INTESA SANPAOLO: SUPERVISORY BOARD

Torino, Milano, 7 May 2010 – The Intesa Sanpaolo Supervisory Board met today with all its members in attendance under the chairmanship of Giovanni Bazoli and unanimously decided: there would be 9 Management Board members; to appoint the following persons to it and Andrea Beltratti as Chairman, Marcello Sala as Senior Deputy Chairman, Giovanni Costa as Deputy Chairman; and to indicate to the Management Board, which will be meeting in the coming days to make the appointments under its matters of competence, Corrado Passera as Managing Director and CEO, Marcello Sala, Giovanni Costa, Paolo Campaioli, Roberto Firpo and Emilio Ottolenghi as Executive Board members.

Moreover, the Supervisory Board established within the Board itself a further three Technical Committees in addition to those of Nomination and Remuneration set up on 4 May:

• the Control Committee that performs the functions set forth in the Articles of Association as well as the duties and tasks of the Surveillance Body pursuant to the Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001;
• the Strategy Committee that is responsible for assisting the Supervisory Board and its Chairman in examining the proposals submitted by the Management Board and forming proposals in respect of their approval or request of any integration or amendment to be addressed to management bodies;
• the Financial Statements Committee that is in charge of assisting the Supervisory Board and its Chairman on discussing matters involving the preparation of financial statements, both Parent Company and consolidated, also formulating recommendations regarding the approval of financial reports.