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Accordingly, the plaintiff requested compensation for damages for the notional value of the
certificate of deposit held by UBS, or USD 200 million, equivalent to €158 million.
It should be noted that the second certificate of deposit with a notional value of USD 300
million, not included in this action, was seized by the Finance Police at the vault of the
aforementioned Milan branch of Banca di Roma on November 18, 2004 as part of a criminal
proceeding pending with the Court of Trento regarding fraud charges related to said certificate.
This proceeding was concluded with the defendants being acquitted.
The bank duly appeared in court to dispute the reconstruction of events and requested that the
petition be wholly rejected in that it is unfounded in law and in fact. Following a number of
recent restructuring transactions by UniCredit Group, the disputed right behind the case was
transferred to UniCredit Banca.
For this reason, a provision has been made for an amount consistent with the risk of the lawsuit.
Mario Malavolta
In July 2009, Mario Malavolta, on his own behalf and as legal counsel and director of
Malavolta Corporate S.p.A. and its subsidiaries and associates, sued UniCredit for
compensation for damages (approximately €135 million) allegedly due to illicit behaviour on
UniCredit’s part. Furthermore, the petitioner requests the confirmation of the improper
application of interest on its current accounts held by the aforementioned company.
The defendant named in this action is UniCredit Corporate Banking.
The petitioner disputes the conduct by the defendant during the period 2006-2007, maintaining
that improper involvement by the bank in the decision-making processes of Malavolta Group
companies allegedly prevented the restructuring processes and caused significant financial
burden (currently the companies of Malavolta Group are insolvent and under bankruptcy
proceedings).
The facts and circumstances described above also allegedly resulted in significant damages to
Mario Malavolata in his role as shareholder and director of Malavolta Corporate S.p.A. and its
subsidiaries.
The proceedings are in the initial phases and a provision has not been made.
Valauret S.A.
In 2001, the plaintiffs (Valauret S.A. and Hughes de Lasteyrie du Saillant), bought shares in the
French company Rhodia S.A. They maintain that they suffered losses as a result of the drop in
Rhodia share prices between 2002 and 2003, allegedly caused by earlier fraudulent actions by
members of the company’s board of directors, which made the financial statements untruthful
and misleading.
In 2004, the plaintiffs filed a petition claiming damages against the board of directors, the
external auditors, and Aventis S.A. (the alleged majority shareholder of Rhodia S.A.). Later
they extended their claim to other parties, arriving at a total of 14 defendants, the latest being
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