Capio-owned Actica Omsorg acquires Borgmästaregården in Norrköping

9/27/2001 7:06 AM EST

Actica Omsorg AB has acquired Borgmästaregården AB in Norrköping, and
will take over operations on October 1. Borgmästaregården has annual
revenues of more than SEK 40 M and some 100 employees.

"Borgmästaregården is a successful combination of home help services and
accommodation for the elderly and, in the long term, we intend to extend
this concept to several of our other units. This operation will
strengthen our platform in eastern Sweden and will successfully
complement our existing units in Norrköping and Linköping," says Sture
Ericsson, President of
Actica Omsorg, Capio's Elderly Care Business Area.

Borgmästaregården accommodates about 100 elderly persons, and also
provides home-help services. The principal customer is the Norrköping
municipality. Operations have been conducted by the present owner since
1992.

Actica Omsorg - Capio's Elderly Care business area - specialises in care
services for the elderly, tailored to meet individual needs. Actica,
which conducts operations in Sweden and the other Nordic countries, has
annual sales of approximately SEK 300 M, with about 500 employees.

Gothenburg, September 27, 2001

For further information, please contact:
Sture Ericsson, President, Actica Omsorg
+46-31-773 75 01 or +46-70-604 10 01
Ulrika Stenson, Director, Corporate Communications, Capio
+46-31-732 40 04 or +46-70-590 07 23