PRESS RELEASE
Consob extends the temporary ban on short selling on Banca MPS shares
The ban shall last until Thursday 21 January 2016 end of day
Consob, with Resolution no. 19489 of 19 January 2016, decided to extend the prohibition of short selling in Banca MPS shares (ISIN code IT0005092165) adopted yesterday with Resolution no. 19488.
The ban will last until the end of Thursday 21 January 2016.
The prohibition was extended pursuant to Article 23(2) of the EU Regulation no. 236/2012 on short selling, considering the share price change on 19 January 2016 (in excess of 5%).
The prohibition applies to short sales backed by stock lending. This extends the scope of the prohibition of naked short selling, already in force for all shares from 1 November 2012 in accordance with the abovementioned EU Regulation.
The text of Resolutions no. 19488 of 18 January 2016 and no. 19489 of 19 January 2016 is available on the website http://www.consob.it/mainen/index.html.
Rome, 19 January 2016
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