WARBURG PINCUS DECLINES TO UP SYMBION &lt;SYMB> BID

  Warburg, Pincus Capital Co L.P., an
  investment partnership, said it told representatives of Symbion
  Inc it would not increase the 3.50-dlr-per-share cash price it
  has offered for the company.
      In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
  Warburg Pincus said one of its top executives, Rodman Moorhead,
  who is also a Symbion director, met April 1 with Symbion's
  financial advisor, L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin Inc.
      In a discussion of the offer, Warburg Pincus said Moorhead
  told the meeting there are no plans to raise the 3.50 dlr bid.
      Moorhead told the Rothschild officials that Warburg Pincus
  considers the offered price to be a fair one, Warburg Pincus
  said.
      Last Month Warburg Pincus launched a tender offer to buy up
  to 2.5 mln Symbion common shares.
  

