Intesa Sanpaolo

Intesa Sanpaolo is among the top banking groups in the euro zone, with a market capitalisation of 21,9 billion euro (as at 30 March 2012).

Intesa Sanpaolo is the leader in Italy in all business areas (retail, corporate and wealth management).

As at 31 December 2011 total assets of the bank amounted to 639,221 million euro, loans to customers — 376,744 million euro, direct deposits from banking business — 359,991 million euro, direct deposits from insurance business and technical reserves — 73,119 million euro. Shareholders’ equity amounted 47,040 million euro. Net income excluding goodwill impairment in 2011 amounted to 2,043 million euro.

As at 30 June 2011 share capital subscribed and paid in amounts to 8,545,561,614.72 euro. The share capital is divided into 16,433,772,336 shares with a nominal value of 0.52 euro per share. 65.091% 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 (4.839%), Crédit Agricole S.A. (3.819%), Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (3.812%), Ente C.R. Firenze (3.320%), BlackRock Inc. (2.430%), Fondazione C.R. in Bologna (2.023%). 

Intesa Sanpaolo offers its services to about 20 million customers.

In Italy the Group offers its services to 11 million customers through a network of over 5 600 branches well distributed throughout the country with market shares above 15% in most Italian regions.

Foreign subsidiaries of the Group are present in more than 40 countries all over the world.

Intesa Sanpaolo has a selected presence in Central Eastern Europe and Middle Eastern and North African areas with the Group’s subsidiaries operating in retail and commercial banking in 12 countries.

An international network of specialists in support of corporate customers spreads across 29 countries, in particular in the Middle East and North Africa and in those areas where Italian companies are most active, such as the Unites 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 specialised 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.