Unipol Assicurazioni - CONSOB resolved the conclusion of the PTO on BNL

Corporate
Thursday, February 9, 2006

With reference to the mandatory public tender offer launched by Unipol Assicurazioni on Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A. ordinary shares, as disclosed with notice of 16 August 2005 (the ‘PTO’), we hereby inform that CONSOB resolved on the conclusion of the aforesaid offer, considering that the Bank of Italy - by way of ruling dated 3 February 2006 - communicated that the conditions laid down by the law to give the Unipol Group authorisation pursuant to Article 19 of the Banking Consolidated Law are not met.