Corporate | 9 January 2009 12:47


Commerzbank: EUR 5 billion Benchmark Bond successfully placed

Commerzbank AG / Issue of Debt/Corporate Action

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  - Strong demand for the first government-guaranteed bond  

  - Reuther: 'Together with SoFFin we are sending out a signal that fosters
    trust'

Commerzbank placed the first government-guaranteed bond from
Germany. The benchmark bond had a volume of EUR 5 billion. Within three
hours orders had reached around EUR 9 billion. The bond has a maturity of
three years and a coupon of 2.75% p.a.

Joint bookrunners for the placement were Commerzbank and Dresdner Bank as
well as Bayerische Landesbank, BNP Paribas, DZ Bank, HSH Nordbank,
HypoVereinsbank, LBBW and WestLB.

The Benchmark Bond is to refinance Commerzbank's loan business. 'Together
with SoFFin we are sending out a signal that fosters trust and can also
stimulate the interbank market', says Michael Reuther, responsible for the
capital market business in the Board of Managing Directors of
Commerzbank.

Commerzbank AG
Group Communications
Telephone +49 69 1 36-2 28 30
pressestelle@commerzbank.com






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Language:     English
Issuer:       Commerzbank AG
              Kaiserplatz
              60261 Frankfurt am Main
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (069) 136 20
Fax:          -
E-mail:       ir@commerzbank.com
Internet:     www.commerzbank.de
ISIN:         DE0008032004
WKN:          803200
Indices:      DAX, CDAX, HDAX, PRIMEALL
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard),
              Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart;
              Terminbörse EUREX; Foreign Exchange(s) London, SWX
 
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