PRESS RELEASE

Rome, 28 April 2015 - The Board of Directors, meeting shortly after the end of the

General Meeting, also:

i) verified the required reputation and professionalism upon all the members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors. Verified, as well, the independence requirements that, claimed by the Directors Ermanno Boffa, Roberto Cusmai, Andreina Scognamiglio and Marco Tofanelli, the Consolidation Act on Finance and the Self-Governance Code of the Borsa Italiana prescribe for the position of Directors. The independence requirements have also been verified upon the members of the Board of Statutory Auditors. ii) appointed the Director Mr. Giampietro Nattino as Chairman of the Board; the Director Mr. Leonardo Buonvino as Deputy Chairman and the Director Mr. Arturo Nattino as CEO, at the same time vesting them with the requisite powers and authorisations; iii) appointed the Directors Mr. Boffa, Mr. Tofanelli and Mr. Cusmai to the Risk

Committee;
appointed the Directors Mr. Cusmai, Mr. Scognamiglio and Mr. Boffa to the
Remuneration Committee;
appointed the Directors Mr. Arturo Nattino, Mr. Tofanelli and Mr. Scognamiglio to the Appointments Committee;
appointed the Director Mr. Tofanelli as Lead Indipendent Director;

iv) appointed Mr. Alberto De Nigro, Ms. Barbara Fasoli Braccini and Mr. Alessandro

de' Micheli to the Supervisory Body, pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001.

This press release shall be published in the Investor Relations - Press Releases - section of the website www.bancafinnat.it.

Contacts:

BANCA FINNAT EURAMERICA S.p.A. (www.bancafinnat.it)

IR Manager: Gian Franco Traverso Guicciardi - Tel. +39 06 699 331 E-mail: g.traverso@finnat.it

SEC - Ufficio Stampa - Marco Fraquelli - Tel. +39 02 6249 9979 E-mail: fraquelli@secrp.it

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