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Capio-owned Actica Omsorg selling its holding in elder-care properties

12/23/2002 8:48 AM EST  -   Capio
Capio-owned Actica Omsorg selling its holding in
elder-care properties

Actica has sold its entire 28,3 percent holding in Bokbacken Fastigheter
AB to Kungsleden AB for SEK 30 M. Actica and Kungsleden have prepared a
cooperation agreement that will create the foundation for future joint
investments in elder care.

Capio-owned Actica Omsorg has sold its 28.3 interest in...

Capio's French management team strengthened

12/10/2002 10:44 AM EST  -   Capio
Capio Santé, Capio Healthcare France, has appointed two new members to
its management staff. David Hillier has been appointed Chief Operating
Officer, effective immediately, and Yannick Martin has been appointed
Chief Medical Officer, effective February 2003.

"It is highly gratifying to announce that we are steadily making
progress in the establishment of our management team in...

Capio Healthcare France

12/6/2002 8:17 AM EST  -   Capio
Press Release

Paul Hökfelt has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Capio-owned
Clininvest S.A. in France.
He succeeds Jean-Michel Texier who has decided to seek new challenges
and responsibilities outside the Capio Group.

Paul Hökfelt was appointed Senior Vice President and Head of the Capio
Healthcare France business area in October 2002.

On December, 10,...

Interim Report January - September 2002

11/13/2002 2:00 AM EST  -   Medicover
Highlights

· Revenue for the third quarter amounted to ? 8.4 million (?7.3
million), a 15 percent increase from the same period 2001. Nine month
revenue was ? 26.0 million (?21.7 million), a 20 percent increase from
the nine months of 2001.

· Prepaid membership rose to 103,300 up 4,000 for the quarter and
19,500 or 23 percent versus the corresponding period last year.

Capio's opinion on circulated "Vinst för Vården" ("Profit" for healthcare") repo...

11/1/2002 3:00 AM EST  -   Capio
Capio's opinion on circulated "Vinst för Vården" ("Profit" for
healthcare") report:
Capio opposes legislation that excludes certain operational formats
Recommends stronger quality assurance and certification of healthcare
providers

Capio AB, in its opinion on the circulated advisory report entitled
"Profit" for healthcare" (SOU 2002:31), welcomes the idea of subjecting
the...

Capio Interim Report January - September 2002

10/22/2002 4:28 AM EST  -   Capio
CAPIO INTERIMREPORT
JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2002

* Net sales for the period as a whole rose 51 per cent to SEK
5,431 M (3,600). Organic growth amounted to 15 per cent (12) in local
currencies.

* Operating earnings before goodwill amortisation (EBITA) rose to
SEK 386 M (244), corresponding to an operating margin of 7.1 per cent
(6.8).

* ...

Capio expands its successful system for health care into one of Europe's key mar...

9/25/2002 10:00 AM EST  -   Capio
Acquisition of France's second largest private healthcare provider
Capio expands its successful system for health care into one of Europe's
key markets

European healthcare company, Capio, today entered into an agreement to
acquire France's second largest private health care provider, the
Clininvest Group. Clininvest runs 16 hospitals in several regions and
had a turnover last year...

Capio's BA Occupational health are to be discontinued

9/9/2002 9:06 AM EST  -   Capio
Capio's Occupational Health business area to be discontinued

Effective October 1, Capio's Occupational Health business area is to be
discontinued and the operating units transferred to other Capio Group
business areas. The operations of Previa in Sweden and Norway will
become part of Capio's Healthcare Nordic business sector and Previa's
operations in Great Britain will join the...

Highlights - Medicover January - June 2002

8/22/2002 8:00 AM EST  -   Medicover
· Revenue for the second quarter amounted to EURO 8.8 million (EURO
7.6 million), a 16 percent increase from the same period 2001. First
half year revenue was EURO 17.6 million, a 22 percent increase from the
first half of 2001.

· Prepaid membership rose to 99,300 up 4,300 for the quarter and
18,000 or 22 percent versus the corresponding period last year.

· The...

Capio acquires Scandinavian Heart Center

8/20/2002 9:00 AM EST  -   Capio
Capio is acquiring Scandinavian Heart Center in Gothenburg. Scandinavian
Heart Center focuses on cardiovascular surgery and performs slightly
more than 550 operations each year. The company has a 6% share of the
Swedish market. Scandinavian Heart Center's competence in the highly
specialised area of cardiovascular surgery will constitute a solid base
for a new leading-edge area of business...