Commerzbank AG

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Commerzbank has entered into an agreement with Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited (Credit Suisse) today as a step in its capital management. Under the agreement, Credit Suisse may acquire from investors hybrid equity instruments (Trust Preferred Securities) issued by companies of the Commerzbank Group, in its own name and for its own account, at prices below par and contribute them as a contribution in kind to Commerzbank in exchange for new shares issued from the authorized capital ("genehmigtes Kapital") of Commerzbank.

In this connection, a capital increase by means of a contribution in kind of a maximum of 10% minus one share (equalling a maximum of 118.135291 million shares) of Commerzbank's current subscribed capital using Commerzbank's authorized capital is planned. The necessary resolutions, including the ultimate size of the capital increase, are expected to be adopted by the Board of Managing Directors and the Supervisory Board on January 21, 2011. A syndicate of banks comprising Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and UBS will place the new shares to be issued by means of the capital increase in kind with institutional investors beginning today.

The German Financial Market Stabilisation Fund (SoFFin) intends to continue to maintain its equity interest ratio in Commerzbank (25% plus one share) upon completion of the transaction. For this purpose, a corresponding portion of the silent participations held by SoFFin is intended to be converted into shares, using the conditional capital authorized in the 2009 Annual General Meeting of shareholders.

This transaction marks an important step in optimising Commerzbank's capital structure. The transaction will not have any noticeable impact on the Bank's Tier 1 capital ratio, but it will result in an increase of Core Tier 1 capital.

Commerzbank AG
Kaiserplatz
60261 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

ISIN: DE0008032004
WKN: 803200

Listed
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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