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Investor RelationsMay 2006

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Q1 results 2006

Excellent start in 2006

Q1 `06 vs Q1 `05 FY 2005

1. Positive earnings trend accelerated in Q1 20062. Commission income and trading profit reached new dimensions 3. Mittelstand and C&M gathered pace; very strong quarter for PBC4. Well-received hybrid issue, Tier I ratio above plan5. Integration of Eurohypo well under way

87.3%Net profit, in € m 1,165740

Operating profit, in € m 77.3% 1,717959

Net ROE1, in %

CIR, in %

+8.8pps

-8.3pps

12.4

67.1

25.9

51.7 �1 annualized

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Net interest incomein € m

• Increased at-equity consolidation (49%) of Eurohypo (∆ €12m vs Q1 `05)

• Higher contribution from all divisions, especially Mittelstandand Mortgage Banks

Strong net interest income

198 177 151 154

825833771

847

721

40Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1

2005 2006

+14.4%

• Group treasury below our expectations

Loan loss provisions

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Commission incomein € m

Commission income hits new level

718

645599593578

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1

2005 2006

• Tailwind from favourablemarket environment

• Strong y-o-y increase in securities transactions (+42%) and asset management (+27%)

• Good Q1 performance in PBC boosted commission income

+24.2%

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Trading profitin € m

Trading profit: Excellent performance given favourable markets

Sales & tradingNet result on measurement of derivatives and application of fair value option (IAS 39)

Trading profit

262

11

217 217

-26

-57

-11 -33

288

68

228250

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1

• High trading profit of Q1 2005 exceeded

• Strong results despite significantly reduced risk, less volatility and lower headcount

• Trading profit more sustainable due to strong client-focused business

• Overall: Repositioning in C&M is paying off

2005

330

8

322

+26.0%

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2006

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Operating expensesin € m

Operating expenses well in line

386

42177 83 8269

653 619 639756 734

387377 376

75118

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1

1,107 1,088

Personnel expenses

1,097

2005 2006

• Operating expenses well in line

• Strong group performance driver for increased personnel expenses (€81m y-o-y)

• General performance bonus

• LTP / LTI• Others (e.g. boni)

• Fixed remuneration at a constant level

1,370

Depreciation on fixed assetsOther expenses

1,190AREP 1

1 Asian real estate property

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in € m

Net profit almost doubled versus Q1 2005

Net ROE1 25.9

51.7CIR1 calculated on net profit

541

291

419466

959

740

395

262175

333

17.1

60.0

Q1 `05

7.6

69.9

Q2 `05

11.4

65.8

Q3 `05

13.4

73.0

Q4 `05 Q1 `06in %

Operating profit

Net profit

+87.3%

• In Q1 CBK earned more than half of FY 2005 operating result

• Sale of 8.1% KEB stake boosted AfSresult by €407m

• Tax loss carried forward not capitalized yet, most likely in Q2

• Restructuring charges to be booked in 2006

• EPS reached €1.13

• Net ROE 25.9%

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Investments & securities portfolioin € bn

Changes in key balance sheet items

Claims on customersin € bn

Securitized liabilitiesin € bn

Liabilities to customersin € bn

Asse

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223.5

96.9

127.2

Dec 2005 Mar 2006

224.1

-0.3%

149.8

115.3

25.9

Dec 2005 Mar 2006

141.2

+6.1%

295.8

153.7

151.8

Dec 2005 Mar 2006

305.5-3.2%

136.1

86.2

47.7

Dec 2005 Mar 2006

133.9

+1.7%

Commerzbank stand-alone

Pro-forma consolidation

Combined entity

Balance sheet total (as of Mar 31st, 2006) € 632.4bn

Mainly due to decline inpublic finance at EHY

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Risk-weighted assetsin € bn

Regulatory capital (Tier I)in € m

Change in own funds as shown in balance sheet

Own funds (balance sheet)in € m Dec 2005 Mar 2006

12,161 15,120Total

Subscribed capital 1,705 1,707Reg. reserves 9,647 10,206Minority interests 809 939Hybrid capital - 2,268

