Unipol Group - Consob resolution on the publication of the offer document related to Unipl Assicurazioni's mandatory PTO on BNL

Corporate
Wednesday, August 31, 2005

CONSOB approved today, pursuant to Article 102(2) of Legislative Decree 58/1998, the publication of the offer document related to the mandatory Public Tender Offer (the ‘PTO’) launched by this Company on 1,836,325,334 ordinary shares of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A. (‘BNL’), at a price of €2.70 per share.
The authorization to the publication of the offer document is subject to including some information and clarifications - as requested by CONSOB itself - within the aforesaid document. In the forthcoming days, this Company will forward the offer document – as appropriately supplemented – to BNL and disclose it to the public, in accordance with the provisions of Article 38 of CONSOB Regulation 11971/1999.