Utrecht, 12 April 2012 - Yesterday the annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Mediq, has chosen to replace the current full statutory two-tier board regime by a mitigated two-tier board system.

At present the company is required to apply the full statutory two-tier board system. Following the acquisition of Assist GmbH in December 2011, the majority of employees of Mediq and its affiliated companies is employed outside the Netherlands. As a result, the company qualifies for an exemption from the statutory two-tier board system. The choice for the mitigated two-tier board system implies that the members of the Management Board will no longer be appointed by the Supervisory Board but by the General Meeting of Shareholders. The company will submit to the annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 10 April 2013 a proposal to amend the articles of association of the company accordingly.

The Meeting also voted in favour of the reappointment of Mr Stuge and Mr De Moor to the Supervisory Board, both for a second term of four years.

The Meeting also voted in favour of the proposal to pay out a dividend of € 0.46 per share in cash or shares. Of this amount, € 0.15 has already been distributed as interim dividend. See http://www.mediq.com/en/investor-relations/aandeel-mediq/dividendbeleid.aspx for information on the election period and payment date.

The Meeting finally voted in favour of the proposal to reduce the capital by cancellation of 3,535,215 issued shares. As stated in the press release of 6 September 2011, the shares were purchased from Stichting Samenwerking Apothekers OPG (SSAO). Mediq consolidated the SSAO as of 28 July 2011.

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