FORM 18-K/A
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
ANNUAL REPORT
of
THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY
Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2001
SECURITIES REGISTERED*
(As of close of the fiscal year)
| Amounts as to which | Names of exchanges on | |||
| Title of Issues | registration is effective | which registered | ||
| N/A* | N/A | N/A |
Name and address of Authorized Agent of the Registrant in the United States to receive notices and communications
from the Securities and Exchange Commission:
THE HONORABLE SERGIO VENTO
Italian Ambassador to the United States
3000 Whitehaven Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
It is requested that copies of notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission be sent to:
RICHARD A. ELY, ESQ
JAMES P. HEALY, ESQ
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
40 Bank Street,
Canary Wharf
London E14 5DS
England
| * | The Republic of Italy files Annual Reports on Form 18-K voluntarily in order for The Republic of Italy to incorporate such Annual Reports into its shelf registration statements. |
| SIGNATURE | ||||||||
| EXHIBIT INDEX | ||||||||
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| EXHIBIT 5 | ||||||||
This amendment to the annual report of the Republic of Italy (the “Republic”) on Form 18-K for the year end December 31, 2001 comprises:
| (a) | Pages numbered 1 to 4 consecutively. | ||
| (b) | The following exhibits: |
| Exhibit 1 — | Pricing Agreement, dated November 5, 2003, between the Republic and the Underwriters named therein, relating to the Republic’s $3,000,000,000 2.75% Global Notes due December 15, 2006; |
| Exhibit 2 — | Form of 2.75% Note due 2006; |
| Exhibit 3 — | Names and addresses of the Underwriters of the Republic’s 2.75% Notes due 2006; | ||
| Exhibit 4 — | Itemized list of estimated expenses incurred or borne by or for the account of the Republic in connection with the sales of the 2.75% Notes due 2006; and | ||
| Exhibit 5 — | Opinion, dated November 13, 2003, of Roberto Ulissi, Esq., Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Italy relating to the Republic’s $3,000,000,000 2.75% Global Notes due December 15, 2006. |
This amendment to the annual report is filed subject to the Instructions for Form 18-K for Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions thereof.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant Republic of Italy has duly caused this Amendment No. 15 to the Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Rome, Italy on the 13th day of November 2003.
| REPUBLIC OF ITALY | ||
| By: /s/ Domenico Siniscalco | ||
| Name: Prof. Domenico Siniscalco Title: Director General — Treasury Department Ministry of Economy and Finance |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description | Page No. | ||||
| 1 | Pricing Agreement, dated November 5, 2003, between the Republic and the Underwriters named therein, relating to the Republic’s $3,000,000,000 2.75% Global Notes due December 15, 2006 | |||||
| 2 | Form of 2.75% Note due 2006 | |||||
| 3 | Names and addresses of the Underwriters of the Republic’s 2.75% Notes due 2006 | |||||
| 4 | Itemized list of estimated expenses incurred or borne by or for the account of the Republic in connection with the sales of the 2.75% Notes due 2006 | |||||
| 5 | Opinion, dated November 13, 2003, of Roberto Ulissi, Esq., Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Italy relating to the Republic’s $3,000,000,000 2.75% Global Notes due December 15, 2006 | |||||
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