Commerzbank AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

Commerzbank AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

29/06/2015

Commerzbank AG 

29.06.2015 12:02

Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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On June 25, 2015, BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, United States
has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via
shares its Voting Rights on Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
have exceeded the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on June 23, 2015 and on
that day amounted to 5.07% (this corresponds to 63492095 Voting Rights).
2.55% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 31937330 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).
3.03% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 37979922 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (German
Securities Trading Act).
 
Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal
the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting
rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure.

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On June 25, 2015, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Wilmington, DE,
United States has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the
WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am
Main, Germany, have exceeded the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on June
23, 2015 and on that day amounted to 5.07% (this corresponds to 63492095
Voting Rights).
2.55% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 31937330 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).
0.05% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 681035 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).
2.98% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 37345032 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act) in connection
with sentence 2 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act).

Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal
the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting
rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure.

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Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG
We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG on
June 25, 2015:

1. Listed company:
Commerzbank AG
Kaiserplatz, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2. Notifier:
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, United States 

3. Triggering event:
Exceeding Threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:
5%

5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached:
23.06.2015

6. Total amount of voting rights:
5.08% (equals 63643896 voting rights)
calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued:
1252357634

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to
Art. 25 WpHG:
0.01% (equals 151801 voting rights)

thereof held indirectly:
0.01% (equals 151801 voting rights)

Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG:
5.07% (equals 63492095 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25
WpHG:

Chain of controlled undertakings:
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC, BlackRock
Holdco 6, LLC, BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc., BlackRock Institutional
Trust Company, National Association

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock International Holdings,
Inc., BR Jersey International Holdings L.P., BlackRock Group Limited,
BlackRock International Limited, BlackRock Life Limited

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Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG
We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG on
June 25, 2015:

1. Listed company:
Commerzbank AG
Kaiserplatz, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2. Notifier:
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Wilmington, DE, United States 

3. Triggering event:
Exceeding Threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:
5%

5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached:
23.06.2015

6. Total amount of voting rights:
5.08% (equals 63643896 voting rights)
calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued:
1252357634

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to
Art. 25 WpHG:
0.01% (equals 151801 voting rights)

thereof held indirectly:
0.01% (equals 151801 voting rights)

Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG:
5.07% (equals 63492095 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25
WpHG:

Chain of controlled undertakings:
BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC, BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC, BlackRock Delaware
Holdings Inc., BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

BlackRock International Holdings, Inc., BR Jersey International Holdings
L.P., BlackRock Group Limited, BlackRock International Limited, BlackRock
Life Limited

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Language:     English
Company:      Commerzbank AG
              Kaiserplatz
              60311 Frankfurt am Main
              Germany
Internet:     www.commerzbank.de
 
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