Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e della Lucchesia

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Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e della Lucchesia
Caript
FormerlyCassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia S.p.A.
Typesubsidiary of a listed company
IndustryFinancial services
Predecessor
  • Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia
Founded
  • 1831 (Pistoia)
  • 1936 (Pistoia e Pescia)
  • 1992 (S.p.A. and Fondazione)
Headquarters3 via Roma,
Pistoia
,
Italy
Area served
  • Provinces of Pistoia, Tuscany
  • Provinces of Massa–Carrara, Tuscany
  • Provinces of Lucca, Tuscany
Increase (€1,605,726) (2014)
Total assetsDecrease €2,795,007,930 (2014)
Total equityDecrease €291,419,997 (2014)
OwnersIntesa Sanpaolo (8.105%)
Banca CR Firenze (74.883%)
C.R. Pistoia–Pescia Foundation (16.525%)
others (0.487%)
ParentIntesa Sanpaolo (through Banca CR Firenze)
Capital ratio18.67% (CET1)[1]
Websitewww.caript.it

Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e della Lucchesia (literally The Savings bank of Pistoia and Lucchesia; known as Caripistoia, Caript or just CRPT in short) is an Italian regional bank based in Pistoia, Tuscany. The bank was a subsidiary of Banca CR Firenze, with Intesa Sanpaolo as the ultimate holding company.

History[]

Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia was found in 1936 by the merger of Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia (found 1831) and (1840). The bank also absorbed in 1932, and Pistoia Mount of Piety in 1937.[2]

Casse Toscane[]

Due to , the bank was split into a società per azioni (limited company), and a non-profit organization (Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia, which was renamed to Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia in late 1990s) on 13 April 1992 (gazetted on 14 May).[3][4] At that time around 17.748% of the shares were "saving shares" (4,000,000, Italian: azioni di risparmio).[4] The ente also immediately sold around 51% shares to an intermediate holding company Holding Casse Toscane (literally Tuscan saving banks), which consists of the saving bank (Italian: Cassa di Risparmio) of Florence (Banca CR Firenze), Livorno, Lucca, Pisa, San Miniato as well as Banca del Monte di Lucca.[5] In return the ente received around 10% shares of the holding, making the ente hold about 31.525% of the shares of the bank directly or about 36.4% combined (saving shares excluded), as well as minority interests in other banks.[4] In 1995 CR Lucca, Livorno and Pisa, as well as Banca del Monte di Lucca, formed their own banking group (Casse del Tirreno), leaving Florence, Pistoia–Pescia and San Miniato in Casse Toscane.[5][6]

Banca CR Firenze[]

In March 1998 Pistoia–Pescia and San Miniato were demerged from Casse Toscane as Finanziaria CRPT and Finanziaria CRSM respectively.[7] In November Finanziaria CRPT, which hold 11,357,012 ordinary shares (about 50.39% share capitals or 61.26% ordinary shares; 10,000 lire each) of the bank, was merged back to CR Pistoia–Pescia.[8] In December 1999 Florence Saving Bank purchased 51% of the ordinary shares, with the foundation retained a minority interests only (9,083,498 of 10,000 lire par value; 49% of the ordinary shares equivalent to 40.3% share capitals as at 31 December 2001. plus preferred shares).[9] The foundation also owned 3.95% shares of Banca CR Firenze (as of 31 December 2000),[9][10] due to the acquisition.

In 2005 Banca CR Firenze purchased an additional 9% ordinary shares from the foundation for €32,533,751.25.[11][12] The foundation retained 74,151,005 ordinary shares (40% of all ordinary shares) and 15,200,000 preferred shares (38% of all preferred shares) as at 31 December 2006 for €0.63 par value (increased from €0.52 in 2005), which equivalent to 39.65% total share capitals.[13]

Intesa Sanpaolo[]

The Saving bank of Pistoia and Pescia followed Banca CR Firenze merged into banking group Intesa Sanpaolo on 29 January 2008. The foundation sold 44,275,505 ordinary and saving shares (19.65% total share capitals) for about €84 million in January 2012.[14]

In 2012, the bank was renamed into Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e della Lucchesia, as the branches of the bank was extended from the Province of Pistoia to the Province of Lucca (from 10 branches to 31 branches in 2012) and the Province of Massa–Carrara (7 new branches), by selling 3 branches in the Province of Pistoia and all branches in the Provinces of Florence (4), Prato (4) and Bologna (11) to sister companies.[15][16] After the deals the number of shares was increased from 225,377,500 to 272,771,873, which Banca CR Firenze hold 74.883%, Intesa Sanpaolo hold 8.105% and the foundation hold 16.525% (but all were golden shares); preferred shares were converted to ordinary shares.[16]

As at 31 December 2014, the foundation also owned 0.01413% shares of Intesa Sanpaolo.[17]

Sponsorship[]

The bank was a sponsor of Pistoia Basket 2000

See also[]

other saving bank from the provincial capital of Tuscany

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e della Lucchesia. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Pistoia" (in Italian). Intesa Sanpaolo. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Storia" (in Italian). Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Approvazione del progetto di ristrutturazione presentato dalla Cassa di risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia" (in Italian). Italian Republic Official Gazette. 14 May 1992. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "La Storia: La Cassa di Risparmio" (in Italian). Fondazione Pisa. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  6. ^ "CASSE TOSCANE - S.p.a." (in Italian). Italian Republic Official Gazette. 4 September 1995. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  7. ^ "CASSE TOSCANE - S.p.a." (in Italian). Italian Republic Official Gazette. 10 March 1998. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  8. ^ "CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI PISTOIA E PESCIA - S.p.a." (in Italian). Italian Republic Official Gazette. 7 November 1998. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "2001 Bilancio" (PDF). Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia (Fondazione Caript) (in Italian). ACRI archive. 27 April 2004 [First published 2002]. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  10. ^ "2000 Bilancio Consolidato Nota Integrativa" (PDF) (in Italian). Banca CR Firenze. 13 June 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  11. ^ "2005 Bilancio" (PDF). Fondazione Caript (in Italian). ACRI archive. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  12. ^ "2005 Bilancio Consolidato Relazione sulla gestione" (PDF) (in Italian). Banca CR Firenze. 27 April 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  13. ^ "2006 Bilancio" (PDF). Fondazione Caript (in Italian). ACRI archive. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  14. ^ "2011 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Fondazione Caript. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  15. ^ "2011 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b "2012 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e della Lucchesia (Caript). 14 March 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  17. ^ "2014 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Fondazione Caript. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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