Legal basis: Paragraph 5.1.26 of the Ordinance of the Minister of Finance of 19 February 2009 on current and periodic information published by issuers of securities and the conditions for regarding information required by the law of a non-member state as equivalent. The report: The Management Board of Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna (“PKO Bank Polski”) hereby informs that the rating agency, Standard and Poor’s, granted on 20th June 2012 the rating for the Loan Participation Note Programme in value EUR 3 billion established by PKO Finance AB for PKO Bank Polski (about which the PKO Bank Polski informed in current report No. 35/2008 from year 2008). Senior unsecured debt issued under the programme will be rated at “A-” (on a scale of marks from the best: AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C, D; with a possibility of adding a plus (+) or minus (-) to the marks from AA to CCC to show relative standing within the major rating categories). The PKO Bank Polski has got ratings assigned on the 8th May 2012 by Standard and Poor’s of: PKO Bank Polski long-term counterparty credit rating of “A-“ with stable outlook, PKO Bank Polski short-term counterparty credit rating of “A-2” with stable outlook.
