Increased institutional ownership in Sectra

Increased institutional ownership in Sectra International institutional investors are showing great interest for the Swedish IT and Medical Technology Company Sectra AB. Capital Group and Schroders Investment Management has acquired 540,000 series B shares from the main owner group of Sectra AB. This corresponds to 1.7 % of the share capital and 1.0 % of the votes. - The ownership spreading is done in accordance with Sectra´s strategy to increase the institutional ownership in connection with the internationalization of the company. The broadened institutional ownership is expected to increase the markets trust in the company, says Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO for Sectra AB. H&Q Technology handled the transaction. For further information, please contact: Sectra AB, Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO, ph + 46 13-23 52 09, job@sectra.se or Torbjörn Gunnarsson, Hagströmer & Qviberg Fondkommission AB, 08-696 17 00. Welcome to visit our website: http://www.sectra.se Sectra's operations Sectra has its roots in Linköping Technical University and is one of Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in the IT area. Since the mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of high-technology medical IT and telecommunications products. Today, the business includes products in medical systems, secure communication systems and wireless information systems. Business is conducted in five countries with a total of 170 employees. Sales for the fiscal year May 1999-April 2000 reached SEK 192 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the OM Stockholm Exchange. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/30/20010330BIT00310/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/30/20010330BIT00310/bit0002.pdf