The Group

The Monte dei Paschi di Siena group is one of the largest banking groups. Primarily active in the personal and business banking sectors, above all small and medium businesses, to whom it offers complete support in terms of high quality products and services, its activities are focused on:

crédit

asset management

bank insurance

L’investment banking

A worldwide network

With some 27,000 employees and a network of over 1,800 branches in Italy and all around the world, as well as over 1, 300 financial promotion specialist, the Monte dei Paschi di Siena group offers its services to more than 4 million clients. Because of this, it is one of Italy's leading and most respected banking groups.

On an international level, the group offers its products and services through a network of:

European Network	Extra-European Network
Subsidiaries LONDON FRANKFURT	Subsidiaries NEW YORK SHANGAI HONG KONG
Italian Desk : Timisoara (Romania) Valencia (Spain)	Italian Desk:
Foreign banks: MONTE PASCHI BANQUE SA MONTE PASCHI MONACO S.A.M. BANCA MONTE PASCHI BELGIO SA	Foreign banks:
Representatives: ISTANBUL BRUSSELS MOSCOW	Representatives: CAIRO CASABLANCA BEIJING MUMBAII TUNIS ALGIERS GUANGZHOU

The following chart illustrates the structure of the Monte die Paschi di Siena group. It shows the main companies operating in sectors including credit, asset management, bank insurance and collateral activities:

The group's banks

	Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A.	Siena
	Banca Toscana S.p.A.	Firenze
	MPS Banca Personale	Lecce
	Banca Agricola Mantovana S.p.A.	Mantova
	MPS Finance, Banca Mobiliare S.p.A.	Siena
	MPS Gestione Crediti Banca S.p.A.	Siena
	MPS Leasing & Factoring S.p.A.	Siena
	MPS Banca per l'Impresa S.p.A	Firenze
	Monte Paschi Banque S.A.	Paris

Monte Paschi Monaco S.A.M.

Monte Carlo

 

The group as a whole

The Monte dei Paschi di Siena group carries out its activities based on a multiple specialisation model, at the heart of which the banks and the product companies work in synergy to optimise their ability to be the bank of reference for their clients.

Some topline figures: In December 2007, with a consolidated profit of € 1.437,6 million, the Monte dei Paschi di Siena group achieved a level of profitability which, evaluated in terms of ROE, grew to 19,8%.