1. Performance Benchmarks 2008 European Private Equity Conducted by Thomson Reuters on behalf of EVCA

2. Methodology for Performance Benchmarks All calculations are done at the fund level by Thomson Reuters based on cash flows and NAVs reported by participating GPs Returns are net of management fees and carried interest Returns are calculated with cash flows in Euros for European figures Cash flow database contains 1,331 European funds since its inception Definitions:  Pooled IRR: IRR for a group of funds where their cash flows have been aggregated before the IRR calculation  Investment Horizon Return: IRR calculated with Net Asset Value at the beginning of period as capital outflow, Net Asset Value at the end of period, and actual cash flows in between

3. Background GPs Global economic downturn Lack of leverage for new deals Difficult exit environment Non-existent IPO market LPs Financial crisis Global economic downturn Low distributions lead to difficulties in servicing commitments Denominator effect triggers over- exposure to Private Equity Extremely difficult market conditions for GPs and LPs in the last 12 months

4. Investment Benchmarks Database European Sample Growth Report YearNumber of Funds in the Sample Committed € Bn. 199843851.4 199951168.8 200057387.6 2001665108.8 2002774135.4 2003881149.5 2004956159.6 20051,069205.2 20061,141237.9 20071,215300.5 20081,331326.5 Source: Thomson Reuters on behalf of EVCA

5. Mid- to Long-Term IRRs for European Venture European Venture 3-,5-,10-Year Rolling IRRs Source: Thomson Reuters/EVCA Returns calculated in EUR

6. 3-year Buyout Horizon IRR in Europe Declines Steeply Mid- to Long-Term Performance of European Buyout Funds Remains Strong European Buyouts 3-,5-,10-Year Rolling IRRs Source: Thomson Reuters/EVCA Returns calculated in EUR

7. European Buyout Funds Show Best Performance Over a 5-year Horizon Returns for Europe calculated in EUR Returns for US calculated in US$ Source: Thomson Reuters/EVCA EuropeUSA

8. European Top Quarter Performance at Above 20% Funds Formed 1980-2008 StagePooled IRR Upper Quartile Net Pooled Top Quarter IRR Early Stage-1.31.112.6 Development7.49.018.9 Balanced3.05.714.7 All Venture3.04.813.5 Buyout13.017.631.2 Generalist9.09.322.0 All Private Equity 9.59.722.7 25 50 75 100 -2.5% -27.2% 9.5% Net IRR Percentile 6.0% 22.7% Source: Thomson Reuters/EVCA 0.0% -6.0% Net Pooled for the Quarter

9. Short-Term Performance Reflects the Impact of the Downturn Long-Term Performance Remains Steady Stage1 YR3 YR5 YR10 YR20 YR Early Stage-12.2-2.5-0.4-2.6-1.3 Development-20.50.54.33.87.4 Balanced-23.60.62.10.23.0 All Venture-19.6-0.61.80.23.0 Buyouts-31.03.510.811.612.9 Generalist-43.84.27.27.69.0 All Private Equity -30.52.68.18.09.6 Source: Thomson Reuters/EVCA European Private Equity Funds Formed 1980-2008 Investment Horizon IRR (%) for period ending 31-Dec-2008

10. Mid-Size Venture Funds Seem Most Hit by the Crisis Formed 1980-2008 Stage1 YR3 YR5 YR10 YR20 YR $0-50 million-8.90.22.52.65.2 $50-100 million-20.3-1.80.40.32.9 $100-250 million -25.7-2.6-0.5-1.33.0 $250 million +-16.50.94.00.01.3 All Venture-19.6-0.61.80.23.0 Source: Thomson Reuters/EVCA Net IRRs to Investors Investment Horizon IRR (%) for period ending 31-Dec-2008 These results refer to the fund size, not the deal size

11. On the Buyout Side - Mega Funds Most Impacted Formed 1980-2008 Stage1 YR3 YR5 YR10 YR20 YR $0-500 million-16.76.610.012.213.9 $500 - 1 billion-15.410.410.919.119.6 $1 billion +-33.81.011.19.29.1 All Buyout-31.03.510.811.612.9 Source: Thomson Reuters/EVCA Net IRRs to Investors Investment Horizon IRR (%) for period ending 31-Dec-2008 These results refer to the fund size, not the deal size

12. Private Equity Investment During Downturns Generates Superior Performance Net IRRs to Investors Grouped By Vintage Years From Inception to 31-Dec-2008 Stage1980-19841985-19891990-19941995-19992000-20042005-2008 IRRDPIIRRDPIIRRDPIIRRDPIIRRDPIIRRDPI All Venture6.31.628.01.458.21.041.70.62-2.50.220.70.03 All Buyouts9.21.8813.61.5719.31.9812.21.2919.01.15-18.70.11 Generalist12.41.227.21.069.51.417.71.0221.01.181.60.04 All Private Equity 9.31.328.51.1915.31.669.71.1513.00.96-16.00.10 Source: Thomson Reuters on behalf of EVCA

13. Private Equity Returns Beat all Public Market Indices Stage European Private Equity Return Morgan Stanley Euro Index HSBC Small Company index JP Morgan Euro Bonds Early Stage-1.3-2.61.98.5 Development7.43.14.98.8 Balanced3.0-1.11.47.6 All Venture3.01.43.48.7 Buyouts13.0-4.62.19.1 Generalist9.04.75.09.4 All Private Equity9.5-1.82.78.9 Comparators: annualised net pooled IRRs since inception to 31.12.2008 Source: Thomson Reuters/EVCA

14. Private Equity performance - superior to the performance of public market comparators Annualised net pooled IRRs since inception to 31.12.2008 *Comparators are Internal Rates of Return (IRR). IRRs for public market indices are calculated by investing the equivalent cash flows that were invested in private equity into the public market index. Then an equivalent IRR is calculated for each index. Calculations based on methodology proposed by J Coller and published by A Long and C Nickles. Source: Thomson Reuters/EVCA 9.5% 8.9% 2.7% -1.8%

15. Summary Mid- to Long-term performance  Private equity registers close to 10% net IRR with pooled average top quarter IRR since inception of 22.7%  Private equity performance superior to the performance of all three public market comparators Shorter-term performance  Reflects the impact of the economic downturn and financial crisis with 1-year horizon IRR at -30.5%  Returns over the 3-year horizon also strongly affected by the economic crisis with buyout IRR of 3.5% and venture IRR of -0.6%

16. 2008 European Private Equity Performance Benchmarks For questions please contact: Thomson Reuters: rosette.tyers@thomsonreuters.comrosette.tyers@thomsonreuters.com EVCA: zornitsa.pavlova@evca.eu@evca.eu