Amil Has Strong Growth With High Profitability

                         1st QUARTER 2008 Highlights

      -- Total membership stood at 2.84 million at the end of March, 33.3%
         above the same period last year and 5.5% higher than the previous
         quarter.

      -- Adjusted Operating Revenues totaled R$ 997.3 million, 29.3% more
         than in the 1Q07 and 4.6% higher than the 4Q07.

      -- Adjusted EBITDA amounted to R$ 121.8 million, a year-on-year increase
         of 26.1%. Adjusted EBITDA Margin registered 12.2% in the 1Q08.

      -- The Medical Loss Ratio for the healthplan membership (including
         R$ 4 million, or 0.4 p.p., in additional costs related to the dengue
         fever outbreak) closed the quarter at 65.7%, 2.6 p.p. lower than in
         the 1Q07.

      -- On the 1Q08, the Company posted an adjusted Net Income of
         R$ 89.6 million, 44.8% up on the 1Q07.

To access the Earnings Release full version visit our website at www.amilpar.com.br/ir

    Upcoming Events: Conference Calls

    English
    May 14, 2008  (Wednesday)
    11:00 AM (New York)
    12:00 Noon (Brasilia)
    Phone: +1 (973) 935-8893
    Replay: +1 (706) 645-9291
    Code: 44218531

    Portuguese
    May 14, 2008  (Wednesday)
    2:00 PM (New York)
    3:00 PM (Brasilia)
    Phone: +55 (11) 2188-0188
    Replay: +55 (11) 2188-0188
    Code: Amil

About AmilPar

Amil Participacoes S.A. (Bovespa: AMIL3) is the largest MCO (managed care organization) inBrazil, serving more than 2.84 million members in the States ofSao Paulo,Rio de Janeiro,Parana andDistrito Federal. The Company is also the MCO with the largest accredited provider network inBrazil, with more than 2,100 hospitals, 32,000 health care clinics and private practices and 5,900 laboratories and diagnostic imaging centers.

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