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•20 july

Intesa Sanpaolo official partner of Rome 2009 World Swimming Championships

The sport event will be held at Rome’s Italic Forum from July 17th to August 2nd.

•9 july

INTESA SANPAOLO: GROWING TOGETHER WITH ENTERPRISES

Torino, Milano, 3 July 2009 — The Intesa Sanpaolo Group confirms its commitment to grow together with enterprises and launches tailor-made initiatives — including the agreement with Confindustria to assist SME liquidity and capitalisation — which will be illustrated this morning by CEO Corrado Passera in a meeting in Milano with entrepreneurs.

•3 july

INTESA SANPAOLO: BOARDS APPROVE RATIONALISATION PROJECT OF BANCASSURANCE BUSINESS

Torino, Milano, 23 June 2009 — The Management and the Supervisory Boards of Intesa Sanpaolo met today under the chairmanships of Enrico Salza and Giovanni Bazoli and approved within their respective competencies a project which aims to rationalise the Intesa Sanpaolo Group bancassurance business. The project has been laid out based on a logic of specialisation by distribution network. The aim is to set up a single company serving the Group’s banking networks and a life company at the service of the financial advisors of Banca Fideuram.

•2 july

PRAVEX-BANK clients purchase more than 30,000 grams of precious metals with discount using the super special offer

More than 30,000 grams of precious metals were purchased with a discount according to results of work for April 2009. Purchase of precious metals bars with a discount became possible due to the launched super special offer for the clients of “Pravex-Telegraph” money transfer service. According to conditions of this offer every client of this service obtains a discount in the amount of 5% for purchase of precious metals bars of any weight.

•1 july

PRAVEX-BANK begins to carry out payments of compensations for depositors of “Prychornomoria” Bank

PRAVEX-BANK, as a participant of the Deposits Guaranteeing Fund, begins to carry out payment of compensations for the depositors of “Prychornomoria” Bank. Compensations for the depositors of “Prychornomoria” Bank for the amount of about UAH 16.4 million will be carried out via “Pravex-Telegraph” money transfer system.