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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • May 8, 2008

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Voting Rights Announcements | 8 May 2008 11:09

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, Section 1 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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On 30 April 2008, the holding of voting rights in HCI Capital AG, Hamburg,
Germany, of Corsair III Investments (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l., Luxembourg,
Luxembourg, fell below the thresholds of 20%, 15%, 10%, 5% and 3%. As of
that date, Corsair III Investments (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. held 0.00% of the
voting rights (this corresponds to 0 voting rights). Accordingly, each of
the following entities associated with Corsair III Investments (Luxembourg)
S.a.r.l. also fell below the thresholds of 20%, 15%, 10%, 5% and 3% of
voting rights in HCI Capital AG on 30 April 2008 and, thus, indirectly held
0.00% of the voting rights (this corresponds to 0 voting rights), which are
attributed to them according to Section 22 (1) No. 1 WpHG:

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

08.05.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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

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