05/08/2014
COMMERZBANK CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST II
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.
1,862 Noncumulative Trust Preferred Securities
- ISIN: XS0248611047 -
Capitalised terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the prospectus issued in connection with the Noncumulative Trust Preferred Securities of Commerzbank Capital Funding Trust II ("Trust Preferred Securities") dated 28 March 2006 (the "Prospectus") and approved by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority as well as in the amendments published in the Announcement of the Issuer as of 16 January 2014 (RNS Number: 0537S).
The Trust wishes to announce that it has received notice from the Board of Directors of the Company on behalf of the Company that the Trust Preferred Securities may no longer be treated as subordinated debt capital for capital adequacy purposes of Commerzbank AG on a consolidated basis (Lower Tier II) and that the Board of Directors of the Company on behalf of the Company will therefore call the Company Class B Preferred Securities on the basis of a Regulatory Event as provided in the terms of the Company Class B Preferred Securities. The Board of Directors of the Company on behalf of the Company will give a Redemption Notice to The Bank of New York Mellon as Property Trustee and as the holder of the Company Class B Preferred Securities that the Company will redeem the Company Class B Preferred Securities in whole on 18 September 2014.
Further, the Trust wishes to announce its intention to give the Redemption Notice regarding the Trust Preferred Securities on the basis of a Regulatory Event as provided in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities to the Holders in accordance with the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities.
Consequently, the Trust Preferred Securities will be redeemed at the Early Redemption Price on 18 September 2014.
Enquiries:
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Investor Relation
Phone: +49 69 136 21331
