Unipol Group - share capital increase of Unipol Banca and clarifications on news published by the press

Unipol Assicurazioni hereby communicates that the Board of Directors’ Meeting of the subsidiary Unipol Banca held on 21 November 2005 resolved, according to the powers granted to it by the Shareholders’ Meeting pursuant to Article 2443 of the Codice Civile [Civil Code], the share capital increase for a total of €300,070,000 as shareholder rights offering at a price of €1.85 for each new share, of which €0.85 as share premium.