BPER Banca informs that the credit rating agency Morningstar DBRS has today upgraded the Long-Term Deposits credit rating of the Bank to “A (low)” from “BBB (high)” and confirmed the Short-Term Deposits at “R-1 (low)”. The trend on Long-Term Deposits was changed to Stable from Positive. The upgrade and trend change reflect Morningstar DBRS’ credit rating action on Italy of 17 October 2025.