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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Sep 4, 2025
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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
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Voting rights Announcements | 4 September 2025 18:10
Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America (USA)
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
04.09.2025 / 18:10 CET/CEST
Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement transmitted by EQS News – a service of EQS Group.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Notification of Major Holdings
1. Details of issuer
| Name: | Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft |
| Street: | Kaiserstraße 16 |
| Postal code: | 60311 |
| City: | Frankfurt am Main Germany |
| Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): | 851WYGNLUQLFZBSYGB56 |
2. Reason for notification
| X | Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights |
| Acquisition/disposal of instruments | |
| Change of breakdown of voting rights | |
| Other reason: |
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationLegal entity: Morgan Stanley
City of registered office, country: Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America (USA)
4. Names of shareholder(s)
holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3.
5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:01 Sep 2025
6. Total positions
| % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.) |
% of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2) |
Total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.) |
Total number of voting rights pursuant to Sec. 41 WpHG | |
| New | 0.31 % | 4.88 % | 5.19 % | 1127496195 |
| Previous notification | 1.87 % | 1.02 % | 2.89 % | / |
7. Details on total positions
a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec. 33, 34 WpHG)
| ISIN | Absolute | In % | ||
| Direct (Sec. 33 WpHG) |
Indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG) |
Direct (Sec. 33 WpHG) |
Indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG) |
|
| DE000CBK1001 | 0 | 3479641 | 0 % | 0.31 % |
| Total | 3479641 | 0.31 % |
b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 1 WpHG
| Type of instrument | Expiration or maturity date | Exercise or conversion period | Voting rights absolute | Voting rights in % |
| Equity Call Option | From 19.09.2025 to 17.12.2027 | at any time | 3560629 | 0.32 % |
| Right of recall over securities lending agreements | at any time | at any time | 6121511 | 0.54 % |
| Total | 9682140 | 0.86 % |
b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 (1) no. 2 WpHG
| Type of instrument | Expiration or maturity date | Exercise or conversion period | Cash or physical settlement | Voting rights absolute | Voting rights in % |
| Equity Put Option | From 19.12.2025 to 21.12.2029 | at any time | Physical | 43342800 | 3.84 % |
| Cash Settled Futures | 19.09.2025 | at any time | Cash | 1710000 | 0.15 % |
| Retail Structured Product | From 06.11.2074 to 26.08.2075 | at any time | Cash | 2961 | 0 % |
| Equity Swap | From 30.09.2025 to 14.06.2027 | at any time | Cash | 234611 | 0.02 % |
| Compound Option | From 19.12.2025 to 18.12.2026 | at any time | Cash | 20249 | 0 % |
| Equity Put Option* | 19.09.2025 | at any time | Physical | 500000 | 0.04 % |
| Retail Structured Product – Note | From 17.06.2030 to 16.07.2030 | at any time | Cash | 4265 | 0 % |
| Total | 45314886 | 4.02 % |
8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
| Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled nor does it control any other undertaking(s) that directly or indirectly hold(s) an interest in the (underlying) issuer (1.). | |
| X | Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity: |
| Name | % of voting rights (if at least 3% or more) | % of voting rights through instruments (if at least 5% or more) | Total of both (if at least 5% or more) |
| Morgan Stanley | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | % | % | % |
| – | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | % | % | % |
| – | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley International Limited | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley Investments (UK) | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc | % | % | % |
| – | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | % | % | % |
| Prime Dealer Services Corp. | % | % | % |
| – | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC | % | % | % |
| Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC | % | % | % |
9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 34 para. 3 WpHG
(only in case of attribution of voting rights in accordance with Sec. 34 para. 1 sent. 1 No. 6 WpHG)
Date of general meeting:
Holding total positions after general meeting (6.) after annual general meeting:
| Proportion of voting rights | Proportion of instruments | Total of both |
| % | % | % |
10. Other explanatory remarks:
Regarding sections 7.b.2, the Equity Put Options marked with * were not aggregated as they relate to collar transactions (Call & Put) under which, on a consolidated basis, Morgan Stanley can acquire 0.04% of the voting rights in COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft (or receive an equivalent amount in cash) only once.
Date
04 Sep 2025
04.09.2025 CET/CEST The EQS Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft |
| Kaiserstraße 16 | |
| 60311 Frankfurt am Main | |
| Germany | |
| Internet: | www.commerzbank.de |
| End of News | EQS News Service |
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