DGAP-Adhoc

Commerzbank AG appoints new Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors

DGAP-Ad-hoc: Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Personnel Commerzbank AG appoints new Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors 26-Sep-2020 / 20:23 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The supervisory board of Commerzbank has appointed Dr. Manfred Knof as new Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors. Dr. Manfred Knof will assume office subject to ECB approval from 1 January 2020.

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Disclaimer and Forward-Looking Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. In this release, these statements concern inter alia the expected future business of Commerzbank, efficiency gains and expected synergies, expected growth prospects and other opportunities for an increase in value of Commerzbank as well as expected future financial results, restructuring costs and other financial developments and information. These forward-looking statements are based on the management's current plans, expectations, estimates and projections. They are subject to a number of assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and developments to differ materially from any future results and developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include the conditions in the financial markets in Germany, in Europe, in the USA and other regions from which Commerzbank derives a substantial portion of its revenues and in which Commerzbank holds a substantial portion of its assets, the development of asset prices and market volatility, especially due to the ongoing European debt crisis, potential defaults of borrowers or trading counterparties, the implementation of its strategic initiatives to improve its business model, the reliability of its risk management policies, procedures and methods, risks arising as a result of regulatory change and other risks. Forward-looking statements therefore speak only as of the date they are made. Commerzbank has no obligation to update or release any revisions to the forward-looking statements contained in this release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.

Contact:
Christoph Wortig
Head of Investor Relations
Commerzbank AG
Investor Relations
Tel.: [phone] - 21331
e-mail:[e-mail]

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Language:	English
Company:	Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
	Kaiserstraße 16
	60311 Frankfurt am Main
	Germany
Phone:	[phone]
Fax:	-
E-mail:	[e-mail]
Internet:	www.commerzbank.de
ISIN:	DE000CBK1001
WKN:	CBK100
Indices:	MDAX, CDAX, HDAX, PRIMEALL
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
EQS News ID:	1137130

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