1H 2014 Results Chief Executive Officer Piero Luigi Montani

1H 2014 Results Chief Executive Officer Piero Luigi Montani Genoa, 4 August 2014

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Agenda Highlights 1H 2014 Results 2

First phase of Business Plan completed Securing the Group Capital Increase Exclusive negotiations entered into for disposal of the insurance business Definition of Head Office (HO) new organisational setup Strengthening of the Management Team Reopening of bond placement programmes Credit and financial risk profile mitigation New Corporate Governance model Operational efficiency improvement Branch network rationalisation Trade Union agreements for incentive-based early retirement schemes Non-core asset disposals (shareholding in Esaote already disposed of) Roll-out of new HO structure Project launched to create value from smaller-amount non-performing loan portfolios New commercial momentum Onboarding of new CCO and roll out of new sales and distribution approach New branch distribution model (Hub & Spoke) Set up of a Wealth Management Hub Digitalisation Done In progress 3 To Do

Securing the Group Operational efficiency improvement New commercial momentum Capital Increase successfully completed CAPITAL INCREASE 99.9% of Capital Increase subscribed during offering period Unexercised rights sold out on first trading session of the Public Offering Around 20% subscribed by customers of Carige branch network CET1 RATIO PHASED IN 0.3% 9.9% RWA OPTIMISATION RWAs EUR 22.0 bn as at 30/06/2014 vs EUR 23.6 as at 31/03/2014: - EUR -1.6 bn 5.1% 0.3% 5.1% 5.4% 0.9% 3.6% -0.3% EXCLUSIVITY OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR DISPOSAL OF THE INSURANCE BUSINESS 2013 BIS2 BIS3 Impact 2013 BIS3 Bank of Italy Capital Increase RWA reduction Other effects (1) 1H14 pro forma With Apollo Management Holdings Lp until 30/09/2014 (1) Including capital increase of the Insurance company THE EUR 800 MLN CAPITAL INCREASE AND FUTURE DISPOSAL OF THE INSURANCE SUBSIDIARIES ALLOW FOR THE BUILD UP OF AN ADEQUATE CAPITAL BUFFER 4

Securing the Group Operational efficiency improvement New commercial momentum The capital increase has opened the Bank to the market SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE AS AT 31/12/2013 POST-CAPITAL INCREASE SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE Shareholder s agreement 6.00% 46.63% Shareholders agreement (2) 1.28% 19.18% 9.98% Free float 37.38% 9.99% Free float (1) 69.56% (1) of which UBS at 3.57% Figures updated as per evidence from Shareholders Register and latest notifications received (2) The shares subject to the shareholders agreement have not changed in number after the Capital Increase, given that the additional shares that may have been subscribed by each member of the shareholders agreement at the time of the capital increase are not to be considered; however, their percentage has changed, as it is calculated on the new ordinary share capital; therefore, the overall shareholding subject to the shareholders agreement has dropped to 1.28%, making the Shareholders agreement no longer relevant under the terms of art. 122 of the Consolidated Law on Finance. 5

Securing the Group Operational Efficiency improvement New commercial momentum Policy of further risk mitigation continues COVERAGE LTRO bn 30/06/2014 Avg Coverage % 6/2013 12/2013 6/2014 including write-offs regional peers (2) 2.0 Total NPLs 32.1% 36.0% 36.9% 39.2% 35.2% Bad loans 49.7% 56.3% 57.0% 60.3% 52.3% Substandard 17.7% 20.3% 19.6% 19.6% 19.5% Rescheduled 9.3% 13.1% 16.0% 16.0% 13.7% Past Due 3.8% 9.6% 14.0% (1) 14.0% 7.1% Performing 0.5% 0.9% 0.7% 0.7% 0.5% Total Loans 5.2% 8.1% 9.0% 9.8% n.d. 1.7 7.0 5.0 1.3 3.3 2.0 Initial Importo amount iniziale 30/06/2014 31/07/2014 06/08/2014 08/08/2014 Repayments The coverage ratio for NPLs has been further improved and remains in line with Italian peers highest levels By 6 August over 70% of the LTRO will be repaid ahead of schedule In parallel, downsizing of securities portfolio from EUR 6.2 bn as at 31/12/2013 to EUR 4.6 bn as at 31/07. On 6 August, it will amount to EUR 3.3 bn (1) On a like-for-like basis (including Insurance companies) the figure is stable on 0.9%, while excluding REPOs with the clearing house Cassa Compensazione e Garanzia, coverage is up to 0.8% (2) Figures as at 31/03/2014 updated as per latest available information 6

