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September 22, 2014

Commerzbank issues Mortgage Pfandbrief with volume of EUR 1 bn

Today, Commerzbank AG issued a Mortgage Pfandbrief on the capital market. The benchmark bond has a volume of EUR 1 billion, a maturity of 5 years, and a coupon of 0.375% p.a. Institutional investors showed high interest, the issue generated an order book of approximately EUR 1.5 billion. Commerzbank took advantage of the very good market situation and issued at a spread of 5 basis points below the mid-swap rate.

The placed Mortgage Pfandbrief’s cover pool consists of Commerzbank’s residential mortgage loans in Germany. The Mortgage Pfandbrief is meant to refinance the long-term core business in the Private Customers Segment.

The rating agencies Moody's and Fitch have already announced that the Mortgage Pfandbrief of Commerzbank is to be given the highest ratings “Aaa” and “AAA”. The joint lead managers for the transaction were Commerzbank, BayernLB, Credit Suisse, and HSBC.

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About Commerzbank
Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in more than 50 countries. The core markets of Commerzbank are Germany and Poland. With the business areas Private Customers, Mittelstandsbank, Corporates & Markets and Central & Eastern Europe, its private customers and corporate clients, as well as institutional investors, profit from a comprehensive portfolio of banking and capital market services. Commerzbank finances more than 30 per cent of Germany’s foreign trade and is the unchallenged leader in financing for SMEs. With its subsidiaries comdirect and Poland’s mBank it owns two of the world’s most innovative online banks. With approximately 1,200 branches Commerzbank has one of the densest branch networks among German private banks. In total, Commerzbank boasts approximately 15 million private customers, as well as 1 million business and corporate clients. The Bank, which was founded in 1870, is represented at all the world’s major stock exchanges. In 2013, it generated gross revenues of more than EUR 9 billion with an average of approximately 54,000 employees.

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