Commerzbank AG — Capital/Financing Update 2009

Jan 9, 2009

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UK Regulatory | 9 January 2009 12:49

Commerzbank: EUR 5 billion Benchmark Bond successfully placed

Commerzbank AG / Issue of Debt/Corporate Action

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• Strong demand for the first government-guaranteed bond

• Reuther: 'Together with SoFFin we are sending out a signal that fosters
  trust'

Commerzbank placed the first government-guaranteed bond from
Germany. The benchmark bond had a volume of EUR 5 billion. Within three
hours orders had reached around EUR 9 billion. The bond has a maturity of
three years and a coupon of 2.75% p.a.

Joint bookrunners for the placement were Commerzbank and Dresdner Bank as
well as Bayerische Landesbank, BNP Paribas, DZ Bank, HSH Nordbank,
HypoVereinsbank, LBBW and WestLB.

The Benchmark Bond is to refinance Commerzbank's loan business. 'Together
with SoFFin we are sending out a signal that fosters trust and can also
stimulate the interbank market', says Michael Reuther, responsible for the
capital market business in the Board of Managing Directors of
Commerzbank.

Commerzbank AG
Group Communications
Telephone +49 69 1 36-2 28 30
pressestelle@commerzbank.com

09.01.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: Commerzbank AG
Kaiserplatz
60261 Frankfurt am Main
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (069) 136 20
Fax: -
E-mail: ir@commerzbank.com
Internet: www.commerzbank.de
ISIN: DE0008032004
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Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime
Standard), Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX; Foreign Exchange(s)
London, SWX
Category Code: MSC
LSE Ticker: CZB
Sequence Number: 54
Time of Receipt: Jan 09, 2009 12:47:20

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