KCI Announces Special Meeting of Shareholders to Vote on Merger Agreement

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) today announced that on September 26, 2011, it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a definitive proxy statement in connection with the definitive merger agreement under which a consortium comprised of funds advised by Apax Partners, together with controlled affiliates of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, will acquire KCI for $68.50 per share in cash. KCI began mailing the definitive proxy statement materials to KCI shareholders beginning on September 27, 2011.