Bank's Activities & Services

· Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI merged on the 1st of January 2007, giving birth to the biggest financial group in Italy and the third among EU countries.

· The new entity's market capitalization is euro 71bn, while the share capital surpasses euro6.6bn and the share face value is euro0.52.

· The new entity will apply the Dual Management Model. According to such model, there will be a Supervisory Board chaired by Giovanni Bazoli, Intesa's Chairman, and a Management Board chaired by Enrico Salza, Sanpaolo's Chairman.

Strong International Presence

· A strong presence in twelve countries in Middle and Eastern Europe as well as Mediterranean basin via more than 1200 branches serving about 7 million retail and commercial banking customers.

· An international network serving corporate customers in more than 34 countries (like Mediterranean countries, USA, Russia, India and China).

· Strong relationships with a worldwide network of 3000 correspondent banks.

Top Italian Bank

Intesa Sanpaolo

· Has the biggest local branch network of 5500 branches.

· Has a market share of approximately 17%.

· Renders its services to 12 million customers.

· Carries out 20% of the total retail, corporate and wealth management activities.

· Plans a major role in trade finance, extending syndicated loans and rendering factoring services.

· Controls more than 70% of the household sector in Italy.

· Owns 190 centres specialized in rendering private banking services.

· Has 4000 investment advisors.

· Has 300 centres specialized in serving SMEs.

· Finances 22% of the public and infrastructure projects.