Exhibit 99.2

PRESS RELEASE

INTESA SANPAOLO COMMUNICATES FIRST WEEK RESULTS OF THE PURCHASE PROGRAMME OF OWN SHARES TO SERVE A FREE ASSIGNMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES

Torino, Milano, 4th June 2007 – Last Friday, 1st June 2007, Intesa Sanpaolo concluded the first week of its purchase programme of own shares to serve a free assignment plan for employees. The programme had been resolved upon at the Shareholders’ meetings of 1st December 2006 and 3rd May 2007 and disclosed in the press release issued on 25th May 2007. The Italian subsidiaries reported in the aforementioned press release also concluded the first week of their purchase programme of the Parent Company’s shares to serve a free assignment plan for employees, which had been resolved upon at their respective Meetings and is similar in terms and contents to the programme approved at the Parent Company’s Meeting. Pursuant to art. 144 bis of Consob Resolution 11971/99 (so-called “Regolamento Emittenti”, Issuer Regulations), details are provided below with respect to the purchases carried out; information is hereby given by Intesa Sanpaolo also on behalf of its above-mentioned subsidiaries.

From 28th May, the date on which the programme was started, to 1st June 2007, the Intesa Sanpaolo Group totally purchased - through Banca IMI, responsible for the programme’s execution - 2,234,695 Intesa Sanpaolo ordinary shares (equal to approximately 0.02% of the ordinary share capital), for a total countervalue of 12,665,894.51 euro; the Parent Company purchased 1,570,992 shares for a countervalue of 8,904,124.27 euro.

Transactions for the purchase of shares were carried out in compliance with provisions set forth in articles 2357 and following and articles 2359 bis and following of the Italian Civil Code and within the limits of maximum number of shares and consideration as determined in the resolutions of the Shareholders’ meetings. Pursuant to art. 132 of Consolidated law on finance (TUF) and art. 144 bis of “Regolamento Emittenti”, purchases were carried out on regulated markets according to the operating methods set forth in the regulations providing for the organisation and management of such markets. Moreover, the purchases were carried out in daily volumes not higher than 25% of the average daily volume of the Intesa Sanpaolo ordinary shares traded in the month preceding the disclosure of the programme to the market (the daily average in April 2007 was 87.3 million shares), as set forth by Regulation EC 2273/2003.

Share purchases are detailed in the enclosure and summarised in the table below:

date	number of shares purchased	average purchase price (€)	countervalue (€)
28th May 2007	444,216	5.667	2,517,204.39
29th May 2007	437,961	5.682	2,488,293.09
30th May 2007	440,927	5.632	2,483,159.74
31st May 2007	461,716	5.708	2,635,688.54
1st June 2007	449,875	5.649	2,541,548.75
Total for the week	2,234,695	5.668	12,665,894.51

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Detail of purchases of Intesa Sanpaolo ordinary shares

