GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Feb. 6, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Capio (Stockholm:CAP):
-- Net sales rose 42 per cent to SEK 7,651 M (5,382). Organic growth
amounted to 14 per cent in local currencies.
-- Operating earnings before goodwill amortisation (EBITA) and items
affecting comparability rose by SEK 110 M to SEK 503 M (392),
corresponding to an operating margin of 6.6 per cent (7.3).
-- Earnings after financial items amounted to SEK 288 M (205),
including items affecting comparability in a negative amount of
SEK 14 M (positive: 17).
-- Earnings per share, after dilution, amounted to SEK 4.22 (2.20).
Earnings per share excluding items affecting comparability and
nonrecurring tax items increased by 30 per cent to SEK 2.33 (1.79).
-- Second largest private hospital group in France acquired and name
changed to Capio Sante.
-- U.K. hospital properties and elderly care properties divested
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