149.7

230.9

8.1

6.5

Dec 2005 Mar 2006Tier I ratio, in %

Back within Tier 1 target range of 6.5 - 7.0%

28,031

2,149

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2,362740

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Strong securities business boosted Q1 result in PBC and AM Operating profit, in € m

• Outstanding commission income, up by 31% y-o-y• Strong securities transaction business (+40%) • Supported by great Q1 performance of comdirect• Performance-related compensation and

investments lifted operating costs • CIR down to 73.6%

• Higher assets under management driven by net inflows and benign capital markets

• Commission income rose significantly by 32% y-o-y• Operating expenses increased due to higher

charges for LTI

Equity allocation within Group 1 operating ROE, annualized

Asset Management

Q2 Q3 Q4Q1 Q1

5.1%

+13.5%

Private & Business Customers

Q2 Q3 Q4Q1 Q1

15.6%+55.1%

2005 2006

2005 2006

6984 80

49

107

1

in %

ROE 22.4

CIR 73.6

Q1 '06

3717

4620

42

1

in %

ROE 27.2

CIR 75.3

Q1 '06

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Mittelstand keeping strong momentumOperating profit, in € m

• Excellent performance accelerated in Q1• All revenue lines improved significantly • Interest income grew by 11% y-o-y • Marked decline in LLPs, also expected for FY 2006• Operating ROE reached 18.8%, well above target

of >15%• Successful earnings trend of BRE continued

• International Corporate Banking had a solid performance in Q1

• Improvement across all revenue positions –especially USA and Western Europe

Equity allocation within Group 1 operating ROE, annualized

Mittelstand

International Corporate Banking

Q2 Q3 Q4Q1 Q1

25.9%

12.7%

2005 2006

2005 2006Q2 Q3 Q4Q1 Q1

1

in %

ROE 18.8

CIR 54.0

Q1 '06

1

in %

ROE 22.7

CIR 38.1

Q1 '06

68

103 103

134149

3145

80

143

88

2.2 fold

2.8 fold

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C&M exceeded traditionally strong Q1 resultsOperating profit, in € m

• Successful equity derivatives business lifted trading profit by 12% y-o-y

• Increased client-related business• Operating profit - adjusted for dedicated prop-trading

activities - tripled (vs average of Q1 and Q2 ’05)• VaR down significantly • C&M will benefit from additional business

opportunities arising from EHY acquisition

• Profits remained at satisfactory level• Increased at-equity consolidation (49%) of

Eurohypo (∆ €12m vs Q1 `05)• Increased equity allocation due to increased stake

of Eurohypo in Dec `05

Equity allocation within Group 1 operating ROE, annualized

Corporates & Markets

Mortgage Banks9.2%

+20.3%

Q2 Q3 Q4Q1 Q1

14.3%+35.4%

2005 2006

2005 2006Q2 Q3 Q4Q1 Q1

1

in %

ROE 30.5

CIR 61.2

Q1 '06

1

in %

ROE 29.4

CIR 13.3

Q1 '06

99

-55

82 86

134

6990 98 93 83

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Status quo of Eurohypo integration

Integration process well under wayCo-operative working atmosphere within joint teams

Management focus back on operating businessImmediate implementation at executive level

First achievements showing high potential for the groupSynergy potential higher and restructuring costs lower than expected

Preserve Eurohypo as a brand and legal entityHigh cost and revenue synergies to be exploited

Key people staying on boardMutual exchange of key functions underlines integration��

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Net synergiesin € m

80 76

661

20

30

Synergies above preliminary evaluation

Revenue synergies

Cost synergies

Synergy assumption as of Q1 `06

Preliminary evaluation

Further synergy potential

• High cost and revenue synergies due to complementary businesses

• Cost synergies at the low end of preliminary evaluation

• Revenue synergies significantly higher than anticipated

• CBK takes on new business operations formerly executed by other banks

• Sustainable funding synergies of €15m

• Additional sources of benefit:• Capitalization of tax loss carried

forwards• Capital reduction due to Basel II

142100 - 130

1 Including €15m funding synergies

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Sources of synergies

Funding• Optimizing refinancing of CBK’s credit portfolio through EHY’s

Pfandbrief market access • Formation of fully integrated group treasury

Public Finance & C&M

• Take over derivative operations from other banks• Utilization of combined market power• Distribution power for €-Jumbo Pfandbriefe

