PRESS RELEASE REVERSE STOCK-SPLIT OF UNIPOL ORDINARY AND PREFERENCE SHARES

BOLOGNA, 28 March 2012 - In accordance with the resolution passed by the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Unipol Gruppo Finanziario S.p.A. ("Unipol") held on 19 March 2012 (registered at the Companies' Register of Bologna on 27 March 2012), we hereby communicate that the reverse stock- split of Unipol ordinary and preference shares will take place on 2 April 2012, in the ratio of 1 new share for every 100 shares held.
In particular, on 2 April 2012 - upon cancellation of no. 6 ordinary shares and no. 10 preference shares belonging to the shareholder Finsoe S.p.A. for the sole purpose of balancing the transaction overall, with a corresponding reduction of the share capital for €12.64 - we will proceed as follows: