Announcement • Aug 23

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (BIT:BMPS) proposed to acquire Banco BPM S.p.A. (BIT:BAMI) from Crédit Agricole S.A. (ENXTPA:ACA), BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) and others for €27.7 billion.

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (BIT:BMPS) proposed to acquire Banco BPM S.p.A. (BIT:BAMI) from Crédit Agricole S.A. (ENXTPA:ACA), BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) and others for €27.7 billion on August 20, 2026. Under the terms of the acquisition, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. will acquire all of the ordinary shares of Banco BPM S.p.A. through a voluntary full public exchange offer. The exchange ratio has been set at 1.567 newly issued shares of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. for each existing share of Banco BPM. In a related transaction, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. proposed to acquire Banca Generali S.p.A. On full acceptance of both offers, and taking into account the effects of the merger of Mediobanca anca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena , the current Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena shareholders would hold approximately 50.1% of the combined group, Banco BPM shareholders approximately 37.2% and Banca Generali shareholders approximately 12.7%. Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria, Fondazione ENPAM, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Carpi, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Reggio Emilia Pietro Manodori, Inarcassa – Cassa Nazionale di Previdenza ed Assistenza per ingegneri e architetti liberi professionisti and Cassa Nazionale di Previdenzae Assistenza forense, which together hold approximately 89.95 million shares of Banco BPM S.p.A., representing 5.93% of Banco BPM S.p.A.'s share capital have supported the acquisition. In any event on closing of the offer, if Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. achieves at least 90% of the Banco BPM S.p.A.'s share capital, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. intends to achieve the delisting of the Banco BPM S.p.A. Shares from Euronext Milan. The transaction is subject to approval by the shareholders of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A., approval by Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) and obtaining a minimum acceptance of 50% of the Banco BPM S.p.A.'s share capital plus one share. The deal has been approved by the board of directors of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. The transaction is expected to close by mid-February 2027. The combined Offers are expected to generate around 11% accretion in 2028 EPS taking into account the full realisation of expected synergies. UBS Europe SE, Italian Branch acted as financial advisor to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. BofA Securities Europe SA acted as financial advisor to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. Vitale&Co. S.P.A. acted as financial advisor to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. acted as financial advisor to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. Bonelli Erede Pappalardo Studio Legale acted as legal advisor to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. White & Case LLP acted as legal advisor to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. Clifford Chance Studio Legale Associato acted as legal advisor to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. PricewaterhouseCoopers SpA acted as fairness opinion provider to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A.

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