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M&A Activity • Dec 15, 2006

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Ad-hoc | 15 December 2006 10:52

HCI Capital AG: Signing of a Share Purchase Agreement relating to 25% plus one share of the capital of Aragon AG

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— HCI Capital AG: Signing of a Share Purchase Agreement relating to 25% plus one share of the capital of Aragon AG Hamburg, 15 December 2006 – On 14 December 2006, HCI Capital AG – ISIN DE000A0D9Y97 – has entered into a stock purchase agreement with ABL Unternehmensgruppe GmbH for the off market acquisition of 25% plus one share of the share capital of Aragon AG, Wiesbaden – ISIN DE000A0B9N37 for a price of EUR 19.00 per share. The consummation of the Agreement is still subject to the consent of VEM Aktienbank, Munich due to an existing lock-up agreement. The parties intend to consummate the transaction still this year. In addition, HCI Capital AG has been granted a call option for another 5% of the share capital of Aragon AG for the case that Aragon AG decides to list its shares at an official market in the meaning of Sec. 2 para. 7 WpÜG. HCI Capital AG and Aragon AG intend to build on their existing business relationship and create a long-term and intense cooperation, which will also extend to Jung, DMS & Cie. Aktiengesellschaft, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aragon AG. Dr. Rolando Gennari, member of the management board of HCI Capital AG (c)DGAP 15.12.2006 ————————————————————————— Language: English Issuer: HCI Capital AG Bleichenbrücke 10 20354 Hamburg Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)40 88881-0 Fax: +49 (0)40 88881-109 E-mail: ir@hci.de WWW: www.hci.de ISIN: DE000A0D9Y97 WKN: A0D9Y9 Indices: SDAX Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————