Opica publishes additional information regarding the Offer to the shareholders in Capio

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 6 October 2006 Opica publishes additional information regarding the Offer to the shareholders in Capio Opica AB (“Opica”) announced on 1 September 2006 a public 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 5 p.m. (CET) on 18 October 2006. The Board of Directors of Capio has unanimously decided to recommend the shareholders in Capio to accept the increased Offer. Opica today publishes additional information regarding the Offer to the shareholders in Capio. The additional information will be distributed to the shareholders in Capio whose holdings are registered in their own names. The additional information is also available on Opica’s website www.opica.se. Stockholm, 6 October 2006 Opica AB Board of Directors ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://wpy.waymaker.net/client/waymaker1/WOLReleaseFile.aspx?id=294719&fn=wkr0001.pdf Press release as pdf