The manager responsible for preparing the company’s financial reports Daria Bagnasco, Planning and Accounting Head Office Manager of Banca CARIGE S.p.A., declares, pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 154 bis of the Consolidated Law on Finance, that the accounting information contained in the “On line Financial Statements 2009” section of the Banca Carige Group site corresponds to the document results, books and accounting records. Translated into the English language solely for the convenience of international readers.