...+ On June 27, 2016, UBI Banca SpA (UBI) presented its new strategic plan, which includes a series of initiatives on cost efficiency, revenue generation, and group structure streamlining, which have been introduced to target return on tangible equity of 10.6% by end-2020. + The bank announced a series of one-off costs including extra loan loss provisions of 850 million leading to 6% higher nonperforming loans coverage or 35% pro forma as of March 2016. + Although we expect these initiatives to result in UBI reporting a full year 2016 net loss, we consider the impact on its overall creditworthiness to be manageable. + We are therefore affirming our '###-/A-3' counterparty credit ratings on UBI Banca SpA. The outlook remains stable. MADRID (S&P Global Ratings) July 6, 2016--S&P Global Ratings today affirmed its '###-/A-3' counterparty credit ratings on Italy-based UBI Banca SpA (UBI). The outlook remains stable. The affirmation reflects our view that the new 2020 strategic plan and UBI's strengthening...