DGAP-Adhoc: HCI Capital AG: Decision of MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG to launch a takeover offer pursuant to sec. 10 para 1 of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG) to the shareholders of HCI Capital AG

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HCI Capital AG / Offer/Statement

12.02.2008 

Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Hamburg, 12 February 2008. MPC Münchmeyer Pertersen Capital AG, Hamburg,
ISIN DE 0005187603, holding 15.1% of the registered share capital of HCI
Capital AG, has notified today pursuant to sec. 10 para 1 of the German
Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG) that it is intending to
extend a takeover offer to the shareholders of HCI Capital AG, Hamburg,
ISIN DE0005187603, to purchase and acquire their registered shares with no
par value (auf den Namen lautende Stückaktien) of HCI Capital AG each
representing a pro rata amount of the registered share capital
(Grundkapital) of EUR 1.00 per share at a purchase price in the range of
EUR 14.22 per share in cash. The takeover offer will not include a minimum
quota for its acceptance as a condition of the offer.

Further, MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG has informed that it has
entered into an agreement with Corsair III Investments (Luxembourg)
S.a.r.l. to acquire its participation of 20% of the registered share
capital of HCI Capital AG for a consideration consisting of shares in MPC
Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG. The execution of the agreement is subject
to several conditions, especially the occurrence of all requirements of the
takeover offer.

The management board of HCI Capital AG will enter into negotiations with
MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG regarding the detailed objectives
pursued with the takeover, and it will evaluate the offer price and – once
published – the terms of the takeover offer. The management board of HCI
Capital AG will comment on the consequences of the offer for HCI Capital AG
and its customers, other business partners, employees and shareholders in
due course.


HCI Capital AG
Dr. Olaf Streuer
Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +49 40 88 88 1 125
olaf.streuer@hci-capital.de

Issuer, adress: HCI Capital AG, Bleichenbrücke 10, D-20354 Hamburg
Telephone / fax: +49 40 8888 1-0 / +49 40 8888 1-199
E-mail / www: hci@hci-capital.de / www.hci.de
ISIN: DE000A0D9Y97
Common Code: 022854488
Index: SDAX
Stock market segment / trading location: Official Trading / Prime Standard
at Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Official Trading at Hamburg Stock Exchange



DGAP 12.02.2008 
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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 88881-109
E-mail:       ir@hci.de
Internet:     www.hci.de
ISIN:         DE000A0D9Y97
WKN:          A0D9Y9
Indices:      SDAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg;
              Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart
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