Securing the Group Operational efficiency improvement New commercial momentum Operational efficiency: improvement underway 1 BRANCH NETWORK RATIONALISATION 678-38 branches (1) in 2014-5.6% 6 1 2 3Q Branch network rationalisation ACTION PLAN FOR NEXT STEPS Non-core asset disposals Roll-out of Head Office new organisational setup 2014 2015 4Q Trade Union agreements for incentive-based early retirement schemes 29/09 18/10 Project for value creation from smaller-amount NPL portfolios 1Q 2Q 2 306 Branches at early 2014 ROLL-OUT OF NEW ORGANISATIONAL SETUP -43% Branches closed 32 Branches being closed 640 Branches as at end 2014 (1) Out of a total of 80-90 in the Plan; the remaining ones are being identified Improvement of HO efficiency: -43% organisational units +110 resources freed up Incentive-based early retirement (upon attainment of minimum age) for about 600 resources Feasibility study for Leasing and Factoring disposal initiated Opening of negotiations for disposal of smaller-amount NPL portfolios ~50% of the branch rationalisation process completed # Org. units 2014 175 # Org. units 2015 110 FTEs freed-up from HO new organisational setup 90 Total resources Redeployed to freed-up commercial activities 20 Outflows 7

Agenda Highlights 1H14 results 8

Highlights TOTAL FUNDING +2.3% bn CORE FUNDING +3.6% bn 47.9 49.0 14.2 14.7 22.8 23.3 2.8 3.1 25.1 25.7 11.4 11.6 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 Direct funding Indirect funding AFI = total customer deposits (direct funding + indirect funding) 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 Current accounts Deposits MUTUAL FUNDS +8.6% bn PLACEMENT OF BANCASSURANCE PRODUCTS +30.0% mln 5.4 5.8 397.4 305.8 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 1H13 1H14 9

Direct funding bn DIRECT FUNDING o.w.: RETAIL INSTITUTIONAL -3.2% +2.8% -6.7% -2.7% 26.6 25.1 25.7 5.6 4.9 6.1 21.0 20.2 19.6 30/06/2013 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 RETAIL INSTITUTIONAL 21.0 20.2 19.6 7.2 6.3 5.8 13.8 13.9 13.8 30/06/2013 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 Short-term M/L-term +10.1% +25.1% 5.6 4.9 4.0 4.6 1.6 0.3 6.1 4.9 1.2 30/06/2013 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 Short-term M/L-term Against the backdrop of a general reduction for the Italian banking system, direct funding was up 2.8% in H1, with its «core» component (current accounts and savings deposits) up 3.6% to EUR 14.7 bn The Y/Y decrease in direct funding (-EUR 3.2 bn) was mainly attributable to the retail bond component (-EUR 2.4 bn), which was affected by the temporary suspension of bond issuing by the Parent Company, though partially offset by an increase in M/L-term time deposits (+ EUR 1.1 bn) The Y/Y increase in the institutional component was essentially driven by the issuance of EUR 750 mln in covered bonds last October 10

Indirect funding bn INDIRECT FUNDING +3.3% +1.9% 22.5 22.8 23.3 12.2 12.3 12.1 Pension funds 3.7% AuM BY ASSET CLASS Asset Manageme nt 7.0% FUNDS BY ASSET CLASS Flexible and other 41.8% Equity 13.1% Balanced 3.1% 10.3 10.5 11.1 30/06/2013 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 Asset under custody Insurance products 36.9% Mutual Funds and openended inv. companies 52.3% Bond 41.9% Asset under management Indirect funding was up 1.9% in H1 reflecting an increase in AuM (+5.7% to EUR 11.1 bn), driven by mutual funds (+8.6%) and bancassurance products (+3.8%), despite the downtrend in assets under custody (-1.4% to EUR 12.1 bn) In particular, during the first half of the year: - Mutual funds registered EUR 347 mln in net funding; - Bancassurance products placed in H1 2014 amounted to gross EUR 397.4 mln, up 30% on H1 2013 (EUR 305.8 mln) 11

