DGAP-News: MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel MPC Capital strengthens its shipping segment and hires Peter Ganz 12.01.2016 / 08:46 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Press Release MPC Capital strengthens its shipping segment and hires Peter Ganz Hamburg, 12 January 2016 - Peter Ganz has joined the top management team of the Hamburg asset and investment manager MPC Capital AG with effect from 1 January 2016. As a member of the extended Management Board the 48-year old Business Administration graduate will be in charge of the company's shipping activities. Until last year Ganz served as CFO of Hapag-Lloyd AG for six years. In that role he was deeply involved in the successful restructuring of Hapag-Lloyd, primed the company for operating on the capital market and thereby secured financing for additional growth. Most recently, he contributed significantly to the merger with the Chilean shipping company CSAV. "Peter Ganz possesses an exceptional knowledge of the shipping segment and especially of the capital market; we want to make the most of that expertise for our shipping activities," commented Ulf Hollaender, CEO of MPC Capital AG. "The current situation on the shipping markets and its implications for shipping companies and financiers will create interesting investment opportunities in the next few years." About MPC Capital AG MPC Capital AG is an independent asset and investment manager for real asset investments. Together with its subsidiaries, the company develops and manages real asset investments and investment products for international institutional investors, family offices and professional investors. Its focus is on the asset categories Real Estate, Shipping and Infrastructure. MPC Capital AG has been quoted on the stock exchange since 2000 and has around 240 employees group-wide. Contact MPC Capital AG Stefan Zenker Head of Investor Relations & Public Relations Tel. +49 40 38022-4347 Fax +49 40 38022-4878 e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.01.2016 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG Palmaille 75 22767 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 (0)40 380 22-0 Fax: +49 (0)40 380 22-4878 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.mpc-capital.de ISIN: DE000A1TNWJ4 WKN: A1TNWJ Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart; Open Market (Entry Standard) in Frankfurt End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 428397 12.01.2016