MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG

Share Issue/Capital Change • Jan 17, 2005

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Corporate | 17 January 2005 10:45

MPC Capital AG: Placed equity over 1 billion Euro in 2004

Corporate-news announcement sent by DGAP. The sender is solely responsible for the contents of this announcement. —————————————————————————— MPC Capital placed over EUR 1 billion in equity in 2004 Hamburg, January 17, 2004 – In the past fiscal year, MPC Capital AG reached another milestone in its 10-year history. 2004 was the first fiscal year to see equity placed pass the EUR 1 billion mark, at EUR 1.093 billion. This represents a 46% increase over the previous year’s EUR 748 million. Business segment 2004 in EURm 2003 in EURm +/- Real estate funds 494 430 15% Corporate investments 410 197 108% thereof ship investments 397 191 108% Life insurance funds 142 107 33% Private equity funds 20 16 25% Investment funds 28 – 2 — TOTAL 1,093 748 46% * Deviations due to rounding of figures With EUR 494 million in capital raised, closed-end real estate funds were once again the strongest business segment of MPC Capital AG (previous year: EUR 430 million). The well-established Dutch and Canadian funds, together with the company’s first English fund, led to a growth rate of 15% . Ship investments showed the highest growth, rising 108% to EUR 397 million (previous year: EUR 191 million). The positive market environment, an attractive range of products and the successful placement of the largest ship fund (“Star Fleet”) initiated in Germany to date contributed to this growth. A total of EUR 410 million was placed in the corporate investments segment in 2004, compared to EUR 197 million in 2003. EUR 142 million was invested in the products of the MPC life insurance funds series, compared to EUR 107 million in the previous year. The funds based on existing German life insurance policies have become well established in the product mix of the Hamburg-based issuing house. The private equity segment recovered slightly; the amount of equity raised was up from the previous year’s EUR 16 million to EUR 20 million. While investments in open-ended investment funds showed a net decline by just under EUR 2 million in 2003, they increased by a gratifying EUR 28 million in fiscal 2004. Since 1994, more than 97,000 customers have invested app. EUR 3.8 billion in 194 funds with a total investment volume of over EUR 10 billion. MPC Capital AG’s preliminary figures for fiscal 2004 will be published on February 28, 2005. For inquiries, please contact: Andreas Schwarzwälder Investor Relations MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG, Palmaille 67, D-22767 Hamburg, Phone: +49 (0)40 / 38022-347, fax: +49 (0)40 / 38022-878, e-mail: ir@mpc-capital.com end of message, (c)DGAP 17.01.2005 —————————————————————————— WKN: 518760; ISIN: DE0005187603; Index: MDAX Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard) und Hamburg; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 171045 Jän 05