accordance with the regulations of the Deutsche Börse AG, remains unchanged at 100%.

You will find more detailed information on STADA’s stock in the chapters STADA securities and FAQs. You will find up-to-date price data on STADA stock here.

1)	See the Company’s ad hoc release of September 21, 2011.
2)	See the Company’s corporate news of November 10, 2011.
3)	DAX® is the index of Deutsche Börse AG, largely consisting of the 30 biggest companies by market capitalization and order book volume.
4)	MDAX® is the index of Deutsche Börse AG for midcap companies, largely consisting of the 50 next-biggest companies by market capitalization and order book volume below the DAX®, thus also including the STADA share.
5)	XETRA® is the electronic trading system of Deutsche Börse AG.