Unipol Assicurazioni - The Board of Directors examined the Bank of Italy's notice on the Public Tender Offer on BNL and appointment of a new member of the Remuneration Committee

Corporate
Thursday, January 19, 2006

The Board of Directors of Unipol Assicurazioni, held today, assessed the contents of the notice by which the Bank of Italy – before taking the final decision – communicated that it did not find some of the conditions laid down by the applicable law to give the Unipol Group authorisation for acquiring control over BNL.
The administrative body, furthermore, examined the guidelines of the observations on the decisions adopted by the Bank of Italy, which will be submitted by the Company within the terms provided for by the current administrative proceedings.