Exhibit 3
Names and addresses of the Underwriters of the Republic’s 2.75% Notes due 2006
Republic of Italy
Underwriters’ Addresses in relation to the Republic’s US$3,000,000,000
2.75% Global Notes due December 15, 2006
| Deutsche Bank AG London | Winchester House | |
| 1 Great Winchester Street | ||
| London EC2N 2DB | ||
| England | ||
| Goldman Sachs International | Peterborough Court | |
| 133 Fleet Street | ||
| London EC4A 2BB | ||
| England | ||
| Merrill Lynch International | Merrill Lynch Financial Centre | |
| 2 King Edward Street | ||
| London EC1A 1HQ | ||
| England | ||
| ABN AMRO Bank N.V | 250 Bishopsgate | |
| London EC2M 4AA | ||
| England | ||
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc | 390 Greenwich Street | |
| New York, NY 10013 | ||
| United States of America | ||
| Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited | One Cabot Square | |
| London E14 4QJ | ||
| England | ||
| Lehman Brothers International (Europe) | 25 Bank Street | |
| London E14 5LE | ||
| England | ||
| J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. | 125 London Wall | |
| London EC2Y 5AJ | ||
| England | ||
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited | 20 Cabot Square | |
| London E14 4QW | ||
| England | ||
| Nomura International plc | Nomura House | |
| 1 St Martin’s-le-Grand | ||
| London EC1A 4NP | ||
| England | ||
| UBS Limited | 1 Finsbury Avenue | |
| London EC2M 2PP | ||
| England |
