HUNGARY - Vienna Capital Partners increase stake in FHB

Austrian venture capital company Vienna Capital Partners Group is buying a further 9.5% of Hungarian bank FHB from HSBC. VCP already holds a 9.85% stake (6.5 million shares) in FHB purchased in March 2007 for approximately EUR 48m. HSBC, a transaction manager in the privatisation of FHB, is selling its 6.27 million FHB shares purchased since the privatisation of the bank.