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as an organisational princi<strong>pl</strong>e has priority in the new Group.<br />
The divisions set binding targets which ap<strong>pl</strong>y to all regional<br />
units. Moreover, cost and revenue synergies need to be<br />
unlocked through best practice, by optimising capacity at<br />
product factories, and by rationalising overlapping or du<strong>pl</strong>icate<br />
functions.<br />
The Group embraces diversity in the form of different languages,<br />
legal systems and cultures; this is a basic value of the<br />
European Union. Like Bank Austria Creditanstalt, UniCredit has<br />
attached great importance to regional diver-<br />
Regional diversity<br />
sity for many years. The Group is based on<br />
and supraregional<br />
strong brands which have developed in the<br />
divisions<br />
various home markets. It uses the wide variety<br />
of talents in the whole of Europe. The Group is aware that<br />
customer relationships are always personal and regional relationships.<br />
In this way the Group combines and benefits from<br />
the very best elements of centralisation and decentralisation.<br />
The business combination received approval from shareholders<br />
in a clear vote. On 12 June 2005, HVB and UniCredit<br />
announced that they would join forces and presented their<br />
vision of a truly European bank to the capital market. The<br />
business combination was carried out through several voluntary<br />
share exchange offers. By the time the exchange offer in<br />
Germany was com<strong>pl</strong>eted on 18 November 2005, HypoVereins-<br />
… leader in the growth market in CEE<br />
Rank<br />
Market leader<br />
Market share in % by total assets<br />
26%<br />
1<br />
1)<br />
1 1<br />
24%<br />
Top 3 Top 5<br />
bank shareholders had accepted it for 93.93 % of all HVB<br />
shares. Holders of the majority of the free float of Bank Austria<br />
Creditanstalt shares also accepted the offer to exchange<br />
their BA-CA shares for UniCredit shares (77.72 % of the free<br />
float). UniCredit now holds, directly or indirectly through<br />
HypoVereinsbank, 94.98 % of BA-CA’s share capital.<br />
The UniCredit holding company is managed by a Board of<br />
Directors. The Board of Directors of the new bank has 24<br />
members and its responsibilities include the new bank’s strategic<br />
orientation. On 18 November 2005, UniCredit’s Board<br />
of Directors appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)<br />
and a Management Committee, which advises the CEO and<br />
im<strong>pl</strong>ements management decisions taken by the CEO in coordination<br />
with the Management Committee. The Management<br />
Committee reports directly to the CEO. It comprises the<br />
Heads of the following Divisions: Retail Banking, Private<br />
Banking/Asset Management, Corporates/SMEs, Multinationals/Investment<br />
Banking, Central Eastern Europe, and Commercial<br />
Real Estate, as well as the Chief Financial Officer<br />
(CFO), the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and the Heads of Global<br />
Banking Services, Human Resources, Integration and German<br />
Business. The Chairman of Bank Austria Creditanstalt’s Managing<br />
Board, Erich Hampel, is a member of the Management<br />
Committee and is responsible for the CEE Division.<br />
Croatia Bulgaria Poland Bosnia and Romania Turkey Slovakia Czech Serbia Slovenia Hungary Baltic<br />
Herzegovina<br />
Republic<br />
states<br />
Bank Austria Creditanstalt<br />
21%<br />
2<br />
24%<br />
3<br />
9%<br />
3<br />
12%<br />
2)<br />
UniCredit HVB<br />
n. a. about 10 n. a.<br />
Data are based on the most recent information; the computations for the market share of UniCredit and HVB may be based on different definitions of the underlying data.<br />
1) HVB S<strong>pl</strong>itska banka d.d. held for sale / 2) Including 50% of Yapı ve Kredi Bankasi / 3) Average of the market shares in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania<br />
4<br />
10%<br />
4<br />
8%<br />
5<br />
6%<br />
5<br />
6%<br />
7<br />
6%<br />
4% 3)<br />
2%<br />
1%<br />
Russia Ukraine<br />
With UniCredit to the First Truly European Bank 17<br />
Management<br />
structure of the<br />
new Group