Fondazione Carige

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia is a charity organization based in Genoa, Liguria region. The foundation was the largest shareholders of Banca Carige.

History

Due to Legge Amato, the bank activities of Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia was spin off to become Banca Carige Società per Azioni (a kind of limited company), while the original entity became Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia, a banking foundation with a status of private legal person, but without shareholder.[1]

The bank failed in the capital inspection by the Single Supervisory Mechanism in 2014. During the year the number of ordinary shares was increased from 2,174,664,623 to 10,167,553,157. The new shares made the bank recapitalized €779,288,853.4. The foundation only partly subscribed the capital increases that were allowed to them, with the rest was excised by borrowing money from Mediobanca (additional 7.037%). After the deal the foundation owned 12.142% ordinary shares of the bank (1,234,561,214), comparing to 46.52% in 2013 (1,011,689,946).[2][3][4]

At the start of year the foundation reacquired some shares, which was increased to 1,270,944,145 number of shares (the total ordinary shares of the bank also increased to 10,393,917,760 number of shares, due to all share deal to privatize CR Carrara and Savona). On 8 May 2015 the foundation sold a further 10.271% ordinary shares (1,067,593,081 number of shares) of the bank to Malacalza Investimenti (a company chaired by Vittorio Malacalza). After the deal the foundation only kept 203,351,064 ordinary shares, or 1.956% of the total number of ordinary shares.[5]

As at 31 December 2015 the foundation had a net assets of €69,960,698.[6]

Controversies

In 2014, La Repubblica Genoa edition reported that, the foundation had purchased a helicopter which was rarely used. Before the helicopter was donated to the Liguria Region, it was rarely used by the firemen of Genoa, which the foundation lent it to them.[7]

References
  1. Ministry of the Treasury (29 October 1991). "Approvazione del progetto congiunto di ristrutturazione presentato dalla Cassa di risparmio di Genova e Imperia, dall'Istituto di credito fondiario della Liguria e dal Mediocredito ligure". Gazzetta Ufficiale (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. "2013 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Fondazione Carige. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. "2014 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Fondazione Carige. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. "2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Banca Carige. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  5. "Informazioni essenziali" (PDF) (in Italian). Banca Carige. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  6. "2015 Bilancio" (PDF) (in Italian). Fondazione Carige. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  7. Preve, Marco (6 September 2014). "Fondazione Carige sei milioni e mezzo per un elicottero finito in un hangar". La Repubblica (Genoa edition) (in Italian). Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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