Capio AB (publ) Interim report January – June 2016


April – June 2016

  · Net sales MSEK 3,573 (3,441). Organic sales growth 4.0% (3.5) and total
sales growth 3.8% (2.5)
  · Operating result (EBITDA)[1] MSEK 276 (237) and operating margin 7.7% (6.9).
EBITDA increased by 16.5%
  · Operating result (EBITA)[1] MSEK 172 (136) and operating margin 4.8% (4.0).
EBITA increased by 26.5%
  · Operating result (EBIT) MSEK 157 (66) and operating margin 4.4% (1.9). EBIT
increased by 137.9%
  · Profit for the period[1] MSEK 113 (-31) and adjusted profit for the
period[1] MSEK 123 (60).

  · Earnings per share[2] SEK 0.80 (-0.25) and adjusted earnings per share[2]
SEK 0.87 (0.47)

January – June 2016

  · Net sales MSEK 7,176 (6,919). Organic sales growth 3.8% (3.2) and total
sales growth 3.7% (2.8)
  · Operating result (EBITDA)[1] MSEK 572 (528) and operating margin 8.0% (7.6).
EBITDA increased by 8.3%
  · Operating result (EBITA)[1] MSEK 367 (327) and operating margin 5.1% (4.7).
EBITA increased by 12.2%
  · Operating result (EBIT) MSEK 333 (228) and operating margin 4.6% (3.3). EBIT
increased by 46.1%
  · Profit for the period[1] MSEK 235 (42) and adjusted profit for the period[1]
MSEK 260 (154).

  · Earnings per share[2] SEK 1.67 (0.33) and adjusted earnings per share[2] SEK
1.84 (1.22)

[1] Refer to page 28 for definitions of EBITDA and EBITA. Profit and adjusted
profit refer to profit attributable to parent company shareholders.
[2] Earnings per share and adjusted earnings per share before and after dilution
were the same. Refer to note 2 for calculations of earnings per share.


CEO comments:

“Strong development in all segments – France on track for full price decrease
compensation in full year 2016.”

  · Organic sales growth of 4% and EBITA growth of 27% in the second quarter
2016
  · Continued strong development in Nordic and Germany
  · France improving pace during the second quarter and is on the right track to
reach a flat margin development for the full year 2016


We are now in a trend of strong positive development in all segments and we are
in line with our plans going forward.

Nordic showed good net sales and result develop­ment. Organic sales growth in
the quarter was close to 5% and for the first six months it was just below 4%.
Operating margin (EBITA) improved more than one percentage point in the quarter
and close to a percentage point in the first six months, compared to the same
periods 2015.

The productivity increase in Proximity care in Sweden is conti­n­uing on plan.
Capio S:t Göran’s hospital in Stockholm is enjoy­ing double digit sales growth
as a consequence of the transfer of patient volumes in connection with the
preparation of the opening of the down-sized New Karolinska Hospital. The new
and larger accident and emergency department (A&E) at Capio S:t Göran opened in
late April and will contribute to continued good growth. Specialist care has
also good develop­ment and is preparing to strengthen and streamline the offer
in the free healthcare choice market. Norway has successfully integrated last
year’s acquisitions and is improving results.

France has over the first six months almost fully compensated for the
Government’s price cut in March of over 2%. In the first quarter the negative
margin gap was 0.4 percentage point compared to the same quarter last year. In
the second quarter the gap decreased to 0.1 percentage point. Ongoing actions
are aiming at closing the gap during the rest of the year. These actions contain
reorganization of employees, more efficient procure­ment, continuous
impr­ovements in a few remaining lagging units and business development in
medical specialties. When compensating the remaining margin gap during the
second half of the year, this will create a good starting point for next year’s
work to continue improve margins, as France will then end the year with a higher
run rate than the average margin for 2016.

It is encouraging to see that the growth in patient volumes was very strong in
France in the quarter – 6.3%. This reflects the attractiveness of our focus on
Modern Medicine and the continuous shift from in- to out-patient treatments. It
can be noted that doctors in Capio Clinique du Tonkin Heart Clinic in Lyon
performed the first ever daycare TAVI operation (cardiac valve insertion) in
France on an 86 year old patient. The patient arrived early in the morning and
left in good health and spirit just after 6 pm on the same day.

As expected, Germany had a strong second quarter and is for the first six months
on plan and positioned for continued impr­ovements. The improvements in the
general hospitals continued with both strong organic sales growth and increased
producti­vity giving improved margins.

In total 731 employees signed up for the convertible debenture loan with a total
amount of MSEK 155, whereof all members of Group management (MSEK 23) and 12 out
of 14 business area and regional managers (MSEK 16) participated.

The focus going forward is of course on securing the ongoing strong trends in
the current businesses. We are also increasing the preparations for
digitalization in all areas from easier access for patients over workflow
improvements to standardizing adm­inistration and medical records. There are a
number of ongoing pilot projects and these will be scaled up when proven
efficient.

We are also actively searching for interesting acquisitions.

Thomas Berglund

President and CEO


Presentation of the interim report
Investors, analysts and media are invited to participate in a telephone
conference on July 22, 2016 at 09.30 am (CET). President and CEO Thomas Berglund
and CFO Olof Bengtsson will present the report and answer questions. The
telephone conference will be audio casted live on www.capio.com. To participate
in the telephone conference, please register at www.capio.com (http://edge.media
-server.com/m/p/utxwbwq4) and dial in five minutes prior to the start of the
conference call.

Sweden: +46 8 566 426 90
UK: +44 203 008 98 07
US: +1 855 753 22 35
Finland: +35 898 171 04 93
France: +33 170 75 07 12

Prior to the start of the telephone conference, presentation slides will be
available at www.capio.com.

A recorded version of the audio cast will be available at www.capio.com during
the afternoon (CET).


Financial calendar
November 3, 2016, Interim report January – September 2016

February 10, 2017, Full year report January – December 2016


For further information
Thomas Berglund, President and CEO
Telephone: +46 733 88 86 00, E-mail: thomas.berglund@capio.com

Olof Bengtsson, CFO
Telephone: +46 761 18 74 69, E-mail: olof.bengtsson@capio.com

Kristina Ekeblad, Investor Relations Manager
Telephone: +46 708 31 19 40, E-mail: kristina.ekeblad@capio.com

Henrik Brehmer, SVP Group Communication and Public Affairs
Telephone: +46 761 11 34 14, E-mail: henrik.brehmer@capio.com

For further information regarding Capio’s IR activities, refer to
www.capio.com (http://www.capio.com/investors)

This information is information that Capio AB (publ) is obliged to make public
pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Markets Act. The
information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact
person Henrik Brehmer set out above, at 08.00 (CET) on July 22, 2016.

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