Articles of association filed and published

Notice is hereby given that the text of the Bank's articles of association, updated by resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 20 April 2013 and filed with the Modena Companies Register on 14 May 2013, 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 - Documenti Section.