by the Intesa Sanpaolo Group

DATE	QUANTITY	PRICE
28/05/2007 11.43.50	8,964	5.665
28/05/2007 12.14.55	10,000	5.660
28/05/2007 12.20.09	7,722	5.660
28/05/2007 12.20.09	2,278	5.660
28/05/2007 12.59.23	9,518	5.665
28/05/2007 13.03.44	4,216	5.665
28/05/2007 12.59.28	482	5.665
28/05/2007 13.40.42	10,000	5.660
28/05/2007 14.25.41	20,000	5.655
28/05/2007 10.14.53	5,580	5.680
28/05/2007 10.15.23	1,034	5.680
28/05/2007 10.16.33	726	5.680
28/05/2007 10.16.33	900	5.680
28/05/2007 10.17.11	800	5.680
28/05/2007 10.17.48	5,000	5.680
28/05/2007 10.18.12	1,540	5.680
28/05/2007 10.24.57	10,000	5.680
28/05/2007 15.54.37	10,000	5.665
28/05/2007 15.55.42	5,851	5.665
28/05/2007 16.16.21	826	5.665
28/05/2007 16.16.21	9,174	5.665
28/05/2007 16.30.02	20,000	5.670
28/05/2007 16.46.58	6,363	5.670
28/05/2007 16.46.58	2,000	5.670
28/05/2007 16.46.58	2,000	5.670
28/05/2007 16.46.58	9,629	5.670
28/05/2007 10.14.53	420	5.680
28/05/2007 10.14.53	4,000	5.680
28/05/2007 11.15.05	6,000	5.670
28/05/2007 11.15.06	2,592	5.670
28/05/2007 11.18.33	7,824	5.665
28/05/2007 11.18.35	2,176	5.665
28/05/2007 11.18.35	2,607	5.665
28/05/2007 11.18.56	2,000	5.665
28/05/2007 11.19.00	5,393	5.665
28/05/2007 11.22.04	20,000	5.660
28/05/2007 11.43.46	1,036	5.665
28/05/2007 10.36.48	10,000	5.680
28/05/2007 10.38.23	3,843	5.680
28/05/2007 10.38.23	4,000	5.680
28/05/2007 10.38.23	2,157	5.680
28/05/2007 10.56.28	6,286	5.675
28/05/2007 10.56.28	10,000	5.675
28/05/2007 10.57.03	3,714	5.675
28/05/2007 11.00.10	10,000	5.675
28/05/2007 11.15.04	1,408	5.670
28/05/2007 16.46.58	14,157	5.670
28/05/2007 17.04.46	24,284	5.670
28/05/2007 17.04.46	1,783	5.670
28/05/2007 17.04.46	3,933	5.670
28/05/2007 17.05.03	10,000	5.670
28/05/2007 17.13.19	10,000	5.665
28/05/2007 17.13.19	10,000	5.665
28/05/2007 17.14.08	4,091	5.665
28/05/2007 17.13.35	20,000	5.665
28/05/2007 14.57.36	10,000	5.660
28/05/2007 14.57.55	1,185	5.660
28/05/2007 14.57.55	200	5.660
28/05/2007 14.57.55	8,615	5.660
28/05/2007 15.07.30	10,000	5.655
28/05/2007 15.09.50	10,000	5.655
28/05/2007 15.30.23	10,000	5.655
28/05/2007 15.52.26	9,111	5.665
28/05/2007 15.52.26	889	5.665
28/05/2007 17.14.08	15,909	5.665
28th May 2007 total	444,216	5.667

DATE	QUANTITY	PRICE
29/05/2007 15.51.52	1,500	5.690
29/05/2007 15.52.24	3,893	5.690
29/05/2007 15.52.50	4,901	5.690
29/05/2007 15.52.56	10,512	5.690
29/05/2007 15.53.50	20,096	5.685
29/05/2007 15.53.52	2,000	5.685
29/05/2007 15.54.15	1,500	5.685
29/05/2007 15.54.42	7,316	5.685
29/05/2007 15.54.54	19,088	5.685
29/05/2007 15.46.07	1,000	5.685
29/05/2007 12.30.09	20,000	5.705
29/05/2007 12.44.33	20,000	5.700
29/05/2007 15.51.23	6,155	5.690
29/05/2007 13.32.15	8,498	5.680
29/05/2007 13.32.15	1,502	5.680
29/05/2007 14.27.02	10,000	5.685
29/05/2007 14.53.03	10,000	5.680
29/05/2007 15.24.57	20,000	5.680
29/05/2007 15.57.22	15,040	5.680
29/05/2007 16.10.13	10,000	5.675
29/05/2007 16.10.13	10,000	5.675
29/05/2007 15.57.40	1,700	5.680
29/05/2007 15.57.40	3,260	5.680
29/05/2007 16.07.10	10,000	5.680
29/05/2007 16.09.51	2,840	5.675
29/05/2007 16.10.08	1,500	5.675
29/05/2007 16.10.13	5,660	5.675
29/05/2007 11.32.39	5,000	5.675
29/05/2007 12.22.47	2,515	5.690
29/05/2007 10.49.34	10,000	5.660
29/05/2007 12.23.01	7,485	5.690
29/05/2007 12.27.56	10,396	5.705
29/05/2007 12.27.56	3,500	5.705
29/05/2007 12.27.56	5,000	5.705
29/05/2007 12.27.56	13,850	5.705
29/05/2007 12.27.56	17,254	5.705
29/05/2007 16.11.23	10,000	5.670
29/05/2007 16.11.29	10,000	5.665
29/05/2007 16.30.47	2,284	5.670
29/05/2007 16.57.29	89	5.665
29/05/2007 16.30.47	2,716	5.670
29/05/2007 16.57.27	2,911	5.665
29/05/2007 16.57.29	10,000	5.665
29/05/2007 17.07.24	10,000	5.665
29/05/2007 16.57.29	2,000	5.665
29/05/2007 09.15.33	931	5.665
29/05/2007 09.20.42	5,800	5.660
29/05/2007 09.20.42	4,200	5.660
29/05/2007 09.33.22	5,000	5.665
29/05/2007 09.51.33	5,000	5.665
29/05/2007 10.23.32	5,000	5.660
29/05/2007 10.00.18	5,000	5.660
29/05/2007 10.23.06	10,000	5.665
29/05/2007 10.25.16	5,000	5.660
29/05/2007 09.03.00	10,000	5.680
29/05/2007 09.03.00	9,749	5.680
29/05/2007 09.03.00	251	5.680
29/05/2007 09.14.46	102	5.665
29/05/2007 09.15.02	3,768	5.665
29/05/2007 09.15.12	1,924	5.665
29/05/2007 09.15.29	3,275	5.665
29/05/2007 17.15.10	10,000	5.665
29th May 2007 total	437,961	5.682

