Press release issued by Standard & Poor's related to the entrance of Unipol ordinary shares in S&P/MIB index

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/MIB Index, effective at the open of business, Friday 13 October 2006:

• Unipol ord, (Italy, ISIN IT0001074571) will replace RAS Spa (Italy, ISIN IT0000062825) in the S&P/MIB Index, following the merger of the latter into Allianz.
  The Unipol number of ordinary shares outstanding will be 1,460,524,546, the Investable Weight Factor will be 0.476 and it will be added to the S&P/MIB GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) “Multi-line insurance” sub-industry.