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CERVED INFORMATION SOLUTIONS: ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE MERGER BY INCORPORATION OF CERVED GROUP S.P.A. INTO CERVED INFORMATION SOLUTIONS S.P.A. AND OF CONSIT ITALIA S.P.A. INTO CERVED INFORMATION SOLUTIONS S.P.A.

San Donato Milanese, 9 January 2018-The Board of Directors of Cerved Information Solutions S.p.A.(MTA: CERV, "CIS" or the "Company") -parent holding company of the Cerved Group and the largest information provider and credit servicer in Italy-adopted today, pursuant to Article 2505, second paragraph, and Article 2505-bis,second paragraph, of the Italian civil code, the resolution pertaining to the merger by incorporation of Cerved Group S.p.A., of which the Company owns the entire share capital("CG"and suchmerger, the "First Merger") andthe merger by incorporation in the Company of Consit ItaliaS.p.A., a subsidiary owned at 94.33% by CG ("Consit" and such merger, the "Second Merger" and, jointly with the First Merger, the "Transaction"), to be implemented following the effectiveness of the First Merger.

In addition, today, the Board of Directors of CG and theshareholders'meeting of Consit passed the merger resolutions pertaining to, respectively, the First Merger and the Second Merger.

The minutes of the resolutions adopted by CIS, CG and Consit will be made available to the public within 30 days from today, as required under art. 70, lett. c) of the regulation adopted with Consob resolution n. 11971 of 14 May 1999.

The deeds of merger relating to the First Merger and the Second Merger may be executed upon expiry of a sixty-day period from the last registration with the company's register of the resolutions pertaining to theapproval of the Merger Plan. The creditors of the Company, CG and Consit are entitled to propose an objection within the above-mentioned term.

The signing of the deed of merger regarding the Second Merger will, in any event, be subsequent to the effectiveness of the First Merger so as to enable the Company to become direct owner of the stake in Consit.

The Transactions is currently expected to be completed by 31 March 2018.

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Cerved Group is a leading information provider in Italy and one of the major credit rating agencies in Europe. It offers the most comprehensive range of products and services used by more than 30 thousand companies and financial institutions to assess the solvency and creditworthiness of its stakeholders, manage credit risk in all its phases, and accurately define marketing strategies. Furthermore, through Cerved Credit Management, Cerved is a leading independent player in offering solutions for the evaluation and management of credit exposures.

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