Acting with the Supervisory Board's consent, the Management Board of UMS United Medical Systems International AG, Hamburg (ISIN DE 0005493654/WKN 549365), has today resolved to extend the offer period for its previously announced tender offer by a further five bank working days. The offer will now expire at Wednesday, February 1, 2012, midnight Central European Time, as the Board wishes to extend the opportunity for UMS AG's shareholders to participate in the offer. The buy-back price for each share continues to be EUR 6.35.

UMS AG has offered to buy back up to 300,000 shares within the current share buy-back offer. Within the scope of the current public offer there were registered 93,587 shares for buy-back.

Details of the offer are contained in the offer document and the first amendment to the offer document, which are available on the Company's website (http://www.umsag.com) under the menu item 'Investor Relations/Share buy-back' and are or will be published on January 10, 2012 and on January 24, 2012 in the electronic Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette).

About UMS AG

UMS International AG is a provider of innovative healthcare delivery concepts in the growth segment of high-tech medicine. UMS pioneered the mobile deployment of high-class medical systems and markets a comprehensive range of full-service solutions for hospitals and specialists. The forward-looking concepts include complete services for the customer, covering everything from system management to the provision of trained application specialists. The UMS Group currently has over 220 employees worldwide and serves over 650 customers.