LAIQON AG — Earnings Release 2006

Jan 16, 2007

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Corporate | 16 January 2007 09:38

Lloyd Fonds with increased equity placements in 2006 – fleet fund about to be launched with major German bank

Lloyd Fonds Aktiengesellschaft / Miscellaneous/Agreement

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• Increase in equity placements to EUR 301 million in 2006
• Diversification strategy continued: Over EUR 71 million in the traded
endowment policy asset class
• Placement of fleet fund with equity of over USD 180 million to be
commenced in the first quarter of 2007

Hamburg, January 16, 2007. In fiscal 2006, Lloyd Fonds AG achieved equity
placements of EUR 301 million, an increase of 5.2 percent over the previous
year. At around EUR 213 million, closed-end ship funds accounted for 71
percent of this figure. A further EUR 13 million (4 percent of total
equity) was achieved with another innovative structured investment product
in the shipping segment. Traded endowment policies accounted for over EUR
71 million or just under 24 percent of total equity placements. Compared
with the previous year, this is an increase of 104 percent. The rest of the
placement volume comprised real estate and private equity funds, which have
only been retailing for a few weeks. As a result, Lloyd Fonds has placed
total equity of around EUR 1.2 billion since 1995. Aggregate investments
under management thus stand at around EUR 3 billion.

The placement of a large ship fund with a volume of over USD 180 million is
expected to commence in the first quarter of 2007 in conjunction with a
major German bank. Comprising six container ships, the fleet fund will have
an investment volume of over EUR 500 million. As the ships vary in size
from 2,800 TEU to 8,200 TEU, very favorable diversification effects will be
achieved within the container shipping segment. All ships are being managed
by experienced partners and have long-term initial charters with
investment-grade charterers.

Lloyd Fonds expects to release its preliminary figures for 2006 and provide
guidance for 2007 on February 5, 2007. The annual report for 2006 is
scheduled for publication on April 17, 2007.

For further information please contact:
Lloyd Fonds AG
Dr. Goetz Schlegtendal
Amelungstraße 8-10
20354 Hamburg
Tel: +49 (0)40 325678-148
ir@lloydfonds.de

DGAP 16.01.2007

Language: English
Issuer: Lloyd Fonds Aktiengesellschaft
Amelungstr. 8-10
20354 Hamburg Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)40 32 56 78-0
Fax: +49 (0)40 32 56 78-99
E-mail: info@lloydfonds.de
WWW: www.lloydfonds.de
ISIN: DE0006174873
WKN: 617487
Indices:
Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in
Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart

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