Current Report No. 53/2013The Management Board of BRER Bank S.A. hereby informs that on 6 June, 2013 Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (S&P’s) assigned the following counterparty credit rating for BRE Bank S.A.:- long-term counterparty credit rating ‘BBB+’ (in the scale: AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, R, SD i and D; the ratings from 'AA' to 'CCC' may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories) - short-term counterparty credit rating „A-2”  (in the scale: A-1, A-2, A-3, B, C, R, SD and D).The long-term rating outlook is negative which mirrors the negative S&P’s outlook on BRE Bank’s dominant shareholder - Commerzbank AG. S&P‘s assigned also rating for the Euro Medium Term Note Programme at ‘BBB+ / A-2’ which corresponds to BRE Bank’s rating. The rating was solicited by BRE Bank S.A. Up to now BRE Bank had „BBBpi” rating based on publicly available information.The rating on BRE Bank reflects S&P’s ‘bbb-‘ anchor applied for all commercial banks operating in Poland and the agency’s view on among others BRE Bank’s ‘adequate’ business position, ‘adequate’ capital and earnings, ‘adequate’ risk position and liquidity. The stand-alone credit profile (SACP) is ‘bbb-‘. BRE Bank’s long-term rating benefits from potential support from Commerzbank AG. S&P’s considers BRE Bank as a ‘strategically important’ subsidiary for the parent bank.