M1 Kliniken AG was able to increase the number of specialist centres from 17 to 24 by the end of the year in 2018, the Group has created the prerequisites for further growth in Germany and abroad in recent months. In Germany, the expansion of room capacities created the basis for a significantly larger number of doctors in aesthetic medicine. These facilities are now to be used successively and contribute to M1's further sales growth. The company is also pushing ahead with international expansion in the current year. Following the opening of the first "M1 Med Beauty" specialist centre for aesthetic medicine outside its home market in Vienna in December 2018, new specialist centres have been opened in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and Australia (Melbourne). Further specialist centres are to follow in both countries in the current year. In addition, market entry in Great Britain and Switzerland is imminent. The total number of specialist centres outside Germany is to rise to around 20 by the end of 2020. International business will thus increasingly become the Group's second growth driver alongside Germany. M1 has already secured financing for its growth strategy through a capital increase in September 2018.