Getinge

Board/Management Information • Dec 9, 2013

Press release 2013-12-09

Getinge Groupappoints HaraldF. Stock as new President and CEO of ArjoHuntleigh and Executive Vice President Extended CareBusiness Area

Getinge Group has appointed Harald F. Stock as new President and Chief Executive Officer of ArjoHuntleigh, and Executive Vice President Extended Care Business Area. Harald will be a member of the Getinge Group Executive Management Team and will succeed Alex Myers, who will pursue a new role outside of the group.

Harald Stock has almost twenty years of experience and a successful track record in the healthcare industry. He most recently served as the chief executive officerofthe Grünenthal Group, a globally operating, family-owned, research-oriented pharmaceutical company. Previously,he held executive positions withthe Roche Group and at DePuy,the Orthopaedics Division of Johnson & Johnson. Harald holds a PhD.in inorganic chemistry from University of Heidelberg, Germany.

"I am very pleased to welcomeHarald to the Group. Harald has vast experience in the industry and a very strong commercial background. He has a great track recordof successfully improving business performance and willbe an asset to the team," says Johan Malmquist, CEO Getinge Group. "Iwould also like to express my gratitude to Alex Myers forhis professional and dedicated work during his fiveyears with ArjoHuntleigh and the Getinge Group's Extended Care business area. Alex has developed the business and established a competitive structure followingthe merger of Arjo and Huntleigh. I wish him all the best and good luckwith his new challenges as President & CEO of the global bed manufacturer, Hilding Anders Group."

Harald will assume his new position as of 1 January 2014 and will report to Johan Malmquist, CEO Getinge Group.

For further information, please contact:

JohanMalmquist CEO, Getinge Group

Tel: +46 10 335 00 00 E-mail: johan.malmquist@getinge.com

GETINGE GROUP is a leading global provider of products and systems that contribute to quality enhancement and cost efficiency withinhealthcare and life sciences. We operate under the three brands of ArjoHuntleigh, GETINGE and MAQUET.ArjoHuntleigh focuses on patient mobility and wound management solutions. GETINGE provides solutions for infectioncontrol within healthcare and contamination prevention within lifesciences. MAQUETspecializes in solutions, therapies and products for surgical interventions, interventional cardiology and intensive care.

The information is such that Getinge AB must disclose in accordancewith the Swedish Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.