Capio Specialist Clinics acquires Scanloc

Capio Specialistkliniker AB has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in Scanloc Healthcare AB as of September 30, 2016.

The company provides ophthalmology treatments in the county councils of Västra Götaland and Halland, and in 2015/2016 the company had net sales of about 37 MSEK and 35 employees. The acquisition strengthens Capio’s healthcare offering within ophthalmology.

Scanloc will be part of Capio Medocular in business area Capio Specialist Clinics. Capio Medocular was founded in 1986 and is today one of the largest private companies within ophthalmology treatments in the Nordics, specialized in general eye care, cataract surgery and treatment of sight disorders.

The acquisition, which is subject to approval by the authorities, is not expected to impact the Group’s earnings in 2016.

For information, please contact:

Peter Holm, BA manager Capio Specialist Clinics
Telephone: 0723-81 10 31 

Kristina Ekeblad, IR manager
Telephone: +46 708 31 19 40

Capio AB (publ) is a leading, pan-European healthcare provider offering a broad range of high quality medical, surgical and psychiatric healthcare services in four countries through its hospitals, specialist clinics and primary care units. In 2015, Capio’s 12,360 employees provided healthcare services during 4.6 million patient visits across the Group’s facilities in Sweden, Norway, France and Germany, generating net sales of MSEK 13,486. Capio operates across three geographic segments: Nordic (54 percent of Group net sales 2015), France (38 percent of Group net sales 2015) and Germany (8 percent of Group net sales 2015). For more information about Capio, please see www.capio.com.