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

(ix)<br />

a banking network of private bankers and financial advisers, <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> Private Investment<br />

S.p.A., based in Brescia;<br />

(c)<br />

(d)<br />

(e)<br />

(f)<br />

(g)<br />

a corporate bank, Centrobanca S.p.A., based in Milan;<br />

an on line trading Bank, IW Bank S.p.A., listed on the Italian Stock Exchange and include in the FTSE<br />

Italia Small Cap Index;<br />

various product companies operating mainly in the areas of asset management, bancassurance (non-life),<br />

consumer finance, factoring and leasing;<br />

a consortium company, <strong>UBI</strong> Sistemi e Servizi S.p.A., based in Brescia, providing services and products<br />

to the other group's companies; and<br />

various service companies.<br />

The <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> Group also has an international presence through:<br />

(i)<br />

(ii)<br />

(iii)<br />

(iv)<br />

(v)<br />

two foreign banks, Banque de Dépôts et de Gestion Sa (with four branches in Switzerland and a<br />

"financial advisory company" in Singapore) and <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> International Sa (with headquarters in<br />

Luxembourg, branches in Munich and Madrid and a trust company in Jersey);<br />

three foreign branches in France (at Nice and Menton of <strong>Banca</strong> Regionale Europea) and in Luxembourg<br />

(Banco di Brescia);<br />

representative offices in San Paolo of Brazil, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai and Moscow;<br />

equity investments (mainly controlling interests) in five foreign companies: in addition to <strong>UBI</strong> Trust Co<br />

Ltd and BDG Singapore Private Ltd., already mentioned, also in Gestioni Lombarda (Switzerland) Sa,<br />

Lombarda China Fund Management Co., and <strong>UBI</strong> Management Co. Sa; and<br />

one Branch of <strong>UBI</strong> Factor Spa in Krakow in Poland.<br />

The <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> Group has representative offices in Hong Kong, San Paolo (Brazil), Moscow, Mumbai and<br />

Shanghai.<br />

Banking Activities<br />

The financial information hereafter provided is extracted from the financial statements under IFRS as at 31<br />

December 2008, compared to 31 December 2007.<br />

Network banks<br />

Please see the "Sellers" section.<br />

Corporate Banking<br />

Centrobanca S.p.A. ("Centrobanca")<br />

Centrobanca is the corporate and investment bank of the Group. The <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> Group holds 97.82 per cent. of<br />

its capital (92.35 per cent. held by <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> and 5.47 per cent by BPA).<br />

As at 31 December 2008, Centrobanca had loans to customers totalling Euro7.5 billion, with a ratio of net<br />

non-performing loans to total net loans of 0.76 per cent. and of net impaired loans to total net loans of 0.87 per<br />

cent.. Shareholders' equity as at the same date (excluding profit for the period) amounted to Euro499.4 million.<br />

As at 31 December 2008, Centrobanca had 332 employees and seven branches. Net profit for 2008 was Euro61.7<br />

million.<br />

Asset Management<br />

<strong>UBI</strong> Pramerica Sgr S.p.A. ("<strong>UBI</strong> Pramerica"), the asset management company of the Group, is a joint venture<br />

between <strong>UBI</strong> <strong>Banca</strong> and Prudential Inc., USA ("Prudential"), with 65 per cent. of its capital held by the <strong>UBI</strong><br />

<strong>Banca</strong> Group and 35 per cent. held by Prudential. On 18 January 2008, the contribution to <strong>UBI</strong> Pramerica Sgr<br />

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