Exhibit 8
Names and addresses of the Underwriters of the Republic’s 3.25% Note due 2009
Republic of Italy
Underwriters’ Addresses in relation to the Republic’s US$2,000,000,000
3.25% Global Note due May 15, 2009
Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited | One Cabot Square London E14 4QJ England | |
J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. | 125 London Wall London EC2Y 5AJ England | |
Lehman Brothers International (Europe) | 25 Bank Street London E14 5LE England | |
BNP Paribas | 10 Harewood Avenue London NW1 6AA England | |
Citigroup Global Markets Limited | 33 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB England | |
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 | |
Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited | 20 Cabot Square Canary Wharf 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 |