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Opica has received acceptances for 81.7% of the shares in Capio and extends the acceptance period until 31 October 2006

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This press release is not and must not, directly or indirectly, be distributed or made public in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. The Offer is not being made to persons in those jurisdictions or elsewhere where their participation requires further offer documents, filings or other measures in addition to those required by Swedish law


Press release 23 October 2006


Opica has received acceptances for 81.7% of the shares in Capio
and extends the acceptance period until 31 October 2006

· Opica reaches 81.7% of the shares and votes in Capio
· The acceptance period is extended until 31 October 2006
On 1 September 2006, Opica AB (“Opica”), a company indirectly jointly owned by funds advised by Apax Partners Worldwide LLP, by Nordic Capital Fund VI and by funds advised or managed by Apax Partners SA, announced an offer to the shareholders in Capio AB (publ) (“Capio”) to tender all shares in Capio to Opica for SEK 153 in cash per share (the “Offer”). On 5 October 2006, Opica decided to increase the offer price to SEK 167 in cash per share and to extend the acceptance period until 17.00 (CET) on 18 October 2006.

By 18 October 2006, the final day of the extended acceptance period in the Offer, Opica had received acceptances for 83,230,573 shares, representing 81.7 per cent of the total number of shares and votes in Capio.

In order to provide shareholders in Capio that have not yet tendered their shares with the opportunity to accept the Offer, Opica has decided to extend the acceptance period until 17.00 (CET) on 31 October 2006. All other terms and conditions stated in the offer documents apply during the extension. Provided that Opica announces that all conditions to the Offer has been satisfied or waived no later than 3 November 2006, settlement of the Offer is expected to begin on or about 8 November 2006.




Stockholm, 23 October 2006

Opica AB

Board of Directors




For questions, please contact:
Lars Johansson Robert Andreen Laurent Ganem
Apax Partners Stockholm Nordic Capital Apax Partners SA
Tel. +46 8 545 074 00 Tel. +46 8 440 50 50 Tel. +33 1 53 65 01 00

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