Unipol Gruppo S p A : Corporate›FinancialSubmission of the lists for the election of the new corporate bodies of BPER S.p.A.

SUBMISSION OF THE LISTS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NEW CORPORATE BODIES OF BPER S.p.A.

Bologna, 26 March 2021

Further to the market announcement on 18 March 2021, Unipol Gruppo S.p.A hereby announces that it filed the lists of candidates today for the appointment of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors of BPER Banca S.p.A. (also referred to as the "Bank") for the 2021-2023 three-year period in view of the upcoming ordinary session of the Bank's shareholders' meeting called for 21 April next.

The list submitted for the appointment of the Board of Directors comprises 7 candidates, whose names are listed below in progressive order:

1.	Mazzarella	Flavia
2.	Montani	Piero Luigi
3.	Papa	Gianni Franco
4.	Beccalli	Elena
5.	Cappello	Maria Elena
6.	Santi	Gian Luca
7.	Giay	Roberto

The list submitted for the appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors comprises 2 candidates for the position of standing auditor and 2 candidates for the position of alternate auditor, all of whom are independent and whose names are listed below in progressive order:

Standing auditors	Alternate auditors
1. Bruni Nicola	1. Scianca Andrea
2. Travella Daniela	2. Porfido Rossella
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Unipol is one of the biggest insurance groups in Europe and the leading company in Italy in the non-life insurance sector, (especially in the MV and health businesses), with total premiums of approximately €12.2bn, of which €7.9bn in non-Life and €4.3bn in life (2020 figures). Unipol adopts an integrated offer strategy and covers the entire range of insurance and financial products, operating primarily through the subsidiary UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A. The Group is also active in direct MV insurance (Linear Assicurazioni), transport and aviation insurance (Siat), health insurance (UniSalute), supplementary pensions and also covers the bancassurance channel (Arca Vita, Arca Assicurazioni and Incontra). It also manages significant diversified assets in the debt collection (UnipolReC), real estate, hotel (Gruppo UNA), medical-healthcare and agricultural (Tenute del Cerro) sectors. Unipol Gruppo S.p.A. is listed on the Italian Stock Exchange.