DATE	QUANTITY	PRICE
30/05/2007 13.02.30	5,000	5.610
30/05/2007 13.07.30	5,000	5.605
30/05/2007 12.32.37	5,000	5.605
30/05/2007 13.07.30	5,000	5.605
30/05/2007 13.14.50	5,000	5.600
30/05/2007 14.15.03	5,000	5.610
30/05/2007 14.15.03	5,000	5.610
30/05/2007 14.15.05	5,000	5.605
30/05/2007 14.15.31	10,000	5.605
30/05/2007 09.53.07	5,000	5.630
30/05/2007 09.25.53	10,000	5.620
30/05/2007 09.59.12	15,000	5.625
30/05/2007 09.59.12	5,000	5.625
30/05/2007 10.00.34	10,000	5.620
30/05/2007 10.00.40	15,000	5.620
30/05/2007 10.00.40	9,963	5.620
30/05/2007 10.00.42	37	5.620
30/05/2007 10.16.57	10,000	5.620
30/05/2007 09.03.00	3,256	5.620
30/05/2007 09.03.00	6,744	5.620
30/05/2007 09.03.00	927	5.620
30/05/2007 09.05.00	10,000	5.615
30/05/2007 09.15.35	10,000	5.625
30/05/2007 09.25.53	5,000	5.620
30/05/2007 09.25.53	5,000	5.620
30/05/2007 16.30.22	5,572	5.700
30/05/2007 16.32.14	2,723	5.705
30/05/2007 16.32.14	6,000	5.705
30/05/2007 16.32.14	6,000	5.705
30/05/2007 16.32.14	5,277	5.705
30/05/2007 16.33.08	4,917	5.695
30/05/2007 16.33.08	887	5.695
30/05/2007 16.33.08	34,196	5.695
30/05/2007 16.30.22	2,500	5.700
30/05/2007 16.30.22	13,000	5.700
30/05/2007 15.16.42	10,000	5.610
30/05/2007 15.50.15	5,000	5.610
30/05/2007 15.51.20	20,000	5.610
30/05/2007 15.52.55	10,000	5.610
30/05/2007 16.04.15	20,000	5.640
30/05/2007 16.30.22	8,258	5.700
30/05/2007 16.30.22	670	5.700
30/05/2007 10.18.39	10,000	5.615
30/05/2007 10.18.45	10,000	5.615
30/05/2007 10.19.19	10,000	5.615
30/05/2007 10.18.39	5,000	5.615
30/05/2007 10.23.06	4,680	5.610
30/05/2007 10.23.07	320	5.610
30/05/2007 10.24.56	5,000	5.610
30/05/2007 10.34.58	5,000	5.615
30/05/2007 10.44.12	10,000	5.610
30/05/2007 11.11.19	5,000	5.615
30/05/2007 11.17.39	5,000	5.610
30/05/2007 11.19.33	5,000	5.605
30/05/2007 11.20.39	10,000	5.600
30/05/2007 11.20.39	10,000	5.600
30/05/2007 11.21.33	5,000	5.600
30/05/2007 11.21.41	5,000	5.595
30/05/2007 11.47.21	5,000	5.605
30/05/2007 11.29.49	5,000	5.600
30th May 2007 total	440,927	5.632

