Capio Year-End Report 2002 -- January-December 2002; Profit After Financial Items Rose 40 per cent


GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Feb. 6, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Capio (Stockholm:CAP):


 -- Net sales rose 42 per cent to SEK 7,651 M (5,382). Organic growth 
    amounted to 14 per cent in local currencies.

 -- Operating earnings before goodwill amortisation (EBITA) and items 
    affecting comparability rose by SEK 110 M to SEK 503 M (392),
    corresponding to an operating margin of 6.6 per cent (7.3).

 -- Earnings after financial items amounted to SEK 288 M (205),
    including items affecting comparability in a negative amount of
    SEK 14 M (positive: 17).

 -- Earnings per share, after dilution, amounted to SEK 4.22 (2.20). 
    Earnings per share excluding items affecting comparability and 
    nonrecurring tax items increased by 30 per cent to SEK 2.33 (1.79).

 -- Second largest private hospital group in France acquired and name 
    changed to Capio Sante.

 -- U.K. hospital properties and elderly care properties divested

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