MPS Finance sells its shareholding in the London Stock Exchange Group Plc

Siena, 21 November 2007 – Mps Finance Banca Mobiliare SpA, a fully owned subsidiary of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, has sold its shareholding in the London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSEG) for a consideration amounting to £17.70 per share with the possibility of taking advantage from future sale and purchase prices of the share higher than the sale price, in percentage terms and integrating the price agreed upon.

MPS Finance, a company holding and managing some MPS Group investments, held a 2.9298% share, equal to 8,237,596 shares, in the London Stock Exchange Group as a result of the exchange offer for the total amount of the Borsa Italiana share capital, launched by LSEG last year.