Intesa Sanpaolo

Intesa Sanpaolo is among the top banking groups in the euro zone, with a market capitalization of 22.5 billion euro (as at April 30, 2013).

Intesa Sanpaolo is the leader in Italy in all business areas and ranks first in Italy in loans (market share 15.8%) and deposits (16.8%), asset management (23.7%), leasing (17.6%), factoring (33.3%) and pension funds (22.5%).

As at December 31, 2012 Total Assets of the bank amounted to 673,472 million euro, Loans to Customers to 376,625 million euro, Direct Deposits from Banking Business to 380,353 million euro, Direct Deposits form Insurance Business and Technical Reserves to 81,766 million euro. Shareholders’ Equity amounted to 49,613 million euro, including Net Income in 2012 of 1,605 million euro.

As at November 22, 2012 share capital subscribed and paid in amounts to 8,545,681,412.32 euro. The share capital is divided into 16,434,002,716 shares with a nominal value of 0.52 euro per share. 72.165% of shares are in free float on the market. The shareholder structure of Intesa Sanpaolo is composed as follows (holders of shares exceeding 2%): Compagnia di San Paolo (9.718%), Fondazione Cariplo (4.948%), Fondazione C.R. Padova e Rovigo (4.677%), Ente C.R. Firenze (3.320%), Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (3.149%), Fondazione C.R. in Bologna (2.023%).

In Italy the Group offers its services to 10.9 million customers through a network of approximately 5300 branches well distributed throughout the country with market shares no lower than 15% in most Italian regions.

Intesa Sanpaolo has a selected presence in Central Eastern Europe and Middle Eastern and North African areas with over 1500 branches and 8.3 million customers belonging to the Group’s subsidiaries operating in retail and commercial banking in 12 countries. Moreover, an international network of specialists in support of corporate customers spreads across 30 countries, in particular in the Middle East and North Africa and in those areas where Italian companies are most active, such as the United States, Russia, China and India.

Intesa Sanpaolo was created on January 1, 2007 through the merger of two leading Italian banking groups, Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI.

Banca Intesa was formed in 1998 from the merger of Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde (Cariplo), established in 1823, and Banco Ambrosiano Veneto, founded in 1925. In 1999, Banca Commerciale Italiana (BCI) joined the Intesa Group. Founded in 1894, Banca Commerciale Italiana was an important component of the Italian banking system and had the greatest presence abroad. In 2001 Banca Commerciale Italiana was merged into Banca Intesa.

Sanpaolo IMI was formed in 1998 from the merger of Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino and IMI (Istituto Mobiliare Italiano). These two banks were highly complementary: Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino was specialized in retail lending, IMI, a public entity founded in 1931 to support the reconstruction of the national industrial system, was a leading business and investment bank.

Banco di Napoli, which was incorporated into Sanpaolo IMI in 2000, was founded as long ago as 1539, and Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino has its roots in the Monte di Pieta founded in Turin in 1563.

Additional information in English and Italian is available on Intesa Sanpaolo website www.intesasanpaolo.com.