As part of the agreement, Cerved will distribute in Italy Experian's analytical software solutions for the banking, insurance and utilities sectors, allowing integrated access to consumer credit and business information. Cerved will be able to distribute Experian's decision-making software, currently among the most advanced on the market, whilst providing its clients with access to the Credit Information System independently managed and operated by Experian-Cerved Information Services.

Experian integrated its two business lines in Italy - Experian Decision Analytics and Experian-Cerved Information Services - into the latter, which will be able to provide its customers with analytics services, consultancy and consumer information services, together with access to Cerved business information services provided through its proprietary decision analytics software.

About Experian
We are a global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world. We help businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making. We also help people to check their credit report and credit score, and protect against identity theft. In 2015 we were named by Forbes magazine as one of the 'World's Most Innovative Companies'.
We employ approximately 17,000 people in 37 countries and our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Nottingham, UK; California, US; and São Paulo, Brazil.

Experian plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. Total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2015, was US$4.8 billion.
To find out more about our company, please visit http://www.experianplc.com or watch our documentary, 'Inside Experian'.

About Cerved
Cerved Group is primary 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 34 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, Finservice and Recus, it offers solutions for the evaluation and management of NPLs.

Contacts:

Experian Italia

Laura Ippolito, Marketing Manager - laura.ippolito@experian.com - Tel. +39 348 2556708

Eugenio Tumsich - Senior Advisor, Cattaneo Zanetto & Co - eugenio.tumsich@cattaneozanetto.it - Tel. +39 336 790554

Cerved

Community - Strategic Communications Advisers - Tel. +39 02 89404231 - cerved@communitygroup.it - Marco Rubino - Tel. +39 335 6509552 - Camilla Mastellari - Tel. +39 342 0866293 -
Marco Pedrazzini - Tel. +39 347 0369222

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