Extraordinary shareholders’ meeting approves the modification of Articles of Association

Rome, 27 March 2013 - Cassa depositi e prestiti Spa (CDP) announces that the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, held today, approved - also in view of the automatic conversion of preferred shares into ordinary shares starting from 1 April 2013 - some amendments to the Articles of Association, concerning:

• the company’s share capital, which, following the conversion, still withstanding the amount of €3,500,000,000, will be divided into No. 296,450,000 ordinary shares;
• the removal of the shares’ nominal value;
• the suppression of the Articles of Association’s provisions which refer to preferred shares and regulate the relating rights;
• the reorganization of the Commettes provided by the Articles of Association (suppression of the Committee for consulting and proactive policy functions and change of name of the preferred shareholders’ support Committee into minority shareholders’ support Committee and consequent adjustment of the method of appointment of its members;
• the compliance with the rules regarding gender balance in the structure of the administrative and control bodies;
• the compliance with the applicable provisions on corporate officers’ requirements.

All the approved amendments will become effective as from 1 April 2013.