Statement by General Partner

2006-02-032005-12-222006-04-20TSO (The Stationery Office), St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1PD, 01603 622211, customer.services@tso.co.uk57960249249
DOUGHTY HANSON & CO FUNDS II PARTNERSHIP NUMBER NINE
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF PARTNER
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT 1907

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 9 of the Limited Partnership Act 1907, that on 22 December 2005, Pictet Private Equity Investors SA transferred all of the interest held by it in Doughty Hanson & Co Funds II Partnership Number Nine (“Partnership Number Nine”) to Alcyon SA and thereupon Alcyon SA became an additional Limited Partner in the Partnership Number Nine. 3 February 2006.