Commerzbank AG / Mergers & Acquisitions/Capital Increase 12.01.2009 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: Dresdner Bank takeover closed Following the acquisition of Dresdner Bank by Commerzbank Allianz receives approximately 163.5 million shares in Commerzbank resulting from a capital increase in kind. The capital increase decided upon already in August 2008 has been registered with the Commercial Register (Handelsregister) today. Consequently, Commerzbank became the sole shareholder of Dresdner Bank. The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) had already agreed to the acquisition in December, 2008. On November 27, 2008 the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank had agreed with Allianz to accelerate the full takeover of Dresdner Bank. According to the initial agreement Commerzbank assumed that the complete takeover will not be conluded until the second half of 2009. In spring Dresdner Bank is expected to be merged into Commerzbank. Bank identification numbers and the account numbers of the customers do not change by the execution of the takeover and the merger. DGAP 12.01.2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: MSC LSE Ticker: CZB Sequence Number: 58 Time of Receipt: Jan 12, 2009 19:14:46 End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-UK-Regulatory: Commerzbank: Dresdner Bank takeover closed
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