DATE	QUANTITY	PRICE
31/05/2007 10.43.03	5,000	5.720
31/05/2007 10.49.19	5,773	5.715
31/05/2007 10.49.45	3,271	5.715
31/05/2007 10.49.49	956	5.715
31/05/2007 11.15.52	10,000	5.720
31/05/2007 11.34.18	2,529	5.715
31/05/2007 11.34.30	2,471	5.715
31/05/2007 11.48.18	5,000	5.715
31/05/2007 11.48.41	5,000	5.715
31/05/2007 09.16.00	10,000	5.730
31/05/2007 09.18.20	5,000	5.735
31/05/2007 09.20.58	10,000	5.730
31/05/2007 09.27.58	10,000	5.725
31/05/2007 09.42.10	10,000	5.720
31/05/2007 09.42.40	10,000	5.715
31/05/2007 10.14.05	5,000	5.730
31/05/2007 10.27.28	5,000	5.725
31/05/2007 10.31.13	5,000	5.720
31/05/2007 09.14.47	3,000	5.730
31/05/2007 09.14.47	2,000	5.730
31/05/2007 09.15.12	3,000	5.725
31/05/2007 09.15.12	3,000	5.725
31/05/2007 09.15.17	2,000	5.725
31/05/2007 09.15.44	2,000	5.725
31/05/2007 09.15.45	4,318	5.730
31/05/2007 09.15.45	682	5.730
31/05/2007 12.39.03	5,000	5.700
31/05/2007 12.48.04	10,000	5.690
31/05/2007 12.55.52	5,000	5.690
31/05/2007 13.55.42	5,000	5.710
31/05/2007 14.32.13	10,000	5.705
31/05/2007 14.48.22	716	5.715
31/05/2007 14.48.22	250	5.715
31/05/2007 14.48.22	1,400	5.715
31/05/2007 14.48.22	1,000	5.715
31/05/2007 09.03.00	4,478	5.755
31/05/2007 09.03.00	4,500	5.755
31/05/2007 15.43.12	10,000	5.710
31/05/2007 15.46.57	10,000	5.700
31/05/2007 15.47.14	10,000	5.695
31/05/2007 15.47.35	5,000	5.690
31/05/2007 15.48.06	3,445	5.685
31/05/2007 15.48.10	1,557	5.685
31/05/2007 15.48.59	2,000	5.685
31/05/2007 15.49.43	2,998	5.685
31/05/2007 16.01.37	5,000	5.680
31/05/2007 12.09.35	5,000	5.695
31/05/2007 12.11.13	5,000	5.695
31/05/2007 12.14.12	5,000	5.690
31/05/2007 12.14.28	10,000	5.685
31/05/2007 12.32.56	5,000	5.695
31/05/2007 12.35.40	243	5.695
31/05/2007 12.35.44	4,757	5.695
31/05/2007 12.36.03	1,000	5.695
31/05/2007 12.36.03	4,000	5.695
31/05/2007 09.03.00	4,640	5.755
31/05/2007 09.03.00	5,000	5.755
31/05/2007 09.03.00	360	5.755
31/05/2007 09.03.00	1,022	5.755
31/05/2007 09.05.31	10,000	5.750
31/05/2007 09.08.01	5,000	5.750
31/05/2007 09.08.02	5,000	5.750
31/05/2007 09.10.07	10,000	5.740
31/05/2007 09.12.20	1,000	5.735
31/05/2007 09.12.34	2,000	5.735
31/05/2007 09.12.34	500	5.735
31/05/2007 09.12.51	2,961	5.735
31/05/2007 09.12.51	15	5.735
31/05/2007 09.13.44	1,500	5.730
31/05/2007 09.13.45	443	5.730
31/05/2007 09.12.55	3,524	5.735
31/05/2007 09.13.37	8,057	5.730
31/05/2007 14.48.22	6,634	5.715
31/05/2007 14.57.40	400	5.705
31/05/2007 14.57.46	4,600	5.705
31/05/2007 14.57.53	10,000	5.700
31/05/2007 15.16.51	1,943	5.695
31/05/2007 15.16.56	15	5.695
31/05/2007 15.17.08	8,042	5.695
31/05/2007 15.24.55	5,000	5.690
31/05/2007 11.49.08	10,000	5.710
31/05/2007 11.49.21	10,000	5.705
31/05/2007 12.05.35	1,158	5.695
31/05/2007 12.05.37	8,842	5.695
31/05/2007 12.02.06	5,000	5.705
31/05/2007 12.03.10	1,478	5.700
31/05/2007 12.06.49	5,000	5.690
31/05/2007 12.03.10	8,522	5.700
31/05/2007 16.13.45	5,000	5.660
31/05/2007 16.21.36	5,000	5.665
31/05/2007 16.40.16	5,000	5.670
31/05/2007 16.55.08	5,000	5.670
31/05/2007 17.04.38	6,728	5.675
31/05/2007 16.27.43	19,988	5.655
31st May 2007 total	461,716	5.708

