The Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Unipol Gruppo Finanziario S.p.A., held on the date hereof under the chairmanship of Pierluigi Stefanini, approved the Financial Statements as at 31 December 2014, the contents of which are already known to the market.
The Shareholders' Meeting resolved on the distribution of dividends for a total of approximately €126.3m (equal to a payout of approximately 76%), to the extent of:
· €0.17 per ordinary share, for a total of approximately €74.4m;

· €0.19 per preference share, for a total of approximately €52.0m.

The dividend will be payable as of 24 June 2015, with ex-dividend date on 22 June 2015 and record date on 23 June 2015.
Moreover, the Shareholders' Meeting:
- appointed as member of the Board of Directors Mr Massimo Di Menna, whose mandate will expire together with that of the other Directors currently in office as of the Shareholders' Meeting for the approval of the 2015 Financial Statements; Mr Di Menna qualifies as an Independent Director pursuant to both the Code of Conduct for Listed Companies as well as the Consolidated Law on Finance;

- authorised, after revoking the previous authorisation, for a period of 18 months, the purchase and disposal of own shares, pursuant to Articles 2357 and 2357-ter of the Italian Civil Code, within the maximum spending limit of €100m, as well as the purchase and disposal of shares of the parent company Finsoe S.p.A., pursuant to Article 2359-bis of the Italian Civil Code, within the maximum spending limit of €45m, as shown in the Directors' Report for today's Shareholders' Meeting.
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