FORM 18-K/A
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
ANNUAL REPORT
of
THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY
Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2002
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
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. |
This amendment to the annual report of the Republic of Italy (the “Republic”) on Form 18-K for the year end December 31, 2002 comprises:
| (a) | Pages numbered 1 to 4 consecutively. | |||
| (b) | The following exhibits: | |||
| Exhibit 1 - | Pricing Agreement, dated April 7, 2004, between the Republic and the Underwriters named therein, relating to the Republic’s ¥100,000,000,000 0.650% Global Notes due March 20, 2009; | |||
| Exhibit 2 - | Form of 0.650% DTC Global Note due 2009; | |||
| Exhibit 3 - | Form of 0.650% International Global Note due 2009; | |||
| Exhibit 4 - | Names and addresses of the Underwriters of the Republic’s 0.650% Notes due 2009; | |||
| Exhibit 5 - | Itemized list of estimated expenses incurred or borne by or for the account of the Republic in connection with the sales of the 0.650% Notes due 2009; and | |||
| Exhibit 6 - | Opinion, dated April 14, 2004, of Roberto Ulissi, Esq., Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Italy relating to the Republic’s ¥100,000,000,000 0.650% Global Notes due March 20, 2009. |
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. 2 to the Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Rome, Italy on the 30th day of April 2004.
| REPUBLIC OF ITALY | ||
| By: /s/ Maria Cannata | ||
| D.ssa Maria Cannata | ||
| Director General — Treasury Department — Direction II | ||
| Ministry of Economy and Finance |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description | Page No. | ||
| 1 | Pricing Agreement, dated April 7, 2004, between the Republic and the Underwriters named therein, relating to the Republic’s ¥100,000,000,000 0.650% Global Notes due March 20, 2009 | |||
| 2 | Form of 0.650% DTC Global Note due 2009 | |||
| 3 | Form of 0.650% International Global Note due 2009 | |||
| 4 | Names and addresses of the Underwriters of the Republic’s 0.650% Notes due 2009 | |||
| 5 | Itemized list of estimated expenses incurred or borne by or for the account of the Republic in connection with the sale of the 0.650% Notes due 2009 | |||
| 6 | Opinion, dated April 14, 2004, of Roberto Ulissi, Esq., Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Italy relating to the Republic’s ¥100,000,000,000 0.650% Global Notes due March 20, 2009 |
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