Institut Jules Bordet invests in Elekta's latest cancer treatment technology

Renown Belgian hospital to acquire Elekta Unity MR-Linac and Versa radiation
therapy systems

BRUSSELS, January 20, 2020 - Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that it signed a
contract with the Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, for an Elekta Unity MR-linac
system, two Versa HD™ linear accelerators (linacs), upgrade of existing Elekta
Infinity™ linacs as well as upgrades and expansions of Monaco[®] treatment
planning software and MOSAIQ[®] oncology information systems and service. The
total contract is valued at approximately EUR 22 million, of which EUR 18
million will be booked in the third quarter of Elekta's fiscal year 2019/20. The
remainder will be booked successively over the next ten years. Elekta won the
contract through a public procurement procedure.

Elekta's Head of Region Europe, Renato Leite, says: 'We are proud to strengthen
our long-standing relationship with the Bordet Institute, which is devoted
entirely to patients affected by cancer. As it prepares to move to its New
Bordet Institute in 2021, we are excited to be providing the most modern
radiotherapy treatment solutions available so the Institute can offer its cancer
patients personalized precision radiation medicine.'

The comprehensive cancer center is gearing up for its new cancer clinic with an
investment in state-of-the-art technology and upgrades to existing devices. This
includes Elekta Unity, a transformative magnetic resonance radiation therapy
(MR/RT) system, which combines a high-field MRI scanner with a best-in-class
linear accelerator to enable personalized precision radiation therapy.

The institute already enjoys Elekta solutions, including Leksell Gamma Knife[®]
Icon™ and two Elekta Infinity linacs as well as MOSAIQ and Monaco and Elekta's
microSelectron[®] brachytherapy afterloading platform. The two Versa HD systems
in this contract will replace competing systems. When all the solutions will
have been deployed the Jules Bordet Institute will be Belgium's the largest
single radiation therapy site with four Elekta linacs, one Unity MR-Linac and
one Leksell Gamma Knife.

Software upgrades are scheduled for delivery during 2020 and the linear
accelerators, including Unity, in 2021.

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For further information, please contact:
Oskar Bosson, Global EVP Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
Tel: +46 70 410 7180, e-mail: Oskar.Bosson@elekta.com
Time zone: CET: Central European Time

Cecilia Ketels, Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +46 76 611 76 25, e-mail: cecilia.ketels@elekta.com
Time zone: CET: Central European Time

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the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication at
20:00 CET on January 20, 2020. (REGMAR)


About Elekta Unity
Elekta Unity is a state-of-the art MR-linac that is defining a new standard for
personalized radiation therapy based on real-time high resolution anatomical and
biological MRI at the point-of-care. Unity combines a Philips high-field 1.5T
MRI scanner with a best-in-class 7MV linear accelerator and breakthrough online
dose replanning software that are fully integrated to enable adaptive
radiotherapy and real-time target monitoring.

About Elekta
For almost five decades, Elekta has been a leader in precision radiation
medicine. Our nearly 4,000 employees worldwide are committed to ensuring
everyone in the world with cancer has access to - and benefits from - more
precise, personalized radiotherapy treatments. Headquartered in Stockholm,
Sweden, Elekta is listed on NASDAQ Stockholm Exchange.
Visit elekta.com (http://www.elekta.com) or follow @Elekta on Twitter.


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