Capio 2000 Annual General Meeting;

Capio 2000 Annual General Meeting; · Board re-elected · Proposal to repurchase Company shares adopted · Nomination Committee appointed Shareholders at the Capio Annual General Meeting authorised the Board to engage in the purchase and transfer of the Company's own shares. The members of the current Board were re-elected, with Roger Holtback as Chairman. A Nomination Committee was appointed. "-During the year Capio noted strong growth of 48 per cent, we advanced our market positions and, as a listed company, we achieved greater penetration, especially in international markets. Our current focus is on continued expansion and on strengthening our operations in all the geographical markets in which we are currently established. We plan to increase the rate of investment to secure continued favourable organic growth, both in the form of expanded existing operations and through the establishment of new units. Today, Capio is the leading provider of health and medical care in Scandinavia," noted Capio's President, Per Båtelson. In his address to the shareholders, Per Båtelson described the Company's vision, strategy and corporate identity and emphasised Capio's unique competence in being able to co-operate with public sector partners in several different countries. Today, 70 per cent of Capio's projects originate from public sector financing, 20 per cent from companies and insurance firms in the private sector and 10 per cent from insurance organisations in the public sector. The annual accounts were approved and the Annual General Meeting decided that no dividend would be paid for year 2000. The Meeting authorised the Board to make decisions to purchase and transfer Capio's own shares. The purpose of the decision is to provide the Board with greater freedom of action in conjunction with any acquisitions of new companies. The following existing members of the Board were re-elected: Jan Blomberg, Krister Hertzen, Roger Holtback, Lars Ingelmark, Monica Lindstedt and Olle G.P. Isaksson. The Board also includes the following employee representatives: Christina Gerdin and Lisbeth Berglund (deputy), representing the Swedish Federation of Salaried Employees in the Hospital and Public Health Services, Thomas Karte, Association of Salaried Employees, Kevin Thompson, Municipal Employees' Union, and Birgitta Lindhe Svensson (deputy), National Union of Local Government Officers. In addition, the following amendment to the Company's Articles of Association was approved: §8 When convening General Meetings, the number of advertisements should be raised in future to insertions in three national newspapers. The Meeting further decided that prior to the General Meeting in 2002, the Company shall appoint a Nomination Committee consisting of four members. The following persons were elected: Caroline af Ugglas, Skandia, Ola Uhre, Orkla, Erling Gustafsson, 6th AP Fund, and Roger Holtback, Bure Equity. Gothenburg, March 27, 2001 Capio AB (publ) For more information, please contact Ulrika Stenson, Vice President, Corporate Communication +46 31 732 40 04, +46 705 90 07 23 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/27/20010327BIT01250/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/27/20010327BIT01250/bit0001.pdf