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Capital increase for consideration
Offer in option to the holders of ordinary shares and the holders of savings shares of
972,225,376 ordinary shares of UniCredit S.p.A.
THE CAPITAL INCREASE AND RELATED ISSUE OF THE "CASHES" HAS BEEN COMPLETED
UniCredit S.p.A. hereby announces that today Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. ("Mediobanca"), in performance of the agreement of guarantee entered into on 23 December 2008, has subscribed for 967,578,184 shares, for a countervalue of Euro 2,983,043,541.27, corresponding to the rights that remained unsubscribed following the offer on the Stock Exchange pursuant to Article 2441, third paragraph, of the Italian Civil Code.
Therefore, the capital increase approved by the Extraordinary Meeting of the shareholders of UniCredit S.p.A. of 14 November 2008 has been completed, with the subscription of all the 972,225,376 newly issued ordinary shares of UniCredit S.p.A., for an aggregate countervalue of Euro 2,997,370,834.21, of which Euro 486,112,688.00 is capital and Euro 2,511,258,146.21 is share premium.
As previously communicated, 967,564,061 of the shares subscribed by Mediobanca have been used to service the issue, and are underlying, of the "CASHES" financial instruments. The issue of the "CASHES" financial instruments has been subscribed in full today by institutional investors.
Milan, 23 February 2009
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