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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Oct 1, 2007

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Voting Rights Announcements | 1 October 2007 16:16

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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Please be aware that Schroders plc. is the parent company of Schroder
Administration Limited, which itself is the parent company of Schroder
Investment Management Limited. The registered address for all three
companies is London, United Kingdom.

Schroders plc. London, United Kingdom, advised us on 26 September 2007, in
accordance with sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG that their shareholding in HCI Capital
AG, Bleichenbrücke 10, D-20354 Hamburg, Germany went below the 3 %
threshold and amounted to 2.98 % (equivalent to 715,899 shares of
24,000,000 total shares) on 25 September 2007. These voting rights are in
their entirety attributable to Schroders plc. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1
sent. 1 no 6 and sent. 2 and 3 WpHG.

Schroder Administration Limited London, United Kingdom, advised us on 26
September 2007, in accordance with sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG that their
shareholding in HCI Capital AG, Bleichenbrücke 10, D-20354 Hamburg, Germany
went below 3 % threshold and amounted to 2.98 % (equivalent to 715,899
shares of 24,000,000 total shares) on 25 September 2007. These voting
rights are in their entirety attributable to Schroder Administration
Limited pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 and sent. 2 and 3 WpHG.

Schroder Investment Management Ltd. London, United Kingdom, advised us on
26 September 2007, in accordance with sec. 21 para. 1 WpHG that their
shareholding in HCI Capital AG, Bleichenbrücke 10, D-20354 Hamburg, Germany
went below 3 % threshold and amounted to 2.98 % (equivalent to 715,899
shares of 24,000,000 total shares) on 25 September 2007. These voting
rights are in their entirety attributable to Schroder Investment Management
Ltd. pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 WpHG.

01.10.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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

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