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

20/07/2015

Commerzbank AG 

20.07.2015 11:51

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 July 16, 2015, BlackRock, 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
fallen below the 5% threshold of the Voting Rights on July 14, 2015 and on
that day amounted to 4.98% (this corresponds to 62372999 Voting Rights).
2.47% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 30888086 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).
0.001% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 6355 Voting Rights) are
attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1,
Sentence 1, No. 2 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG (German
Securities Trading Act).
3.01% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 37692876 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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Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG
We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG on
July 16, 2015:

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

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

3. Triggering event:
Falling below threshold

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

5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached:
14.07.2015

6. Total amount of voting rights:
4.98% (equals 62394800 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:
0.002% (equals 21801 voting rights)

thereof held indirectly:
0.002% (equals 21801 voting rights)

Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG:
4.98% (equals 62372999 voting rights)

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

Chain of controlled undertakings:
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock
Holdco 4, LLC, BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC, BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.,
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

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Language:     English
Company:      Commerzbank AG
              Kaiserplatz
              60311 Frankfurt am Main
              Germany
Internet:     www.commerzbank.de
 
End of Announcement                             DGAP News-Service
 
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