Statement re Banca Intesa SpA

Banco Comercial Portugues S.A.
09 June 2003

For immediate release                                    June 9, 2003


                                ANNOUNCEMENT



Lisbon, June 9, 2003 - Banco Comercial Portugues S.A. (BCP, NYSE: BPC, LSE: BCP)
hereby announces that it was granted at no cost 2,896,796 new ordinary shares of
Banca Intesa SpA following the 16th  April  AGM decision of this Italian bank to
distribute treasury stocks to its shareholders.



Therefore BCP has now a total 118,751,435 ordinary shares of Banca Intesa SpA
representing 2.007% of its common share capital; for the reason above mentioned
this increase in the stake held by BCP did not imply any additional investment.



Furthermore we inform that all due legal announcements were made at CONSOB -
Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa of Italy.







End of Announcement



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