DGAP-UK-Regulatory: Annual General Meeting 2009 to take key

Commerzbank AG / AGM/EGM/Corporate Action

15.05.2009 

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Annual General Meeting 2009 to take key decisions 

At today's Annual General Meeting key decisions on the new Commerzbank's
future course will be taken by its shareholders at the Jahrhunderthalle in
Frankfurt am Main-Höchst. In addition to the regular topics and the
election of new members to the Supervisory Board, resolution will be held
on a capital increase enabling the Financial Market Stabilization Fund
(Sonderfonds Finanzmarktstabilisierung, SoFFin) to take a stake in
Commerzbank. 

'2008 has provided tremendous challenges for the banking industry.
Commerzbank's core business, however, developed well despite the difficult
environment,' said Martin Blessing, Chairman of the Board of Management of
Commerzbank, in his opening speech. 'We have successfully stabilised the
new Commerzbank during tough times. We know the solutions to the problems
and we will continue adding to our strengths as the main bank for private
and corporate customers in Germany. Provided the current crisis will not
continue longer than expected, we will be in a position to again generate
earnings by 2011, the latest. By 2012 we aim to return to full
profitability.'

In 2008, Commerzbank (excluding Dresdner Bank) overall gained 574,000 new
customers in Germany alone, thereby reaching its target of 6 million
private customers one year earlier than planned. The number of customers in
Central and Eastern Europe rose by more than 50% to just under 3.2 million.
The trend is continuing. In the first quarter of 2009, the number of
private customers increased by a further 58,000 overall, and the new
Commerzbank now serves 14.5 million customers in total. In future, the
corporate banking business will focus on providing services to German based
clients at home and abroad. Investment Banking, too, will focus on German
corporate clients and business related to the region while applying an
overall risk conscious approach. Commerzbank is the clear number one for
the Mittelstand segment (SME) and Germany's main export finance provider.
Last year, more than EUR 46 billion was lent out to Mittelstand companies.

At
www.commerzbank.com/en/hauptnavigation/aktionaere/haupt/hauptversammlung_1
.html the agenda of the AGM can be found. 


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


DGAP 15.05.2009 
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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
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
Category Code:      AGM
LSE Ticker:         CZB
Sequence Number:    193
Time of Receipt:    May 15, 2009 10:51:56
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DGAP-UK-Regulatory: Annual General Meeting 2009 to take key decisions
