BPER Banca completes the acquisition of Nuova Carife

Following up the press release of 2 March 2017, BPER Banca would like to announce that it has today completed the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Nuova Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara S.p.A. (“Nuova Carife”) from the Single Resolution Fund. The main terms and conditions of the deal have already been explained in the press release. Reference should be made to it for further information. The closing was reached following the occurrence of the conditions precedent to which execution of the contract was subject.