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Prospectus UBI Banca Covered Bond Programme

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<strong>Prospectus</strong><br />

S.p.A. of the asset management activities of Capitalgest Sgr S.p.A. (the asset management company of the<br />

former <strong>Banca</strong> Lombarda) became effective.<br />

<strong>UBI</strong> Pramerica offers a wide range of products, from mutual funds to discretionary asset management.<br />

Total assets under management of <strong>UBI</strong> Pramerica, totalled Euro23.9 billion and the company's net profit for the<br />

year amounted to Euro13.7 million.<br />

<strong>Banca</strong>ssurance<br />

The <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> Group has both life and non-life insurance companies which distribute through the banking<br />

channels of the Group.<br />

As concerns the non-life <strong>Banca</strong>ssurance sector, <strong>UBI</strong> Assicurazioni S.p.A. is the P&C product company of the<br />

Group 100 per cent. owned by <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong>. For the year ended 31 December 2008 <strong>UBI</strong> Assicurazioni S.p.A.<br />

reported premium inflows for the year of Euro 237.9 million and a net profit of Euro 34.3 million.<br />

Moreover, the Group distributes products of three companies active in the sector of life bancassurance: Aviva<br />

Assicurazioni Vita S.p.A. (49.99 per cent. held by <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> and the remaining part by Aviva S.p.A.), Aviva<br />

Vita S.p.A. (currently owned 50 per cent. by Aviva S.p.A. and the remaining part by <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong>) and Lombarda<br />

Vita S.p.A. (currently owned by 50.1 per cent by Cattolica Assicurazioni and 49.9 per cent by <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong>).<br />

Leasing<br />

The Group presently offers leasing products through <strong>UBI</strong> Leasing S.p.A.. <strong>UBI</strong> Leasing is 98.99 per cent.<br />

controlled by <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong>.<br />

As at 31 December 2008 <strong>UBI</strong> Leasing had total outstanding loans amounting to Euro9.2 billion and reported net<br />

profit of Euro43.8 million.<br />

Factoring<br />

<strong>UBI</strong> Factor S.p.A. is wholly owned by <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong>. As at 31 December 2008 the company had outstanding loans<br />

amounting to Euro2.1 billion and a net profit of Euro21.2 million.<br />

<strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong>'s Management And Supervisory Bodies<br />

<strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> has adopted a "dual" governance system.<br />

The dual governance system consists of a Supervisory Board and a Management Board; the Shareholders'<br />

Meeting appoints the Supervisory Board, which then appoints the Management Board.<br />

The Supervisory Board is in charge of setting the strategic guidelines and of controlling the management of the<br />

company. It approves the financial statements of <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> and the consolidated financial statements of the<br />

Group prepared by the Management Board.<br />

The Management Board has exclusive responsibility for the management of the company and for performing all<br />

those operations necessary for implementing the business purpose of the company in compliance with the<br />

general strategies and plans drawn up by the Supervisory Board.<br />

Supervisory Board<br />

According to Article 44 of <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong>'s Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board is composed of 23<br />

members with a three-year term of office and is elected on a list basis from amongst registered shareholders with<br />

voting rights. All its members must possess the qualities of integrity, professionalism and independence required<br />

by the legislation currently in force and at least three of them must be chosen from among persons enrolled in the<br />

Registro dei Revisori Contabili (register of auditors) who have practised as legal certifiers of accounts for a<br />

period of not less than three-years.<br />

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