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Banca del Gottardo Italia: Rocco Benetton acquires a stake in the equity capital. The shareholders' meeting votes to double equity capital

Lugano (ots)

The general meeting of shareholders of Banca del
Gottardo Italia approves a recapitalisation from EUR 25 million to
EUR 50 million. Rocco Benetton acquires a 4% stake in the company and
is elected to the Board of Directors.
Rocco Benetton, the youngest son of Luciano Benetton, has become a
shareholder of Banca del Gottardo Italia, the Italian affiliate of
the Banca del Gottardo Group, which has its head office in Lugano.
Benetton acquired a 4% stake from Banca del Gottardo, the majority
shareholder, which will continue to have a controlling stake of 71%
after the sale.
The remaining 25% of the equity capital in Banca del Gottardo
Italia is unchanged, distributed among five private shareholders.
Each of the five holds a 5% stake in the equity capital. The five
shareholders are: Claudio Bombardieri (Co.Pi.Ci), Alberto Bombassei
(Brembo), Domenico Bosatelli (Gewiss), Lombardini Holding (Gruppo
Lombardini) and J. Capital S.p.a., a company active in the real
estate and financing sector and controlled by the Jannone family.
The transaction which facilitated the entry of Rocco Benetton into
the group of shareholders of Banca del Gottardo Italia was completed
in the past few days. The general meeting of shareholders, in an
extraordinary session, approved the increase in the Bank's equity
capital from EUR 25 million to EUR 50 million. The ordinary session
of the shareholders' meeting then approved an increase in the number
of persons on the Board of Directors from eight to nine, and elected
Rocco Benetton as a new member of the Board.
The equity capital of Banca del Gottardo Italia will be doubled
via a new stock issue for a total of EUR 25 million. There will be an
immediate subscription of shares for a total of EUR 10 million,
followed by two tranches, one in September 2004 and the second in
September 2005, of EUR 10 million and EUR 5 million respectively.
With the new addition to the Board of Directors of Banca del
Gottardo Italia, the Board is now composed of the following members:
Rocco Benetton, Claudio Bombardieri, Giuseppe Decio, Carlo Jannone,
Francesco Joerg, Paolo Moretti, Nicola Mordasini, Henry Peter and
Giuseppe Roma.
Rocco Benetton, founder of ZeroRh+, the well-known brand for
eyewear and sportswear, official sponsor of Alinghi (the team
captained by Ernesto Bertarelli, winner of the most recent America's
Cup), is also the chairman of Espotting Media Italia, the largest
Pay-Per-Click research network. In the course of his career Rocco
Benetton has worked with 21 Investimenti Spa, in the private equity
sector, and has worked in private banking in New York, at Alpha
Investment Management, as co-director. He was the sole Managing
Director of Benetton Formula, the company that managed the Formula
One team. In 2000 he successfully managed the sale of the company to
the Renault Group for a record amount of USD 120 million.
Benetton's investment in Banca del Gottardo Italia is a testimony
to the Bank's strong growth strategy which, thanks to the solid
experience gained in the Italian private banking market and to the
support of the parent company's international network, today
represents a new global benchmark in Italian financial advising.
Banca del Gottardo Italia, which has been in business since
November 2001, manages EUR 1,600 million in assets and has a loan
portfolio of EUR 80 million. The bank employs 50 people at its head
office in Bergamo and at the Milan branch, which was officially
opened in June. In addition, the bank has already received approval
from the Banca d'Italia to open branches in Turin (by the end of
2003), Rome and Genoa.
Banca del Gottardo Italia has a 10% stake in Gottardo Asset
Management SGR Alternative Spa. This company, with its head office in
Milan, has been authorised by the Banca d'Italia to set up, manage,
promote and distribute hedge funds.
"The addition of Rocco Benetton to the shareholders of Banca del
Gottardo Italia," said Marco Netzer, CEO of the Banca del Gottardo
Group, "is an important confirmation of the validity of the Banca del
Gottardo Group's strategy and results in Italy, less than two years
after the first office was opened."
"Once this transaction is complete the Bank will be able to
bolster its growth plans, focusing on services and expanding its
product range," said Giuseppe Decio, Managing Director of Banca del
Gottardo Italia. "The goal is to consolidate our position as one of
the main players in the Italian private banking market."
"I am very pleased to become a part of this bank, which has posted
excellent results, and work with a group of very talented
businesspeople," said Rocco Benetton. "The Italian market needs this
type of structural innovation. And for me personally, it means
returning to the profession that I have been in for most in my life.
I hope that the banking experience I obtained in New York will help
us achieve our ambitious targets."
Banca del Gottardo, with head office in Lugano (Switzerland),
relies on a well expanded national and international network. Thanks
to its highly qualified teams of experts and its affiliates,
subsidiaries, branches and representative offices in Zurich, Geneva,
Lausanne, Bellinzona, Chiasso, Locarno, Bergamo, Milan, Turin (next
opening), Athens, Luxembourg, Monaco, Vienna, Hong Kong, Nassau
(Bahamas), as well as an important participation in Paris, the bank
offers top level financial services to its local and international
clientele.

Kontakt:

Banca del Gottardo
Viale S. Franscini 8
6901 Lugano

Franco Rogantini
Media Office
Tel. +41/91/808'33'60
E-Mail: franco.rogantini@gottardo.com

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