Siena, 21st March 2014 - The names of candidates for the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena to be elected at the Shareholders' Meeting scheduled for 14, 15 and 16 April have been submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions set out by the company's Articles of Association and regulations in force.

The following lists have been filed:

- List no.1 submitted by shareholders Fintech Europe s.a.r.l., the Monte dei Paschi di Siena Foundation and BTG Pactual Europe LLP:

  • The candidates for the Board of Directors are: Alessandro Profumo, Fiorella Kostoris, Fabrizio Viola, Fiorella Bianchi, Christian Whamond, Lucia Calvosa, Roberto Isolani.
  • Elena Cenderelli and Alessandro Carretta have been nominated to serve as standing auditors.
  • Carmen Regina Silvestri has been nominated to serve as alternate auditor.

List no. 2 submitted by AXA S.A. and its subsidiaries:

  • The candidates for the Board of Directors are: Béatrice Derouvroy Bernard, Antonino Turicchi, Stefania Truzzoli, Alessandro Robin Foti.
  • Paolo Salvadori has been nominated to serve as standing auditor.
  • Gabriella Chersicla has been nominated to serve as alternate auditor.

List no. 3 submitted by Millenium Partecipazioni s.r.l.:

  • The candidates for the Board of Directors are: Alessandro Falciai, Stefania Bariatti, Daniele Bonvicini, Maria Elena Cappello, Marco Almerigogna.
  • Anna Girello has been nominated to serve as standing auditor.
  • Marco Piemonte has been nominated to serve as alternate auditor.

The Bank reserves the right to evaluate all documents required for list submission. The documents will be filed with and available for viewing at the Company's registered office, the Italian Stock Exchange and on the Company website www.mps.it under Investors&Research-Corporate Governance-Shareholders' Meetings.www.1INFO.it .

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