Statement by General Partner

2003-03-102003-03-17TSO (The Stationery Office), St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1PD, 01603 622211, customer.services@tso.co.uk56879160160
CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP IN LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 10(1) OF THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT 1907

Date Transferor Transferee Euro 100,000 Limited Partnership Interest
BC EUROPEAN CAPITAL V-3
10 March 2003 HSBC Private Equity Investments (UK) Limited HSBC Private Equity Portfolio (HPEI) LP Incorporated 100
BC EUROPEAN CAPITAL VI-5
10 March 2003 HSBC Private Equity Investments (UK) Limited HSBC Private Equity Portfolio (HPEI) LP Incorporated 40
BC EUROPEAN CAPITAL VII-7
10 March 2003 HSBC Private Equity Investments (UK) Limited HSBC Private Equity Portfolio (HPEI) LP Incorporated 150
BC EUROPEAN CAPITAL VII TOP-UP-4
10 March 2003 HSBC Private Equity Investments (UK) Limited HSBC Private Equity Portfolio (HPEI) LP Incorporated 50
I Stokes, Director, CIE Management II Limited PO Box 255, Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3QL.