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Buzzi Unicem announces that today the company sent to the holders of the equity-link bonds designated “Buzzi Unicem €220,000,000 1.375% Equity-Linked Bonds due 2019” a physical settlement notice – delivered through Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. – as a result of which the holders of the above bonds, effective from 1 January 2014, are granted the right to convert the bonds into Buzzi Unicem oustanding or newly issued ordinary shares.

Company contacts:
Investor Relations Assistant
Mariangiola Fiore
Phone. +39 0142 416 404
Email: mfio re@buzziunicem.it

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This announcement does not constitute or form part of an offer to sell securities or the solicitation of any offer to subscribe for or otherwise buy any securities to any person in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered in the United States under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered under the Securities Act or offered in a transaction exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Subject to certain exceptions, the securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada or Japan. There will be no public offer of the securities in the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan.

This press release does not constitute an offer to the public in Italy of financial products as defined under article 1 paragraph 1 letter f of legislative decree n. 58 of 24 February 1998.