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April 13, 2011

With a total of EUR 5.7 bn the first step accounts for more than half of the total target volume of EUR 11.0 bn

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Commerzbank's first step of the transaction to redeem the majority of the silent participations of the Financial Market Stabilisation Fund (SoFFin) accounts for a total of EUR 5.7 bn. This corresponds to more than half of the total target volume of EUR 11.0 bn for both steps of the corporate action.

Totalling approximately EUR 4.3 billion, the gross proceeds from the placement considerably exceed the target volume of approximately EUR 2.6 billion to approximately EUR 3.4 billion. In order to maintain its shareholding of 25 % plus 1 share, SoFFin will convert additional approximately EUR 1.4 billion of silent participations into shares.

The CoMEN were offered to institutional investors by way of a book building process. Commerzbank successfully placed all 1,004,149,984 Conditional Mandatory Exchangeable Notes (CoMEN). The purchase price was set at EUR 4.25 per CoMEN. The Bank's shareholders could purchase one CoMEN for each share by exercising their purchase rights. Approximately 22 % of the purchase rights were exercised. The CoMEN are to be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the Xetra trading system as of April 18, 2011.

Each CoMEN - subject to the occurrence of certain conditions - is to be exchanged for 1 Commerzbank share carrying full dividend rights from January 1, 2011 onwards, following the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Bank to be convened for May 6, 2011. The 1,004,149,984 shares necessary are to be created mid-May 2011 from conditional capital to be approved by the AGM through the conversion of silent participations of SoFFin. In return, SoFFin receives the gross proceeds from the placement of the CoMEN.

Commerzbank AG
Kaiserplatz
60261 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

ISIN: DE0008032004
WKN: 803200

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Regulated market in Berlin, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart; EUREX; London, SIX

The International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) of further financial instruments issued by Commerzbank AG, and admitted to trading on a domestic organized market or for which such admission has been applied for, are available Commerzbank's Investor Relations website under www.commerzbank.com

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