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Board/Management Information • Jul 25, 2008

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Corporate | 25 July 2008 11:05

HCI Capital AG: Dr Andreas Pres appointed as new CFO

HCI Capital AG / Change of Personnel

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HCI Capital AG fills vacancy on its Management Board

Dr Andreas Pres appointed as new CFO

Hamburg, 25 July 2008 – Dr Andreas Pres has been appointed to the
Management Board of HCI Capital AG, Hamburg. He will assume the function of
Chief Financial Officer at the Hamburg-based, SDAX-listed issuing house.
With the appointment of Dr Pres, the Supervisory Board of HCI Capital AG
has promptly filled the vacancy on the Company's Management Board.

43-year old Dr Andreas Pres will take up his post on 13 August 2008. A
fully-qualified lawyer, with a BA in business management, he joins HCI from
Munich-based EM. Sport Media AG, where he also held the position of Chief
Financial Officer. Prior to his six-year term with EM. Sport Media, Dr Pres
had been a member of the Management Board of Odeon Film AG, having
previously worked as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group. 'We are
delighted that Dr Andreas Pres has decided to contribute his vast
experience as a CFO to HCI Capital AG', said Dr John Benjamin Schroeder,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of HCI Capital AG.

With the appointment of a new CFO by the Supervisory Board, the HCI Group
has a strong and stable management team, and is well-positioned to develop
the Company's business going forward.

About HCI:
Established in 1985, the HCI Group creates closed-end funds and structured
investments in shipping, real estate, private equity fund of funds, and in
the secondary life insurance market, as well as asset creation plans. Since
1985, more than 112,000 clients have invested EUR 5.5 billion in 478
issues, with an investment volume totalling more than EUR 13.97 billion
(figures as at 30 Jun 2008), making HCI one of the leading financial
services system houses in Germany. HCI Capital AG has been listed on the
stock exchange since October 2005, and has been included in the SDAX index
since 19 December 2005.

Investor Relations contact:
Dr Olaf Streuer
HCI Capital AG
Head of Investor Relations
Phone: +49 40 88881-125
olaf.streuer@hci-capital.de

Press contact:
Ingo Pfeil
HCI Capital AG
Head of Public Relations
Phone: +49 40 88881-236
ingo.pfeil@hci-capital.de
25.07.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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Language: English
Issuer: HCI Capital AG
Bleichenbrücke 10
20354 Hamburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)40 88881-0
Fax: +49 (0)40 88881-199
E-mail: hci@hci.de
Internet: www.hci.de
ISIN: DE000A0D9Y97
WKN: A0D9Y9
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hannover, Stuttgart, München,
Düsseldorf

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