Commercial Real Estate

• Bundling Commercial Real Estate activities • Cross selling - Real estate financing for CBK’s and banking

products for EHY’s customers

Retail Real Estate• Full integration: creation of joint credit platform • Optimization of processes and workflows• Joint customer approach

Back Office and Corporate Centre

• Combining back office (IT, Orga and Facility Management) • Corporate center synergies

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• Immediate and quick implementation of measures

• First revenue synergies to be realized in Q3 2006

• 15% of total synergies realized already this year

• Roughly 50% of total synergies to be achieved in 2007, as funding advantages as well as centralization of organization take effect

• Full run-rate of synergies by 2008 as joint retail credit platform is accomplished and Back Office and IT systems are fully harmonised

Net synergiesin € m

142

22

67

2006 2007 2008

Full run-rate of synergies by 2008

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Detailed scheduling of integration process

2006 2007 2008

• Full integration of EHY into CBK’scontrolling process

• Negotiations with staff council

• Using Pfandbrief platform of EHY• Further organizational integration• Joint retail credit platform

Monitoring and controlling synergies

• Realization of revenue and funding synergies (e.g. derivative operations) • Exploiting first cost synergies (e.g joint procurement, integrated corporate

centres)

• Joint risk management

15% 50% 100%Synergies

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• Bulk of restructuring costs expected for joint retail credit platform

• Head-count reduction in back-office and corporate centre

• Centralizing operations and integrating functions (e.g. risk management)

• Preparing CBK’s credit portfolio for Pfandbrief issuing (eligibility for funding insurance companies’ liabilities / Deckungsstockfähigkeit)

• Additional costs - largely to be capitalized -amount to a total of €18m

Restructuring chargesin € m

Restructuring charges lower than originally anticipated

Preliminary evaluation

Current assumption

150

118

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Commerzbank’s challenges in 2006

Strengthening our divisions3. • Keeping strong momentum in Private & Business

Customers, Mittelstand and C&M

Market positioning1.

• Strengthening position as the leading German commercial bank

• Playing an active part in consolidating the German banking market

Additional shareholder value

Eurohypo2.• Exploiting joint opportunities• Utilizing cost and revenue synergies • Joint risk management

Capital management4.• Maintaining target range of 6.5 - 7.0% Tier I ratio• Ensuring higher dividend

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Volume/ Spread

Highlights

Highly successful debut Tier I hybrid issue

Tier Iratio

• CBK easily secured Tier I target of more than 6,3% • Additional financial flexibility created

• Successfully raised €2.2bn (tranches split into EUR1bn; GBP0.8bn)• Pricing: Spread vs. Euro Swap rate 115 bps, and vs Gilts 150 bps

• Largest ever Tier I hybrid capital raising of a German issuer • Transaction strongly received – oversubscribed 3 times within short time • Pan-European roadshow in 11 financial centers with more than 100

investors meetings• Strong investors base: well diversified regional distribution, large stake

(¾) went to long-term investors• Well performance in the aftermarket

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Commerzbank Groupin € m

Interest income 721 847 771 833 3,172 825

LLP -198 -177 -151 -40 -566 -154

Commission income 578 593 599 645 2,415 718

Hedge result -12 -5 -5 0 -22 6

Trading profit 262 11 217 217 707 330

AfS result 294 84 79 190 647 445

Other operating income 3 26 6 -9 26 -21

Total revenues 1,648 1,379 1,516 1,836 6,379 2,149

Operating expenses 1,107 1,088 1,097 1,370 4,662 1,190

Operating profit 541 291 419 466 1,717 959

Restructuring expenses 0 0 0 37 37 0

Goodw ill 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre tax profit 541 291 419 429 1,680 959

