Mediobanca: Standard & Poor's modified long-term and short term ratings

Mediobanca informs that today Standard & Poor's - in the context of a global review of Italian banks' evaluation - modified long-term rating to A+ (from AA-) and short term rating to A-1 (froma A-1+) assigned to Mediobanca. The outlook changed to stable from negative.

Milan, 23 April 2010