Suspension of the financial instruments issued or guaranteed by Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A.

Following a decision of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB), the competent authority of Italy, to suspend from trading the financial instruments issued or guaranteed by Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A., the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) requested this morning, in accordance with Article 9(3) of the law of 13 July 2007 on markets in financial instruments, with immediate effect the suspension of the financial instruments issued or guaranteed by Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. from trading on the markets of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.