Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca was founded in the
Duchy of Lucca on 9 July 1835. Due to Legge Amato, a
Società per azioni that runs bank activity, and
a banking foundation that runs charity activities, were formed on 7 April 1992 (gazetted on 29 April). The foundation immediately sold about 51% shares to an intermediate holding company "Holding
Casse Toscane" (literally
Tuscan saving banks holding), which also consist of the saving banks () of
Florence,
Livorno,
Pisa,
Pistoia,
San Miniato as well as
Banca del Monte di Lucca. CR Lucca received about 18% shares of the holding, making the foundation hold about 49% shares of their own bank directly, or about 58.18% directly and indirectly combined.
Banco Popolare era In 1999 the three saving banks became part of
Banca Popolare di Lodi, with the foundation of CR Lucca retained 49.66% shares on its own bank. In 2000s, Banca Popolare di Lodi started the internal reorganization of ownership structure (In 2000 Casse del Tirreno was a subsidiary of Istituto di Credito delle Casse di Risparmio Italiane (ICCRI), which in turn a subsidiary of Bipielle Partecipazioni, a subsidiary of Banca Popolare di Lodi; in 2001 Casse del Tirreno was absorbed into ICCRI; in 2002 Bipielle Retail became the new intermediate holding company; in 2003 Pisa and Livorno started to become a subsidiary of Lucca, while Lucca was a subsidiary of
Reti Bancarie) In 2005 Pisa and Livorno were whole owned subsidiaries of Lucca, while Lucca was a subsidiary of Banca Popolare di Lodi through direct (20.93%) and indirect ownership (BPL owned 73.52% shares of Reti Bancarie;
Reti Bancarie owned 46.28% shares of Lucca).
Merger of CR Lucca, Pisa and Livorno In 2006 Pisa and Livorno were absorbed into the Saving Bank of Lucca, as well as renamed into
Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Pisa Livorno. In 2007 it became a member of
Banco Popolare. Banco Popolare acquired the minority interest of CR Lucca Pisa Livorno SpA from the banking foundation of Pisa in 2008 (foundation excised a put option), and from Livorno in 2011. The bank group also swapped the shares of
Credito Bergamasco with the banking foundation of CR Lucca in 2010, as well as paid €156,363,203 in cash, by the foundation excising the
put option. After the transactions, Banco Popolare became 100% owner of the shares, which turned the company into a division of the bank group. The last annual report of the bank shown the company had a shareholders' equity of €1.197 billion on 31 December 2010. ==Sponsorship==