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Commerzbank AG — Capital/Financing Update 2011
Mar 9, 2011
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Capital/Financing Update
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DGAP-UK Regulatory Service: Commerzbank AG / Issue of Debt
09.03.2011 / 18:35
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO, OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Commerzbank: EUR 1.25 billion subordinated 10-year Benchmark note successfully placed
Commerzbank today successfully placed a subordinated Benchmark note with institutional investors. The euro denominated note issue announced on March 8, 2011 has a volume of EUR 1.25 billion with a maturity of 10 years and a coupon of 7.75% p.a. The issue was approximately 3.5-times oversubscribed.
Joint lead managers and bookrunners for the placement were Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Citigroup and Commerzbank.
The subordinated note issue marks an important step to further optimise Commerzbank's Tier 2 capital structure in the light of the transition to Basel III. It will not have a direct impact on the Bank's Core Tier 1 or Tier 1 capital.
Press contact: Reiner Rossmann +49 69 136 46646 Maximilian Bicker +49 69 136 28696
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About Commerzbank
Commerzbank is a leading bank for private and corporate customers in Germany. With the segments Private Clients, Mittelstandsbank, Corporates & Markets, Central & Eastern Europe as well as Asset Based Finance, the Bank offers its customers an attractive product portfolio, and is a strong partner for the export-oriented SME sector in Germany and worldwide. With a future total of some 1,200 branches, Commerzbank has one of the densest networks of branches among German private banks. It has above 60 sites in more than 50 countries and serves approximately 14 million private clients as well as one million business and corporate clients worldwide. In 2010 it posted gross revenues of EUR 12.7 billion with some 59,000 employees.
Disclaimer
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS), ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (THE 'UNITED STATES').
This release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein (including the Notes and the shares of Commerzbank have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act') or the laws of any state within the U.S., and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons, except in a transaction not subject to, or pursuant to an applicable exemption from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any state securities laws. This release and the information contained herein may not be distributed or sent into the United States, or in any other jurisdiction in which offers or sales of the securities described herein would be prohibited by applicable laws and should not be distributed to United States persons or publications with a general circulation in the United States. No offering of the Notes is being made in the United States.
09.03.2011 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de
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| Language: | English |
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| Company: | Commerzbank AG |
| Kaiserplatz | |
| 60261 Frankfurt am Main | |
| Deutschland | |
| Phone: | +49 (069) 136 20 |
| Fax: | - |
| E-mail: | [email protected] |
| Internet: | www.commerzbank.de |
| ISIN: | DE0008032004 |
| WKN: | 803200 |
| Listed: | Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg, Hannover, München, SIX, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX; London |
| Category Code: | MSC |
| LSE Ticker: | CZB |
| Sequence Number: | 727 |
| Time of Receipt: | March 09, 2011 18:30:45 |
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