Corporate | 18 June 2009 17:27


Commerzbank places EUR 1 billion benchmark bond

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Commerzbank places EUR 1 billion benchmark bond 

Commerzbank today placed, for the second time in this year, a senior
unsecured benchmark bond. The issue has a volume of EUR 1 billion, a
maturity of five years and seven months and a coupon of 4.75%. The order
book stood at a total of EUR 1.7 billion. The bond was subscribed largely
by international, mainly European investors as well as German ones.

'The issue is part of our general refinancing strategy, and the great
interest on the part of investors is a further indication of the market's
confidence in Commerzbank,' said Michael Reuther, responsible for the
capital markets business in the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank.
Bookrunner for the transaction was Commerzbank, co-leads were BBVA, BNP
Paribas and DZ Bank.



Contact:
Commerzbank AG
Group Communications
Tel.: +49 69 136 - 22830
mediarelations@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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