Commerzbank AG / Capital Increase 08.09.2008 Release of a UK Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commerzbank issues 65.4 m shares totalling over EUR 1.1 bn Placement price EUR 17.00 per share Share offer five times oversubscribed Commerzbank AG has today raised EUR 1.1 billion from a placement of new shares. The maximum number of 65,384,615 new shares has been placed with German and international institutional investors by means of an accelerated book-building offering. Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Commerzbank act as Joint Bookrunners for the transaction. The placement price is EUR 17.00 per share. The new shares bear full dividend entitlement for the financial year 2008. The capital increase was decided upon by the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank with the approval of the Supervisory Board on 31 August 2008. Following the capital increase, the number of shares issued amounts to 722,553,156 shares (+ 10 %). The proceeds are to partially finance the acquisition of Dresdner Bank AG. *** For the period of 90 days following the settlement date, the bank will not issue additional shares without the consent of the Joint Bookrunners. This release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of Commerzbank. Shares of Commerzbank may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Commerzbank does not intend to conduct a public offering of shares in the United States. DGAP 08.09.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: IOE LSE Ticker: CXB Sequence Number: 16 Time of Receipt: Sep 08, 2008 15:06:36 End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-UK-Regulatory: Commerzbank issues 65.4 m shares totalling over EUR 1.1 bn
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