Notice is hereby given that the text of the Bank's articles of association, updated by resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 18 April 2015 and filed with the Modena Companies Register on 6 May 2015, is available to the general public at the head office of BPER, as well as at Borsa Italiana S.p.A. and on the Bank's website www.bper.it in the Governance - Document Section.