DATE	QUANTITY	PRICE
01/06/2007 10.05.21	10,000	5.665
01/06/2007 10.01.45	5,000	5.670
01/06/2007 10.12.26	10,000	5.660
01/06/2007 10.19.16	10,000	5.660
01/06/2007 10.33.40	5,000	5.660
01/06/2007 10.35.11	10,000	5.665
01/06/2007 10.59.21	10,000	5.665
01/06/2007 09.17.57	1,000	5.660
01/06/2007 09.18.07	4,145	5.660
01/06/2007 09.24.24	5,000	5.665
01/06/2007 09.28.38	737	5.665
01/06/2007 09.29.03	1,100	5.665
01/06/2007 09.29.11	3,163	5.665
01/06/2007 14.29.53	10,000	5.635
01/06/2007 14.58.40	5,000	5.640
01/06/2007 15.08.58	5,000	5.635
01/06/2007 15.17.41	10,000	5.645
01/06/2007 15.32.56	5,000	5.640
01/06/2007 15.35.52	5,000	5.645
01/06/2007 09.03.00	5,000	5.680
01/06/2007 09.03.00	2,782	5.680
01/06/2007 09.03.00	2,218	5.680
01/06/2007 09.03.00	5,000	5.680
01/06/2007 09.05.57	5,000	5.675
01/06/2007 09.13.39	10,000	5.680
01/06/2007 12.44.14	819	5.640
01/06/2007 12.44.17	685	5.640
01/06/2007 12.44.35	200	5.640
01/06/2007 12.45.14	8,296	5.640
01/06/2007 13.45.00	10,000	5.635
01/06/2007 13.51.02	10,000	5.630
01/06/2007 16.32.04	5,000	5.625
01/06/2007 16.43.01	5,000	5.625
01/06/2007 16.46.04	621	5.620
01/06/2007 16.46.18	1,561	5.620
01/06/2007 16.46.24	2,818	5.620
01/06/2007 16.46.31	2,300	5.615
01/06/2007 16.46.31	630	5.615
01/06/2007 16.46.31	7,070	5.615
01/06/2007 16.47.04	4,417	5.610
01/06/2007 16.47.04	5,583	5.610
01/06/2007 16.48.18	6,528	5.610
01/06/2007 12.38.05	10,000	5.655
01/06/2007 12.33.50	10,000	5.660
01/06/2007 12.38.22	10,000	5.650
01/06/2007 12.42.52	701	5.645
01/06/2007 12.42.52	500	5.645
01/06/2007 12.43.13	8,799	5.645
01/06/2007 10.59.23	2,927	5.665
01/06/2007 10.59.22	2,073	5.665
01/06/2007 11.08.46	775	5.665
01/06/2007 11.11.50	817	5.665
01/06/2007 11.12.25	1,500	5.665
01/06/2007 11.13.17	1,908	5.665
01/06/2007 09.03.00	5,000	5.680
01/06/2007 16.48.18	3,460	5.610
01/06/2007 16.50.16	5,000	5.615
01/06/2007 16.51.09	5,000	5.610
01/06/2007 16.52.38	10,000	5.600
01/06/2007 17.01.53	4,887	5.610
01/06/2007 12.21.34	10,000	5.660
01/06/2007 12.21.34	5,000	5.660
01/06/2007 12.21.34	5,000	5.660
01/06/2007 12.21.34	5,000	5.660
01/06/2007 12.21.38	10,000	5.655
01/06/2007 12.27.19	10,000	5.665
01/06/2007 11.58.37	2,875	5.670
01/06/2007 11.58.38	5,000	5.670
01/06/2007 11.58.38	2,125	5.670
01/06/2007 11.59.20	5,000	5.665
01/06/2007 12.00.09	5,000	5.665
01/06/2007 12.00.09	5,000	5.665
01/06/2007 12.11.33	5,000	5.665
01/06/2007 15.46.35	5,000	5.640
01/06/2007 15.48.45	5,000	5.635
01/06/2007 15.52.41	5,000	5.640
01/06/2007 15.57.22	5,000	5.630
01/06/2007 15.57.46	5,000	5.625
01/06/2007 16.00.28	10,000	5.620
01/06/2007 09.14.16	10,000	5.675
01/06/2007 09.14.23	10,000	5.670
01/06/2007 09.16.54	5,000	5.665
01/06/2007 09.16.54	5,000	5.665
01/06/2007 09.17.32	5,000	5.660
01/06/2007 09.17.32	3,855	5.660
01/06/2007 09.17.39	1,000	5.660
1st June 2007 total	449,875	5.649

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. 6-K