Lending bn GROSS LOANS o.w. CUSTOMER LOANS INSTITUTIONAL (1) -9.2% -6.1% -4.7% -2.5% 28.6 27.6 25.9 30/06/2013 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 24.7 24.2 23.5 2.2 2.6 2.8 17.8 17.0 16.4 4.8 4.5 4.4 30/06/2013 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 Short-term M/L-term Bad loans -38.3% 3.9 0.4-31.0% 3.5 0.4 3.4 3.0 2.4 0.5 1.9 30/06/2013 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 Short-term M/L-term Lending down 6.1% in H1, mainly due to the significant drop in REPOs. Customer loans down 2.5% in H1, with a sharper decrease in the corporate component (-4.6%). (1) Includes interest-bearing postal bonds, REPOs with financial companies and other loans. 12

Banking group securities portfolio BANKING GROUP SECURITIES PORTFOLIO bn AVERAGE TERM TO MATURITY OF ITALIAN GOVERNMENT BONDS years 7.2 6.1 6.0-63.9% 4.5 3.3 6.0 3.0 1.8 30/09/2013 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 31/07/2014 08/08/2014 30/09/2013 31/12/2013 30/06/2014 Italian government bonds 94.6% BREAKDOWN BY TYPE (%) Other < 0.1% Other Italian governmentbacked securities 3.6% Shares and funds 0.3% Bonds 1.5% Figures do not include the stake in the Bank of Italy and interest-bearing postal bonds 13 The Banking Group s securities portfolio amounts to EUR 6.0 bn (BoI equity stake not included) The average term to maturity of the Banking group s securities portfolio was further reduced from 3 to 1.8 years in the six-month period, as per guidance in the Business Plan Net AFS Reserve amounting to EUR 75.3, of which EUR 14.4 mln for the sole Banking Group In July, the securities portfolio was reduced by EUR 1.5 bn with a view to further mitigating the financial risk profile and repaying an additional tranche of the LTRO

Liquidity ELIGIBLE SECURITIES mln LTRO bn 10,585 10,698 8,367 2,766 2,899 7,001 722 697 2,828 465 3,191 7,097 7,102 462 5,074 3,347 31/12/2013 31/03/2014 30/06/2014 31/07/2014 LTRO REPOs and other Unencumbered assets 2.0 1.7 7.0 5.0 1.3 3.3 2.0 Importo Initial amount iniziale 30/06/2014 31/07/2014 06/08/2014 08/08/2014 Repayments BOND MATURITIES 4,168 2,267 2,084 2,381 606 731 1,603 23 1,661 1,788 708 481 2014 2015 2016 >2016 Retail Institutional mln Robust liquidity buffer with EUR 2.8 bn worth of unencumbered assets as at 30/06/2014 During the year, EUR 3.7 bn of the LTRO were repaid ahead of schedule. As at today, the outstanding debt amounts to EUR 3.3 bn and EUR 1.3 bn is scheduled to be repaid on 6 August (out of the original EUR 7 bn, EUR 2 bn will then be outstanding) Funding gap down to EUR 1.6 bn net in H1 (EUR 1.8 bn as at December 2013) Use of the T-LTRO programme for an initial amount of approximately EUR 750 mln (as per first estimates) 14 Reopening of bond issuing programmes in July

Net profit/loss NET PROFIT/LOSS FOR THE PERIOD mln 1H13 1H13 Result One-off components Normalised result -29.4 1H14 1H14 Result One-off components Normalised result 0.3-57.6-565.8 +537.6 +45.8-595,2-45.5 Net profit/loss for the period is -EUR 45.5 mln and reflects the following main non-recurring items: -EUR 23.2 mln due to loss on impairment of intangible assets owned by the Insurance Group, following treatment of the Insurance Group under IFSR5; -EUR 8.9 mln in reduction in the value of immovable properties owned by the Insurance Subsidiaries and costs associated with planned closure of part of the branches identified by the Group; -EUR 9.7 mln in tax impact (1). Net profit/loss for H1 2013 (-EUR 595.2 mln) reflected the following main non-recurring items: -EUR 569 mln and +EUR 3.2 due to restatement as per IAS 8 respectively of goodwill (EUR 795.0 mln) and reinstatement premiums (EUR 4.5 mln); EUR 17.4 mln in revenues associated with adoption of the Fair Value Option; EUR 10.8 mln in one-off revenues from settlement of a legal dispute (1) Traceable to: higher tax rate on re-valuation of stake held in the Bank of Italy(-EUR 42 mln), tax realignment of immovable properties:(+eur 39.7 mln), tax realignment of deferred tax assets and liabilities due to a lower IRAP (Tax on Productive Activities) tax rate (- EUR 7,3 mln). 15

