Completed the corporate reorganization plan of the Unipol Group start of Unipol Gruppo Finanziario on 1 September 2007

Today the following have been signed:

• the hive-down deed of Aurora Assicurazioni S.p.A.’s insurance business into Nuova Aurora Assicurazioni S.p.A.;
• the hive-down deed of Unipol Assicurazioni S.p.A.’s insurance business into Nuova Unipol Assicurazioni S.p.A.;
• the merger deed of Aurora Assicurazioni (after hivedown of the insurance business) into Unipol Assicurazioni, which from 1 September 2007 will take the name of Unipol Gruppo Finanziario S.p.A..