Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA : GRUPO SURA has begun to pay the last dividend payment due on its ordinary shares as well as the last quarterly installment corresponding to its preferred shares for 2012

GRUPO SURA is set to pay out more than COP 62,000 million to its shareholders between January 2 and 15, 2013.

This is the fourth and last installment due on the dividends declared on its ordinary shares by the shareholders at their Annual Shareholder Meeting held in March of last year, this corresponding to an annual dividend payment of COP 308 per share payable in quarterly advance installments of COP 77 each.

On the other hand, GRUPO SURA´S preferred share carries an annual dividend payment of COP 975 per share, payable in quarterly installments in arrears of COP 243.75 each.

GRUPO SURA shall be paying out more than COP 62,000 million to its shareholders in dividend payments corresponding to the last quarterly installment, (corresponding to the period January to March 2013) in the case of its ordinary shares carrying an annual dividend payment of COP 308 each, payable in advance quarterly installments of COP 77 per share. This together with the quarterly installment due for the period October to December 2012 on its preferred shares, as part of an annual dividend payment of COP 975 each, payable on a quarterly in arrears basis of COP 243.75 per share for a period of three years.

Profits shall be distributed to the shareholders until January 15, 2013 through the following arrangements:

· Dematerialized securities: through Deceval S.A. and the brokerage firm representing the shareholder.

· Paper securities: 1) by means of electronic transfers of funds into the shareholder´s bank account (as previously authorized); or 2) through Bancolombia´s network of branch offices.

For more detailed information shareholders may call Grupo Sura´s Shareholder Office Tels: (4) 435-5302, (4) 404-2451 and (4) 404-2452 or write [e-mail] [e-mail].

ABOUT GRUPO SURA

Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana -GRUPO SURA- is a Latin American company listed on the Colombian Stock Exchange and registered with the ADR- Level 1 program in the United States. It is also listed with the Latibex Market for Latin American Stocks in Euros hosted by the Madrid Stock Exchange. We are also one of the three companies from the Latin American financial service sector to be admitted to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), which monitors companies who have become global benchmarks thanks to the good practices they have adopted from the economic, environmental and social standpoints. GRUPO SURA has two fields of investment, the first being its strategic investments in the fields of financial services, insurance, social security as well as pension and investment funds;and the second corresponds to its portfolio investments in the food, cement, energy, mining, coal and real estate sectors.