Anima : Definitive Agreements with Banco BPM for the purchase of Aletti Gestielle SGR signed today.

Milan, November 9, 2017 - Anima Holding S.p.A. announces that on the date hereof the agreements for the purchase of 100% of the share capital of Aletti Gestielle SGR S.p.A. ("Aletti SGR") have been entered into; terms and conditions are in line with those disclosed with the press release dated August 4, 2017.

The payment of the acquisition will be settled by Anima Holding through cash and will be financed partly through its equity and partly by means of a bank loan. In particular, Anima Holding intends to propose to the Shareholders' Meeting a share capital increase of up to €300 million (inclusive of any share premium), with pre-emption rights, which will be resolved upon by the shareholders' meeting.

Moreover, today Anima Holding entered into a contract for (i) a medium long-term revolving credit facility with a pool of banks (Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A., BPM S.p.A., Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A., MPS Capital Services Banca per le Imprese

S.p.A. Intesa SanPaolo S.p.A., UniCredit S.p.A., Credito Valtellinese S.p.A. and Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata S.c.p.A.) up to a maximum of €550 million; and (ii) a bridge-to- equity loan (granted by Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A., Bank of America Merrill Lynch Intl. Ltd., BPM S.p.A., Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A.,) up to a maximum of

€300 million to be repaid with the proceeds of the abovementioned capital increase.

In this context, Anima Holding will entirely pay back in advance the existing financing (€180 million maturing on June 30, 2019) with its own funds currently available.

Merrill Lynch International, Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A, Banca Akros

S.p.A. and MPS Capital Services - Banca per le Imprese S.p.A. will act as Joint Global Coordinators and Bookrunners (the "Joint Global Coordinators") in the context of the share capital increase. The Joint Global Coordinators and Anima Holding entered into a pre- underwriting agreement pursuant to which they have undertaken, on terms and condition in line with market practice for similar transaction, to enter into an underwriting agreement for the subscription of any newly issued shares that remain unsubscribed at the end of the auction period of the offering, for a maximum amount equal to the capital increase amount.

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The transaction qualifies for Anima Holding as a transaction with related parties "of greater importance" (since Banco BPM holds, as of today, 14.27% of Anima Holding share capital); according to applicable laws and regulations, it was approved by Anima Holding Board of Directors, after receiving the positive opinion by the Related Parties Committee. The information documents will be made available to the public within the statutory time limits.

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ANIMA is a leading Italian independent asset management operator. with more than €76 billion of assets under management (as of September 2017). A synthesis of different, complementary paths and specializations. ANIMA nowadays offers one of the largest range of products and services available on

the market. ANIMA's offering is composed of Italian collective investment schemes and foreign SICAVs. The company also offers institutional and private pension funds, as well as private wealth and institutional asset management services. For further information. please visit www.animaholding.it

This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities, nor will there be any sale of securities referred to in this announcement, in any jurisdiction, including the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted or would require the approval of local authorities. The securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or offered in a transaction exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan. There will be no public offer of the securities in the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan and Anima Holding S.p.A. (the "Company") does not intend to register any portion of the offering of securities in the United States. Any public offering will be conducted in Italy pursuant to a prospectus, duly authorized by the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa ("Consob") in accordance with applicable regulations. Neither this document nor any part of it nor the fact of its distribution may form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or investment decision in relation thereto. This announcement is for distribution only to persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the "Financial Promotion Order"), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.") of the Financial Promotion Order, (iii) are outside the United Kingdom, or (iv) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This announcement is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. This announcement has been prepared on the basis that any offer of securities in any Member State of the European Economic Area ("EEA"), other than Italy, (each, a "Relevant Member State"), will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive (2003/71/EC, as amended), as implemented in that Relevant Member State, from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of securities. Accordingly any person making or intending to make any offer in that Relevant Member State of securities which are the subject of the rights offering mentioned in this announcement may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the Company or any of the managers to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive, in each case, in relation to such offer. Neither the Company or any of the managers have authorized, nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of securities in circumstances in which an obligation arises for the Company or any of the managers to publish or supplement a prospectus for such offer. This document is an advertisement and is not a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive. A prospectus prepared pursuant to the Prospectus Directive will be published in the future. Investors should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this document except on the basis of information contained in any prospectus.

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