MILAN (Reuters) -Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) has secured control of Mediobanca, with a 16 billion euro ($19 billion) share-and-cash offer.

MPS shocked Italian finance in January with the bold move that pitted a bailed-out lender which for a decade epitomised the country’s banking woes against a former powerhouse that used to pull the strings of Italian capitalism.

Here is a timeline of key events in the recent history of MPS, which was founded in 1472.

NOVEMBER 2007 – MPS spends 9.9 billion euros in cash to buy Antonveneta from Santander, which had bought it only months earlier for 6.6 billion.

JANUARY 2008 – MPS funds the Antonveneta deal by issuing 5.95 billion euros in equity, 2.16 billion in junior debt and a 1.56 billion euro bridge loan.

MARCH 2009 – MPS sells 1.9 billion eu

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