Unipol Assicurazioni PTO on Aurora Assicurazioni - press release pursuant to Article 37 (5) of CONSOB Regulation on Issuers

Corporate
Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Compagnia Assicuratrice Unipol S.p.A. (the ‘Offeror’ or ‘Unipol’) hereby announces that it has submitted today to CONSOB – pursuant to and for the intents and purposes of Article 37 (5) of the Regulation – the notice regarding its will to launch a voluntary public tender offer on all Aurora Assicurazioni S.p.A. ordinary shares (the ‘Issuer’ or ‘Aurora’) in compliance with Article 102 of Legislative Decree no 58 of 24 February 1998 (the ‘Consolidated Law’), and that it has deposited the offer document according to Articles 102 and seq. of the Consolidated Law and Article 37 of the Regulation.