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In terms of sales performance, in Italy the new sales structure consisting of UniCredit Banca, UniCredit Banca di Roma<br />

and Banco di Sicilia generated new investment products sales of €5 billion in Q3 2009 reaching total sales volume of over<br />

€20 billion in the first nine months of the year with a concentration on simple products with a low risk profile. The net<br />

balance of assets under management dropped by only €577 million from the beginning of the year (1% of the total) due to<br />

the €1,654 million net inflow of assets under management in Q3 2009. The balance of assets under management was<br />

mainly supported by sales of UniGarantito, a guaranteed-principal insurance product with a minimum annual return, with<br />

€800 million in sales in Q3 2009 and about €5 billion since the beginning of the year. The Retail Strategic Business Area<br />

was able to increase total financial assets from the beginning of the year (+3%) mainly due to the appreciation in indirect<br />

deposits following the rebound in financial markets in Q3 2009. The Bank continued to provide its usual support to small<br />

businesses with overall new loans of about €7.8 billion, equal to over 120,000 loan files since the beginning of the year.<br />

Universo Non Profit, which will be launched in November, is one of the largest initiatives planned for the last quarter of<br />

2009. This project was conceived to provide specific support to projects and initiatives carried out by non-profit businesses<br />

and associations, which have a growing significance from a social and economic standpoint, through a dedicated range of<br />

products and services and loan approval process. Furthermore, Universo Non Profit will allow organizations in the service<br />

sector to rely on a major bank that gives them access to a branch network made up of over 4,200 retail branches of the<br />

UniCredit Group throughout Italy.<br />

Retail Network Germany<br />

In Q3 2009, for mass market customers, HVB launched a new product called KomfortKredit, a personal loan with an<br />

attractive annual interest rate, which is promoted by mailings sent to potential customers. Finally, after openings in Munich,<br />

Cologne and Stuttgart, in September HVB and YapiKredi opened another retail branch with products and services<br />

dedicated to the needs of Turkish customers in Berlin, which has the largest Turkish community in Germany.<br />

In the Personal Banking Segment, due to the ongoing market uncertainty and the significant decrease in interest rates, for<br />

the first nine months of 2009 HVB focused consulting services on medium-term bonds and investment products other than<br />

equities. Customers' need for safety is reflected in the high demand for fixed-rate bonds with medium- and long-term<br />

maturities, ordinary HVB bonds and bonds indexed to Euribor or to the inflation rate. Several bond funds such as F&C<br />

Stiftungsfonds and Real Estate Funds also continued to be well received by customers. In addition, in 2009 HVB again<br />

continued to focus on the ETF-based asset management product called VermögensDepot privat, which in the first nine<br />

months of 2009 had sales of over €2 billion.<br />

In terms of insurance products, in Q3 2009, HVB optimized the insurance product called AktivRente, which adjusts the<br />

risk profile to the investor’s various life stages and to the market situation, and gradually reduces risk as it approaches<br />

maturity, and supplements it with a new range of funds. This new version of the product mainly targets affluent customers<br />

and independent contractors with high incomes and tax rates, and it was designed to optimize the tax benefit on premiums<br />

paid.<br />

In Q3 2009 in the small business segment, HVB again continued to support its customers by providing them short-term<br />

lines of credit to give them the liquidity needed to support their businesses. HVB is also continuing to offer many customers<br />

the new Business Class service model, aimed at key small business customers, that provides all small entrepreneurs with<br />

two professionals: a consultant dedicated to the company who will work on establishing the proper level and best methods<br />

for the overall use of bank loans, and a specialist dedicated to all the personal investment requirements of the entrepreneur<br />

and his/her family. Using the customer dialogs tool, the latter professionals analyze customers' existing investments and<br />

their willingness to take on investment risks to assess new investment opportunities. HVB has already seen the initial<br />

success resulting from restructuring their portfolios.<br />

HVB has also launched new products dedicated to the agriculture sector as well as specific training for consultants. In the<br />

area of products, HVB has made it possible to open the Willkommenskonto Business account on the Internet, and has<br />

created functions that allow its customers to apply for loans online.<br />

CONSOLIDATED INTERIM REPORT<br />

AS AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2009<br />

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