Net Interest Income NET INTEREST INCOME EUR mln END OF PERIOD CUSTOMER SPREAD -12.3% 3.39% 3.41% 3.43% 3.47% 3.45% 238.1 38.6 208.7 24.9 118.0 120.1 126.4 108.6 100.1 1.81% 1.80% 1.88% 1.93% 1.89% 199.5 183.9 1.57% 1.61% 1.55% 1.54% 1.56% 2Q13 3Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 1H13 Customers 1H14 Other 1Q13 2Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 Interest Income Spread Interest Expense The downturn in funding/lending volumes and substantial stability of the spreads, still at an all time low, were reflected in the trend of Net Interest Income Lower profitability is mainly attributable to the ~EUR 670 mln increase in bad loans in 2013 (-EUR 14 mln) and, partly, to a different composition/average maturity of the securities portfolio (-EUR 16 mln) The contraction in Net Interest Income in 2Q14 is reflective of the drop in short-term loans (-EUR 3.5 mln in interest income) and a lower contribution from the securities portfolio (-EUR 3 mln) In the latest quarter, the customer spread showed a trend reversal, albeit modest, and was up 2 bps on 1Q14 16

Non-interest income 135.4 64.7-6.5% NET FEES AND COMMISSIONS 126.6 63.7 68.6 66.8 65.5 62.4 64.2 mln In Q2 2014 total net fees and commissions were up 2.9% as compared to the previous quarter, showing a trend reversal driven primarily by fees and commissions payable on collection and payment services (+ EUR 1.9 mln) 44.3 26.4 23.4 1H13 39.5 1H14 Current accounts Asset management, brokerage and other Sales activities and other 1Q13 2Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 The YoY reduction in net fees and commissions (-EUR 8.8 mln; -6.5%) is linked with lower net revenues following disposal of the Group's Asset Management Company and loans granted (-EUR 4.3 mln) 100.5 26.7-27.8% 72.5 3.2 74,5 73.8 69.3 FINANCE (1) 68.1 50.0 32.4 mln 22.5 1Q13 2Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 The disposal of AFS securities in order to complete repayment of the LTRO is estimated to provide a positive contribution in Q3 1H13 FVO 1H14-292,7 (2) Gross AFS Reserves Banking Group (3) -740.9-561.9-15.0-0.8 +15.3 (1) Dividends, net profit (loss) from trading, gains/losses from valuation of financial assets (2) Excluding the re-valuation of the stakes held in the Bank of Italy (3) Operational data 17

Operating costs OPERATING COSTS mln o.w. 99.9 PERSONNEL COSTS 85.4 99.9 93.2 96.9 93.1 norm. +9.5% 278.8 305.3 295,4 9.9 139.5 139.2 172.9 150.5 154.7 1Q13 2Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 OVERHEAD COSTS 58.0 44.6 47.0 47.5 50.2 C/I 1H13 1H14 Recurring items Non-recurring items 58.8% 74.6% 1Q13 2Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 1Q13 2Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 AMORTISATION 13.4 13.7 14.0 14.7 12.6 12.9 norm. Normalised (1) C/I 64.6% 72.2% 1Q13 2Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 Total operating costs, amounting to EUR 305.3 mln, were up 9.5% Y/Y; nevertheless, net of non-recurring items (1), costs were up 1.7% (from 290.5 mln to 295.4 mln). Normalised cost income, up by 7.6 p.p., is reflective of one-off actions connected with Plan execution. Personnel and overhead costs as a whole were up by approximately EUR 10.9 mln Y/Y respectively on account of discount rate adjustments to the Pension Fund and higher costs associated with the planned closure of branches. (1) Approximately EUR 12 mln in H1 2013 arising from the out-of-court settlement of a legal dispute and approximately EUR 10 mln in H1 2014 due to one-off items arising mainly from the planned closure of identified Banca Carige branches by the end of the year 18

Loan Loss Provisions LOAN LOSS PROVISIONS ON CASH LOANS TO CUSTOMERS mln COST OF CREDIT RISK (1) CAGR 417 bps bps -28.9% 237.3 661.5 261 Annualised 143 bps 168.6 52.5 184.8 67.8 100.8 18 7 27 43 1H13 1H14 1Q13 2Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 1Q13 2Q13 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 (1) Calculated on net loans In H1 loss provisions on cash loans to customers totalled EUR 168.6 mln; the annualised cost of credit is 143 bps In Q2, loan loss provisions were posted for an amount of EUR 100.8 mln, an increase compared to Q1 2014 The trend in loan loss provisions was affected by the persisting weak economic cycle, still having major impact, in spite of the conservative credit management policies in use 19

