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Intesa Sanpaolo was created on January 1, 2007, through the merger of two leading Italian banking groups, Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI. The first steps toward the merger process were taken on August 26, 2006, when the Boards of Directors of the two banks approved the guidelines for the merger plan, which was then approved on October 12 and ratified by the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meetings of the two banks on December 1 of the same year.

1998
January 1 - Establishment of Banca Intesa
January 2 - Purchase of Cariplo from Fondazione Cariplo
May 21 - Definition of the Group's new federal organisation
June 1 - Presentation of the industrial plan to the market

1999
June 8 - Banca Intesa's Board of Directors authorised contacts with Banca Commerciale Italiana (BCI)
June 30 - Banca Intesa's Board of Directors approved the integration of BCI according to the federal model
August 17 - The Shareholders' Meeting approved the capital increase for the purchase
of 70% of BCI
September 27- October 15 - Intesa-BCI Tender Offer

2000
April 11 - Presentation of the new divisional model to the market
June 6 - The integration of BCI began; Steering Committee and area managers appointed
July 28 - Banca Intesa's Shareholders' Meeting approved the merger of Ambroveneto, Cariplo and Mediocredito Lombardo
October 10 - The Boards of Directors approved the merger of Banca Commerciale Italiana
November 17 - New Board of Directors of Banca Intesa appointed
December 19 - The operating management of the Group appointed
December 31 - Banca Intesa incorporated Ambroveneto, Cariplo and Mediocredito Lombardo

2001
February 28 - BCI's Shareholders' Meeting approved the merger by incorporation into
Banca Intesa
March 1 - The Shareholders' Meeting of Banca Intesa approved the merger of BCI
March 26 - Approval of the 2001-2003 Master Plan
April 24 - The merger deed between Banca Intesa and BCI was signed
May 1 - IntesaBci formed

2002
June 25 - The Board of Directors approved the new organizational structure based on Divisions
September 9 - The Board approved the 2003-2005 Business Plan
December 17 - The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of IntesaBci resolved to change the company name to Banca Intesa Spa

Sanpaolo IMI was formed in 1998 from the merger of Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino and IMI (Istituto Mobiliare Italiano). These two banks were highly complementary: Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino was specialised in retail lending, IMI, a public entity founded in 1931 to support the reconstruction of the national industrial system, was a leading business and investment bank.

Historical evolution


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