Gabbrielli & Associati is a shareholder of GBM – Gruppo Bancario Mediterraneo: GBM Holding SpA, Rome and Banca Federiciana SpA, Andria and Bari. GBM Holding has been incorporated to acquire the control of Banca Federiciana, authorized by the Bank of Italy on August 19, 2009. Banca Federiciana capitalizes 15 million euro and has approved a share capital increase to 50 million, which will be subscribed mainly by GBM and its shareholders. Gruppo Bancario Mediterraneo’s direction is that of creating a banking pole of great quality, the first autonomous private group in the Centre South of Italy, that is able to propose a house-bank project for excellent enterprises. GBM - based in Rome – will be mainly a corporate Bank Group that will therefore specialize not only in credit disbursement, but also in a “tutor” activity for SME’s and in the supply of specialized corporate finance services. The activity of credit disbursement will also assume the formula of medium term and/or in pool financing, secured, or not, by real guarantees.

Gabbrielli & Associati is one of the three company promoters and shareholders of First Capital SpA, an investment company incorporated in June 2008 to achieve, by using strict “private equity” analysis selection criteria, significant capital gains through the acquisition of relevant participations in small caps already listed or on the way to be. The company is a financial intermediary listed with the Bank of Italy. First Capital aim is to encourage the setting off, after years of quantitative and structured finance, of those companies who have been run by successful managers and entrepreneurs. In so doing First Capital wants to fill an operational gap stemming from the shortage in Italy of independent specialized operators inspired by middle term investment criteria rather than daily trading ones. Distinctive elements are: a “Management Team”, who records several years experience in Private Equity and Investment Banking, and fully represented in the Board of Directors; a strong financial and industrial network; a management availability to invest a relevant share of the company equity; autonomy and independence.
Chairman of First Capital is professor Francesco Cesarini.

www.firstcapital.it

Gabbrielli & Associati S.p.A is shareholder of Mediapolis Investments SA (Luxembourg), which controls Mediapolis S.p.A., Ivrea. The other shareholders are Telecom (Olivetti Multiservices S.p.A.), Breakline BV and a group of local entrepreneurs. The Mediapolis project will see the launch of a new kind of entertainment and commercial centre: a “Mixed-Use Development”, combining many diverse elements in a synergetic fusion. The complex will be equidistant from Milan and Turin, the two major centres of Northwest Italy. The site will occupy 600,000 square metres, stretching along the motorway (A4-A5) for 1 km, in correspondence with the exit Albiano d’Ivrea. The key-asset of the business model is a theme park of international standard.

www.gruppomediapolis.com