Credit quality 30/06/2014 31/12/2013 Loans Gross % Loan losses Net % Coverage Including write-offs Gross % Loan losses Net % Coverage Including write-offs Bad loans 2,795.2 10.8% 1,592.9 1,202.3 5.1% 57.0% 60.3% 2,640.7 9.6% 1,486.7 1,154.0 4.5% 56.3% 59.8% Substandard 2,799.6 10.8% 550.0 2,249.6 9.5% 19.6% 19.6% 2,430.4 8.8% 492.3 1,938.0 7.6% 20.3% 20.3% Rescheduled 190.8 0.7% 30.5 160.3 0.7% 16.0% 16.0% 232.4 0.8% 30.5 201.9 0.8% 13.1% 13.1% Past Due 168.5 0.6% 23.5 145.0 0.6% 14.0% 14.0% 375.8 1.4% 36.1 339.7 1.3% 9.6% 9.7% Nonperforming loans 5,954.2 23.0% 2,197.0 3,757.2 15.9% 36.9% 39.2% 5,679.3 20.6% 2,045.7 3,633.6 14.3% 36.0% 38.5% Performing loans 19,981.7 77.0% 141.6 19,840.1 84.1% 0.7% 0.7% 21,941.9 79.4% 198.6 21,743.3 85.7% 0.9% 0.9% Total loans 25,935.9 100.0% 2,338.6 23,597.3 100.0% 9.0% 9.8% 27,621.2 100.0% 2,244.2 25,376.9 100.0% 8.1% 8.9% (1) On a like-for-like basis (including Insurance companies) the figure is stable on 0.9%, while excluding REPOs with the clearing house Cassa Compensazione e Garanzia, coverage is up to 0.8% In the first six months of the year, the deterioration of the loan book risk profile was mitigated by fewer migrations to individual non-performing loan classes as compared to the previous year The growth in non-performing loans (+4.8% as of the beginning of the year) is correlated with a continuing upward trend in substandard and bad loans (+15.2% and +5.8% respectively), while a downturn was registered in restructured loans (-17.9%) and Past Due (-55.2 %) Coverage for total NPLs has further increased from 36.0% to 36.9% over the first half of the year thus standing at the highest levels reported by regional banks (34.0%) (1) Bad loans coverage went up further from 56.3% as at December 2013 to 57.0% Including write-offs, bad loans coverage rises to 60.3% and coverage of total non-performing loans reaches 39.2% (1) Figures as at 31/12/2013 20

Coverage Bad loans coverage for top 10 Italian Banking Groups (FY13 figures) 1H 2014 FY 2013 63.1 62.5 58.8 58.2 57.9 57.0 56.3 55.5 55.0 41.6 37.9 Average Regional Banks 52.4% Top 3 Regional Banks (1) Total NPL coverage for top 10 Italian Banking Groups (FY13 figures) 1H 2014 FY 2013 52.5 46.0 41.8 38.7 37.3 36.9 36.0 36.0 33.7 26.9 26.5 Average Regional Banks 34.0% Top 3 Regional Banks (1) (1) UBI, Banco Popolare, BPER, BPM, Credem, Creval 21

Capital ratios CET1 RATIO PHASED IN 0.3% 9.9% 5.1% 0.3% 5.4% 0.9% 3.6% -0.3% 5.1% 2013 BIS2 BIS3 Impact 2013 BIS3 Bank of Italy Capital Increase RWA reduction Other effects (1) 1H14 pro forma (1) Including Insurance Company s capital increase RWA - BASEL 3 (1) 23.6 23.1 22.0 1.6 1.6 0.2 0.1 1.7 0.1 Operating risk Market risk bn 21.3 21.9 22 20.3-01/01/2014 31/03/2014 30/06/2014 Credit risk (2) (1) RWAs as at 31 March are those contained in the official reporting and differ from those operationally estimated upon preparation of the Interim Report; RWAs as at 30/06/2014 are the result of accounting and operational estimates pending the official consolidated report. (2) Assessed under the standardised approach

Contacts Investor Relations Department Pietro Ripa, Manager pietro.ripa@carige.it +39 010 579 4373 Investor Relations & Equity Coverage Roberta Famà roberta.fama@carige.it +39 010 579 4877 Benchmarking & Analysis +39 010 579 2794 Fixed Income & Ratings +39 010 579 4220 investor.relations@carige.it 23

1H 2014 Results Chief Executive Officer Piero Luigi Montani Genoa, 4 August 2014