Rating 'Fitch Ratings'

Today the rating agency Fitch Ratings (Fitch) assigned, for the first time the ratings to Unipol Gruppo Finanziario S.p.A.and to UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A..

Fitch assigned to Unipol Gruppo Finanziario S.p.A. a Long Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of “BBB-”. At the same time Fitch assigned to UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A. an Insurer Financial Strength rating (IFS) of “BBB” and a Long Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of “BBB-”.

The outlook on all the above assigned ratings is stable.

As indicated in the attached report, Fitch assigned also specific ratings to the debt notes issued by Unipol Gruppo Finanziario and UnipolSai Assicurazioni.