BPER Banca informs that credit rating agency Morningstar DBRS has changed the Bank’s Long-Term Deposits trend to Positive from Stable. The trend change on the Bank follows Morningstar DBRS’ credit rating action on the Republic of Italy of 25 October 2024, which confirmed the sovereign Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency – Issuer Ratings at BBB (high) and changed the trends on those ratings to Positive from Stable.