Corporate | 17 January 2006 07:29

MPC Capital AG: Placed Equity 2005

Corporate-news transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— MPC Capital again placed almost EUR 1 billion in equity in 2005 Hamburg, January 17, 2006 – In the past fiscal year, MPC Capital AG raised equity in an amount of EUR 974 million. This 11% decline against the previous year’s EUR 1.093 billion had been expected and was within the bandwidth of EUR 950 million to 1 billion guided by the Management Board. Business segment in EUR m 2005 2004 +/- Real estate funds 409 494 -17% thereof Real Estate Opportunity 117 0 — Corporate Investments 327 410 -20% thereof ship investments 310 397 -22% Life insurance funds 118 142 -17% Structured products 62 0 — Private equity funds 38 20 +90% Investment funds 20 28 -29% TOTAL 974 1,093 -11% *Deviations due to rounding of figures With EUR 409 million in capital raised, closed-end real estate funds were once again MPC Capital AG’s strongest business segment (previous year: EUR 494 million). The innovative investment concept of the Real Estate Opportunity Fund was successfully introduced in the German market to complement the traditional Dutch, Canadian and UK funds. As expected, the traditional product offerings fell short of the previous year’s level due to the difficult situation in the real estate markets. At EUR 310 million (previous year: EUR 397 million), MPC Capital’s ship investments again performed very well in fiscal 2005. The successful placements were attributable to the positive market environment and an attractive range of products characterised by reasonable shipbuilding prices and long-term charter contracts. A total of EUR 327 million was placed in the corporate investments segment in 2005, compared to EUR 410 million in 2004. The range of life insurance funds contributed EUR 118 million to the placement volume of the past fiscal year (previous year: EUR 142 million), of which EUR 106 million was accounted for by funds based on German capital life insurance policies. A fund based on British policies was initiated in the fourth quarter and had attracted an amount of EUR 12 million by the reporting date. Another product innovation in 2005 was the segment of structured products, which exceeded the company’s expectations. A total amount of to EUR 62 million was issued under the capital-guaranteed Fortrust I and Fortrust II hedge fund note. With EUR 38 million in equity placed (previous year: EUR 20 million) the recovery in the private equity segment continued. Focusing on pre-selected target funds, the modified fund concept of the Global Equity series met investors’ demand for more transparent and cost-efficient fund structures. Investments in open-ended investment funds increased by EUR 20 million in fiscal 2005, compared to EUR 28 million in the previous year. At EUR 157 million, MPC Capital’s Austrian subsidiary accounted for 16% of equity placed and increased its placement volume by 14% from EUR 138 million in the previous year. Another 8% ( EUR 72 million) of the 2005 equity was placed in the Netherlands (previous year: EUR 79 million). Since 1994, some 120.000 customers have invested approx. EUR 4.8 billion in 224 funds with a total investment volume of over EUR 12 billion. MPC Capital AG’s preliminary figures for fiscal 2005 and the guidance for 2006 will be published on February 28, 2006. If you have any questions, please contact: Andreas Schwarzwälder Investor Relations MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG, Palmaille 67, D-22767 Hamburg, phone: +49 (0)40 / 38022-347, fax: +49 (0)40 / 38022-878, e-mail: ir@mpc-capital.com End of announcement (c)DGAP 17.01.2006 —————————————————————————— WKN: 518760; ISIN: DE0005187603; Index: MDAX Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard) und Hamburg; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München und Stuttgart