Paris, 16 January 2013

PRESS RELEASE Crédit Mutuel-C C increases its stake in the share capital of Banque de Tunisie

Crédit Mutuel-CIC announces that it has increased its stake in the share capital of Banque de Tunisie. Through this transaction, it reaffirms the industrial dimension of its long-standing

partnership (128 years) with Banque de Tunisie.

About Crédit Mutuel-CIC

With more than 4,563 branches, CM11-CIC** is one of the leading French retail banking groups. B FCM, the group's holding company, owns and controls the French and foreign operational subsidiaries (insurance, banking , IT, etc.), including CIC, TARGOBANK (in Germany and Spain), CIC Iberbanco (in France) and Cofidis (in France, Belgium, S pain and Portugal). It also handles the refinancing of the group and serves as a vehicle for external growth transactions.
As at 30 June 2012, CM11-CIC had €29.7 billion of shareholders' equity and deeply subordinated no tes, managed €485 billion
of deposits and savings and €269 billion of outstanding loans, with net income in 2011 of €1.805 billion .

** CM11-CIC includes the Federations of Crédit Mutuel Centre Est Europe, Sud-Est, Ile-de-France, Savoie-Mont Blanc, Midi- Atlantique, Centre, Loire-Atlantique & Centre-Ouest, Normandie, Méditerranéen, Dauphiné-Vivarais and Anjou as well as the

Caisse Fédérale de Crédit Mutuel and Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM).

Press contact: Bruno Brouchiquan ( bruno.brouchiquan@cmcic.fr- +33 1 53 48 6 2 09)

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