SECOND SUPPLEMENT DATED 30 April 2010 TO THE BASE PROSPECTUS DATED 16 OCTOBER 2009 UNICREDIT S.p.A. (incorporated as a Società per Azioni in the Republic of Italy under registered number 00348170101) and UNICREDIT BANK IRELAND p.l.c. (incorporated with limited liability in Ireland under registered number 240551) UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY GUARANTEED BY UNICREDIT S.p.A. in the case of Notes issued by UniCredit Bank Ireland p.l.c. €60,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme This second Supplement (the Supplement) to the Base Prospectus dated 16 October 2009, as previously supplemented by the supplement dated 18 March 2010 (the Prospectus), constitutes a supplement for the purposes of Article 13.1 of Chapter 1 of Part II of the Luxembourg Act dated 10 July, 2005 on prospectuses for securities (the Prospectus Act) and is prepared in connection with the Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the Programme) established by UniCredit S.p.A. (UniCredit) and UniCredit Bank Ireland p.l.c. (UniCredit Ireland, and together with UniCredit, the Issuers). Terms defined in the Prospectus have the same meaning when used in this Supplement. This Supplement constitutes a Supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Prospectus issued by the Issuers. Each of the Issuers and the Guarantor accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Supplement. To the best of the knowledge of each of the Issuers and the Guarantor (which have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in this Supplement is in accordance with the facts and contains no omissions likely to affect its import. In accordance with Article 13.2 of Chapter 1 of Part II of the Prospectus Act, investors who have already agreed to purchase or subscribe for the securities before this Supplement is published have the right, exercisable within a time limit of minimum two working days after the publication of this Supplement, to withdraw their acceptances. Standard & Poor's rating On 23 April, 2010, UniCredit announced that, on that date, the rating agency Standard & Poor’s completed a review of its ratings on Italian banks based on an update of its assumption on a potential future credit losses and a reappraisal of earnings for 2010 and 2011: following the rapid and intense economic downturn in 2008-2009, Standard & Poor’s expect that a period of very low economic growth will test Italian banking business profitability. In a contest of review of the Italian banks’ rating, UniCredit announced that Standard & Poor's affirmed the long-term and short-term ratings (A/A-1). Outlook is stable. 2009 Annual Reports On 22 April 2010, the UniCredit Shareholders’ Meeting approved, in its ordinary session, the UniCredit’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended 31 December, 2009 (the UniCredit Consolidated 2009 Annual Report). The UniCredit Consolidated 2009 Annual Report has been audited by KPMG S.p.A., UniCredit’s external auditors. UniCredit Ireland’s 2009 financial statements as of and for the year ended 31 December, 2009 audited by KPMG, Dublin were approved on 11 March 2010 (the UniCredit Ireland 2009 Annual Report). Copies of the UniCredit Consolidated 2009 Annual Report and of the UniCredit Ireland 2009 Annual Report have been filed with the CSSF and, by virtue of this Supplement, such documents are incorporated in, and form part of, the Prospectus. Copies of this Supplement and all documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus are available on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's website (www.bourse.lu). The following information shall be incorporated in, and form part of, the Prospectus: Document Information Incorporated Page Reference UniCredit audited consolidated financial Balance Sheet 122 to 123 statements as of and for the year ended 31 December, 2009 Income Statement 124-125 Statement of Cash Flows 129 Explanatory Notes 131-537 Auditor’s Report 544-545 (appearing as pages 1 and 2 respectively on the bottom) UniCredit Ireland audited annual report Balance Sheet 26-27 for the financial year ended 31 December, 2009 Income Statement 28 Statement of Cash Flows 32-33 Explanatory Notes 34-76 Auditor’s Report 8-10 Any other information included in the documents incorporated by reference, but not set out in the sections referred to above, is provided for information purposes only. Other Shareholders’ Meeting Resolutions On 22 April 2010, the Shareholders’ Meeting of UniCredit, in its ordinary and extraordinary sessions, also adopted the resolutions summarized below. Appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors for the years 2010-2012: the Shareholders’ Meeting, in its ordinary session, appointed the new Board of Statutory Auditors of UniCredit, comprised of five standing Auditors, for the financial years 2010-2012 (with term in office expiring on the date of the Shareholders' Meeting called to approve the 2012 financial statements) as well as two substitute Auditors. The new Board of Statutory Auditors comprises: Chairman: Maurizio LAURI Standing Auditors: Cesare BISONI, Vincenzo NICASTRO, Michele RUTIGLIANO and Marco VENTORUZZO. The substitute Auditors appointed are: Paolo Domenico SFAMENI and Massimo LIVATINO. 