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Related Party Transactionsa)       Service and Lease AgreementsThe Company is party to service agreements with Fresenius SE, the sole stockholder of its General Partner and its largest shareholder owning approximately 36.0% of the Company's voting shares, and with certain affiliates of Fresenius SE that are not also subsidiaries of the Company (collectively "Fresenius SE"), to receive services, including, but not limited to: administrative services, management information services, employee benefit administration, insurance, IT services, tax services and treasury management services. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, amounts charged by Fresenius SE to the Company under the terms of these agreements are $32,099 and $32,139, respectively. The Company also provides certain services to Fresenius SE, including research and development, central purchasing, patent administration and warehousing. The Company charged $3,269 and $9,206 for services rendered to Fresenius SE during the first six months of 2010 and 2009, respectively. Under operating lease agreements for real estate entered into with Fresenius SE, the Company paid Fresenius SE $9,689 and $9,766 during the first six months of 2010 and 2009, respectively. The majority of the leases expire in 2016 and contain renewal options.The Company's Articles of Association provide that the General Partner shall be reimbursed for any and all expenses in connection with management of the Company's business, including remuneration of the members of the General Partner's supervisory board and the General Partner's management board. The aggregate amount reimbursed to the General Partner for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $4,983 and $3,619, respectively, for its management services during those six-month periods.b)       ProductsFor the six-month periods ended June 30, 2010, and 2009, the Company sold products to Fresenius SE for $7,184 and $7,332, respectively. During the six-month periods ended June 30, 2010, and 2009, the Company made purchases from Fresenius SE in the amount of $22,553 and $22,303, respectively.In addition to the purchases noted above, the Company currently purchases heparin supplied by APP Inc., through a group purchasing organization ("GPO"). In September 2008, Fresenius Kabi AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fresenius SE, acquired 100% of APP Inc. The Company has no direct supply agreement with APP Inc. and does not submit purchase orders directly to APP Inc. During the six-month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. ("FMCH") acquired approximately $15,591 and $17,421, respectively, of heparin from APP Inc. through the GPO contract, which was negotiated by the GPO at arm's length on behalf of all members of the GPO.c)       Financing Provided by and to Fresenius SEThroughout the second quarter of 2010, the Company, under its cash pooling agreement, made cash advancements to FSE totaling €161,800 ($198,545 as of June 30, 2010), at an interest rate of 1.02%. The total amount was due on July 31, 2010. The remaining balance of $143,178 (€109,900) on July 31, 2010 was extended until August 31, 2010 at an interest rate of 1.09%. On June 30, 2009, under the cash pooling agreement, the Company made a cash advancement of $25,159 to Fresenius SE at 1.16% interest which was repaid on July 6, 2009.During the second quarter of 2009, the Company reclassified an account payable to Fresenius SE in the amount of €77,745 ($109,885 at June 30, 2009) from accounts payable to related parties to short-term borrowings from related parties. The amount represents taxes payable by the Company arising from the period 1997-2001 during which German trade taxes were paid by Fresenius SE on behalf of the Company. Of this amount, €5,747 ($7,052 at June 30, 2010) was outstanding at June 30, 2010 at an interest rate of 6% and will be repaid in 2010. On August 19, 2009, the Company borrowed €1,500 ($1,841 as of June 30, 2010) from the General Partner at 1.335%, due on August 19, 2010. On November 7, 2008, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Fresenius SE whereby it advanced Fresenius SE $50,000 at 6.45% interest which was due and repaid on April 30, 2009.  2. Related Party Transactionsa)       Service and Lease AgreementsThe Company is party to service agreements with false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock This element may be used for the entire related party transactions disclosure as a single block of text. Disclosure may include: the nature of the relationship(s), a description of the transactions, the amount of the transactions, the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms of the transaction from the previous period, stated interest rate, expiration date, terms and manner of settlement per the agreement with the related party, and amounts due to or from related parties. If the entity and one or more other entities are under common ownership or management control and this control affects the operating results or financial position, disclosure includes the nature of the control relationship even if there are no transactions between the entities. Disclosure may also include the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax expense for each statement of earnings presented where the entity is a member of a group that files a consolidated tax return, the amount of any tax related balances due to or from affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, the principal provisions of the method by which the consolidated amount of current and deferred tax expense is allocated to the members of the group and the nature and effect of any changes in that method. 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