Capio Extraordinary Shareholders´ Meeting

Capio Extraordinary Shareholders´ Meeting · Approval of offer to acquire Community Hospitals PLC · Board authorised to make new share issue · Shareholders at today's Extraordinary Shareholders´ Meeting approved the offer to acquire Community Hospitals Group in the United Kingdom. The Board was also authorised to implement a new issue of shares in a maximum amount of GBP 100 million. The new issue forms part of the refinancing for the UK acquisition. It is planned that the new issue, which will be underwritten in an amount of GBP 85 million by Deutsche Bank, will be directed primarily at institutions within and outside Sweden. The authorisation will apply up until the time of the next Capio AB Annual General Meeting. "Capio's offer for Community Hospitals is now in the hands of the UK company's shareholders. Subject to obtaining the requisite number of shares, we hope to conclude this transaction during the second quarter," says Capio President and CEO Per Båtelson. Capio announced a cash offer corresponding to SEK 3.5 billion for all of the shares outstanding in Community Hospitals Group, the UK's fourth largest independent care company, on April 26, 2001. The transaction means that Capio will become a major player in the UK market and will gain a substantially stronger international position in a market segment that is experiencing solid growth. Community Hospitals Group (CHG), which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, has 3,400 employees and operates 21 hospitals in the UK. Operations focus on meeting the needs of patients requiring acute care and nursing services and the CHG hospitals serve primarily the large insurance companies in the United Kingdom and, to an increasing extent, the National Health Service (NHS). CHG has annual revenues of approximately SEK 2,000 million and good profitability. Scandinavian medical care is highly regarded in international circles. From this base, Capio has developed its own competence in providing cost- effective, high-quality care to mainly public-sector purchasers. This model is becoming increasingly popular in a number of markets, including the UK. The British Government's Concordat between the NHS and private- sector providers of care services, is designed to allow the latter to provide a greater number of services than previously in return for public funds, in order to reduce patient queues in the public medical sector, among other aims. Göteborg May 14, 2001 Capio AB (publ) For further information, please contact Ulrika Stenson, Vice President, Corporate Communications +46 31 732 4004, +46 70 590 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/2001/05/14/20010514BIT00500/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/05/14/20010514BIT00500/bit0002.pdf