SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) today provided notice to holders of its 3.25 percent Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”) in respect of the merger (the “Merger”) of Chiron Merger Sub, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Chiron Merger Sub”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Chiron Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Chiron”), with and into Kinetic Concepts, Inc., a Texas corporation (“KCI” or the “Company”) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2011 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Chiron Merger Sub, and Chiron. The Company issued a press release publicly announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement on July 13, 2011, and included a copy of the press release as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 13, 2011. A copy of the Merger Agreement was included as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 14, 2011. Copies of these filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.