The Administrative Court has granted suspension of IVO's decision to revoke Humana Assistans AB's permit to conduct business with, personal assistance and related services
The Administrative Court in Stockholm has today, 7 February 2023, decided to grant a suspension of the Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate's ("IVO") decision to revoke Humana Assistans AB's ("Humana Assistans") permit to conduct operations with personal assistance and other services. The court decision implies that IVO's decision will not apply until further notice and that Humana Assistans can continue to conduct operations. However, IVO has the opportunity to appeal the suspension decision to the Administrative Court of Appeal in Stockholm up until 28 February 2023 at the latest.
Humana announced on 31 januari 2023 that IVO had decided to revoke Humana Assistans's permit to conduct operations. On 2 February 2023, Humana announced that Humana Assistans had appealed the decision to the Administrative Court in Stockholm and filed a request for suspension.
Today, the Administrative Court has decided to grant suspension of IVO's decision since the Administrative Court [considers that the outcome of the case currently is uncertain and that no strong opposing interest has emerged against Humana Assistans being allowed to conduct its activities while waiting for the Administrative Court to finally decide the case. The Adminsitrative Court also states that it has taken into account in particular that it has not been found that person who's assistance is carried out by Humana are at risk at being harmed if the operations are allowed to continue. IVO has the possibility to appeal the Administrative Court's decision on suspension no later than 28 February 2023.
Humana Assistans still consider IVO's decision incorrect, for reasons including those stated in Humana's press release on 2 February 2023. The company will continue to work for safe and secure personal assistance for all customers while continuing to pursue the case in court. Humana do currently not know how long it will take for the Administrative Court to finally decide the case.
A webcasted teleconference where Humana's President and CEO Johanna Rastad comments on the situation will be held today, 7 February 2023 at 11.00 CET. To follow the conference please follow this link: https://ir.financialhearings.com/humana-feb-2023
To participate in the conference and thus be able to ask questions, please register though the following link: https://conference.financialhearings.com/teleconference/?id=5004067
For more information, please contact:
Johanna Rastad
President and CEO
070 748 20 44, johanna.rastad@humana.se
Ewelina Pettersson
Responsible investor relations
073 074 79 12, ewelina.pettersson@humana.se
This disclosure contains information that Humana AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 07-02-2023 10:10 CET.
Humana is a leading Nordic care company providing services within individual and family care, personal assistance, elderly care and special service housing in accordance with LSS. Humana has 18,000 employees in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark providing care for 9,000 individuals and working to achieve the vision “Everyone is entitled to a good life”. In 2021, Humana’s operating revenue was SEK 8,188m. Humana is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and the company’s headquarters are located in Stockholm. Read more about Humana on: https://www.humanagroup.com/