2 Group Compensation Policy: in compliance with the provisions set out by the “Supervisory Provisions concerning Banks Organization and Corporate Governance” issued by Bank of Italy, the Shareholders’ Meeting, in its ordinary session, approved the “Group Compensation Policy”, which defines the principles and standards which UniCredit applies to and are reflected in the design, implementation and monitoring of compensation practices across the entire UniCredit organization. The “Annual Compensation Report” has been made available for information to the Shareholders, that highlight the key implementation features and outcomes of Group compensation policy and incentive plans. UniCredit Group 2010 Employee Share Ownership Plan: the ordinary Shareholder’s Meeting resolved to adopt, for the year 2010, a UniCredit Group employee share ownership plan in order to reinforce employees’ sense of belonging and commitment to achieve corporate goals. The plan provides Group employees with the opportunity to invest in UniCredit shares at favorable conditions. No capital increase is envisaged to implement this plan. UniCredit Group 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan: the Shareholder’s Meeting, always in ordinary session, resolved on the adoption of a long-term incentive plan involving the allocation of performance stock options and the promise to grant performance shares, by May 2011 at the latest, to selected key talents and mission critical resources of the UniCredit Group, subject to the achievement of specific performance conditions. In this regard, the Shareholder’s Meeting, in extraordinary session, granted the Board of Directors the necessary authorities to increase share capital to service the above-mentioned Plan; if these powers were exercised to their maximum, no. 128,000,000 ordinary shares will be issued to serve the exercise of performance stock options and no. 59,000,000 ordinary shares as performance shares. The following information shall be incorporated in, and form a part of, the Prospectus: Information Incorporated Page Reference Press Release “The UniCredit Shareholders’ pp.1-2 meeting approved the financial statements” dated 22 April 2010 The “One for Clients” Project On 13 April 2010, the Board of Directors of UniCredit approved the “One for Clients” project and the merger of seven subsidiary banks (UniCredit Banca, UniCredit Banca di Roma, Banco di Sicilia, UniCredit Corporate Banking, UniCredit Private Banking, UniCredit Family Financing Bank, UniCredit Bancassurance Management & Administration) with the parent company, UniCredit S.p.A. The project “One for Clients” is designed to further increase customer satisfaction through specialization and quicker response times. The decision will allow for a simplification of the Group structure, increasing its proximity to territories and communities, safeguarding the most important brands (UniCredit Banca, UniCredit Banca di Roma, Banco di Sicilia). Furthermore, the project will ensure a more efficient organization granting additional authority to the networks. Similar to the structure that currently exists in Austria, Germany and Poland, the Board has also decided to appoint a Country Chairman for Italy. His role will be to act as a point of reference for the Group’s activities in the Italian market and to coordinate its territorial strategies. He will have co-responsibility for the business results together with the Italian Network Heads. As Country Chairman for Italy Gabriele Piccini, currently CEO of UniCredit Banca and Head of Italy Retail Network, has been appointed. Piccini will be in charge as Country Chairman effective 1 November 2010, the kick-off date for the new organization. He will report to Deputy CEO Roberto Nicastro. 3 The Country Chairmen of Germany and Austria will report to Deputy CEO Sergio Ermotti, while those of the CEE-countries will report to Federico Ghizzoni, Head of CEE Banking Operations. The project strengthens the current divisional model of the Group, will create four specialized business segments in Italy, Austria and Germany, as follows: • Families, dedicated to private customers with assets up to € 500,000; • SMEs, for companies with yearly turnover up to € 50,000,000; • Corporate Banking, for companies with yearly turnover over € 50,000,000; • Private Banking, for customers with assets above € 500,000. Seven