PRESS RELEASE THE NEW INVESTIRE IMMOBILIARE SGR KICKS OFF With 32 funds and managed assets in excess of 7 billion euros, Investire Immobiliare SGR has become fully operational after the merger and ranks as one of the top asset management companies nationwide Rome, 13 January 2015 – With the General Meeting and the dirst Directors’ Meeting of Investire Immobiliare SGR, after its merger with Beni Stabili Gestioni SGR and Polaris RE SGR, the new company has become fully operational and already ranks as a leader in a number of sectors, becoming one of Italy’s top-ranking real estate fund promotion and management companies. The new company, with 32 funds and managed assets in excess of 7 billion euros, has an enormous potential for attracting Italian and international institutional investors, also in non-conventional but fastdeveloping markets, such as urban regeneration, the value enhancement of distressed assets, social housing and infrastructure development. The General Meeting of the company has appointed 13 Directors, as follows: Aldo Mazzocco – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Carlo Cerami – Deputy Chairman, Dario Valentino – CEO, Arturo Nattino, Ermanno Boffa, Giulio Bastia, Leonardo Buonvino, Maurizio Pinnarò, Domenico Bilotta, Anna Pasquali, Fabio Carlozzo, as well as Marco Tofanelli and Giuseppe Mazzarella as Independent Directors. The members of the Board of Statutory Auditors are Francesco Minnetti – Chairman, Andrea Severi and Carlo Napoleoni as Permanent Auditors, and Antonio Staffa and Marco Vicini as Alternate Auditors. Now fully operational, the management team led by Dario Valentino will also include three Managing Directors, Domenico Bilotta, Fabio Carlozzo and Anna Pasquali who are responsible for specific market areas. The shareholders of Investire Immobiliare SGR are: Banca Finnat Euramerica 50.16%, Beni Stabili 17.90% Regia (G.Benetton) 11.64% Fondazione Cariplo 8.65% Cassa Geometri 7.72% Banca Iccrea Holding 2.38% Fondazione Cassa Risparmio Forli 1.55%. (PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 66 OF CONSOB RESOLUTION NO. 11971 OF 14 MAY 1999) This press release will be published on our Internet site www.bancafinnat.it in the Investor Relations – Press Releases - section. For further information please contact: BANCA FINNAT EURAMERICA S.p.A. (www.bancafinnat.it) IR Manager: Gian Franco Traverso Guicciardi – Tel. +39 06 699 331 E-mail: [email protected] SEC – Ufficio Stampa – Marco Fraquelli – Tel. +39 02 6249 9979 E-mail: [email protected]