Prospectus - Notowania

5 INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
5.1. History and growth of the Company
5.1.1. Corporate name of the company
The Company is called “UniCredit S.p.A.”.
5.1.2. Place of registration of the Company and its registration number
The Issuer is enrolled in the Rome Companies’ Register under No. 00348170101.
The Issuer is also enrolled in the Register of Banks and is the parent company of the
UniCredit Banking Group, enrolled in the Register of Banking Groups, No. 3135.1,
and is a member of the Interbank Guarantee Fund.
5.1.3. Date of establishment and duration of the Company
The Issuer is a joint-stock company established under private deed drawn up on April
28, 1870, with a duration until December 31, 2050.
5.1.4. Domicile and legal form of the Company, legislation on the basis of which it
operates, country of formation, address and telephone number of the registered
offices
The Issuer is a joint-stock company established in Genoa and is regulated and operates
on the basis of Italian law. The Issuer’s registered offices are in Via A. Specchi 16,
Rome, Italy and the Head Offices are in Piazza Cordusio 2, Milan, Italy, telephone
No. +39 02 88621.
5.1.5. History and growth of the Issuer and the Group
UniCredit (formerly Unicredito Italiano S.p.A.) and the Group of companies with the
same name which the latter heads up came about as a result of the merger, in October
1998, between the then Credito Italiano S.p.A., founded in 1870 under the name of
Banca di Genova, and Unicredito S.p.A., the latter the holding company which held
the controlling equity investments in Banca CRT, CRV and Cassamarca. As a result of
this merger, the Credito Italiano Group and the Unicredito Group pooled the strength
of their respective products and the complementary nature of the geographic coverage
for the purpose of more effectively competing on the banking and financial services
markets both in Italy and in Europe, thereby creating the UniCredit Group.
Since its creation, the Group has continued to expand in Italy and in Eastern European
countries, both via buy-outs and via systematic growth, also consolidating its role in
sectors of important significance outside Europe, such as the asset management sector
in the USA.
(A) The growth of the Group up until the HVB and Capitalia buy-outs
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