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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Oct 16, 2007

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Voting Rights Announcements | 16 October 2007 17:41

HCI Capital AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

HCI Capital AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Corsair III Investments S.a.r.l., Luxembourg notified us on 10 October
2007, pursuant to §§ 21 para. 1, 22 para. 2 WpHG of the following with
regard to HCI Capital AG, Bleichenbrücke 10, 20354 Hamburg, Germany:

On 9 October 2007 Corsair III Investments (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.,
Luxembourg, fell below the thresholds of 25%, 20% and 15% of voting rights
in HCI Capital AG. Thus, Corsair III Investments (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. on 9
October 2007 held 10.0241% of the voting rights (This corresponds to
2,405,793 voting rights).

Accordingly, each of the following entities associated with Corsair III
Investments (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. also fell below the thresholds of 25%,
20% and 15% of voting rights in HCI Capital AG on 9 October 2007 and thus
indirectly held 10.0241 % of the voting rights (this corresponds to
2,405,793 voting rights), which are attributed to them according to Section
22 (1) No. 1 Wertpapierhandelsgesetz:

• Corsair Capital LLC, City of Wilmington, USA, controlling Corsair III
Offshore Management L.P., Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands as its General
Partner;
• Corsair III Offshore Management L.P. controlling Corsair III Financial
Services Offshore Capital Partners L.P., Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands as
its General Partner;
• Corsair III Financial Services Offshore Capital Partners L.P. controlling
Corsair III Finance Europe S.a.r.l., Luxembourg;
• Corsair III Finance Europe S.a.r.l. controlling Corsair III Investments
International S.a.r.l., Luxembourg;
• Corsair III Investments International S.a.r.l. controlling Corsair III
Participations S.a.r.l., Luxembourg;
• Corsair III Participations S.a.r.l. controlling Corsair III Benelux
Investments S.a.r.l., Luxembourg;
• Corsair III Benelux Investments S.a.r.l. controlling Corsair III European
Investments S.a.r.l., Luxembourg;
• Corsair III European Investments S.a.r.l. controlling Corsair III
Investments (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.

16.10.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: HCI Capital AG
Bleichenbrücke 10
20354 Hamburg
Deutschland
Internet: www.hci.de

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