The High Yield Award is assigned by the fi nancial newspaper “Il Sole � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Thanks to the performance achieved during the last three-year period (31 October 2002 - 31 October 2005), BPU Pramerica has received the 2005 High Yield Award as “Best Italian Manager of Mutual Funds BIG Group” - a category which includes the companies with assets under management of over Euro 9,000 million - and as “Best America Bond Fund” for the BPU Pramerica Obbligazioni Dollari fund.