Unipol Ord Will Replace RAS In The S&P/MIB Index

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/MIB Index, effective at the open of business, Friday 13 October 2006:

• Unipol ord, (Italy, ISIN IT0001074571) will replace RAS Spa (Italy, ISIN IT0000062825) in the S&P/MIB Index, following the merger of the latter into Allianz.

The Unipol number of ordinary shares outstanding will be 1,460,524,546, the Investable Weight Factor will be 0.476 and it will be added to the S&P/MIB GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) “Multi-line insurance” sub-industry.

Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P/MIB - 13 October 2006
	COMPANY	GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR	GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
ADDED	Unipol Ord	Insurance	Multi-line Insurance
DELETED	RAS	Insurance	Multi-line Insurance

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.