UniCredito Italiano informs that today Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed its "AA-" long-term and "A-1+" short-term counterparty credit ratings on UniCredito Italiano SpA and UniCredit Banca Mobiliare SpA on creditwatch with negative implications. At the same time, Standard & Poor's placed its "A+" long-term and "A-1" short-term counterparty credit ratings on Locat SpA on creditwatch with negative implications.
Standard & Poor's action follows UniCredito Italiano's and Bayerische Hypo-und-Vereinsbank's press release confirming that the two banking groups are in discussions regarding a potential business combination.
UniCredit points out that placement on creditwatch is Standard & Poor's normal business practice in presence of potential deals of this kind.
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