Average equity 10,097 10,073 9,755 11,015 10,235 12,242

Operating ROE (in %) 21.4 11.6 17.2 16.9 16.8 31.3

CIR (in %) 60.0 69.9 65.8 73.0 67.1 51.7

FY 2005 Q1 `06Q1 `05 Q2 `05 Q3 `05 Q4 `05

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Private & Business Customersin € m

Interest income 274 269 287 294 1,124 278

LLP -46 -46 -46 -67 -205 -55

Commission income 264 272 267 262 1,065 346

Hedge result 0 0 0 0 0 0

Trading profit 1 0 1 1 3 1

AfS result 0 0 1 -1 0 0

Other operating income -3 4 3 10 14 -12

Total revenues 490 499 513 499 2,001 558

Operating expenses 421 415 433 450 1,719 451

Operating profit 69 84 80 49 282 107

Restructuring expenses 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goodw ill 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre tax profit 69 84 80 49 282 107

Average equity 1,882 1,880 1,887 1,915 1,891 1,913

Operating ROE (in %) 14.7 17.9 17.0 10.2 14.9 22.4

CIR (in %) 78.5 76.1 77.5 79.5 77.9 73.6

FY 2005 Q1 `06Q1 `05 Q2 `05 Q3 `05 Q4 `05

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Asset Managementin € m

Interest income 4 -1 -7 -6 -10 -4

LLP 0 0 0 0 0 0

Commission income 127 133 145 170 575 168

Hedge result 0 0 1 -1 0 0

Trading profit 2 3 1 3 9 3

AfS result 1 3 4 8 16 3

Other operating income -2 -4 5 -3 -4 0

Total revenues 132 134 149 171 586 170

Operating expenses 95 117 103 151 466 128

Operating profit 37 17 46 20 120 42

Restructuring expenses 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goodw ill 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre tax profit 37 17 46 20 120 42

Average equity 533 513 535 567 537 618

Operating ROE (in %) 27.8 13.3 34.4 14.1 22.3 27.2

CIR (in %) 72.0 87.3 69.1 88.3 79.5 75.3

FY 2005 Q1 `06Q1 `05 Q2 `05 Q3 `05 Q4 `05

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Mittelstandin € m

Interest income 280 307 300 306 1,193 310

LLP -118 -115 -104 -57 -394 -75

Commission income 124 134 143 167 568 150

Hedge result 0 0 0 0 0 -1

Trading profit 15 17 20 23 75 21

AfS result 1 2 1 -8 -4 3

Other operating income 4 2 4 -11 -1 4

Total revenues 306 347 364 420 1,437 412

Operating expenses 238 244 261 286 1,029 263

Operating profit 68 103 103 134 408 149

Restructuring expenses 0 0 0 22 22 0

Goodw ill 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre tax profit 68 103 103 112 386 149

Average equity 2,945 2,973 3,058 3,136 3,028 3,171

Operating ROE (in %) 9.2 13.9 13.5 17.1 13.5 18.8

CIR (in %) 56.1 52.8 55.8 60.0 56.2 54.0

FY 2005 Q1 `06Q1 `05 Q2 `05 Q3 `05 Q4 `05

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International Corporate Bankingin € m

Interest income 64 67 75 88 294 76

LLP -19 -8 9 87 69 -11

Commission income 38 40 35 40 153 42

Hedge result -2 2 0 5 5 0

Trading profit 6 -2 6 5 15 23

AfS result 6 6 18 -9 21 18

Other operating income 0 2 0 0 2 1

Total revenues 93 107 143 216 559 149

Operating expenses 62 62 63 73 260 61

Operating profit 31 45 80 143 299 88

Restructuring expenses 0 0 0 11 11 0

Goodw ill 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre tax profit 31 45 80 132 288 88

Average equity 1,251 1,339 1,436 1,526 1,388 1,549

Operating ROE (in %) 9.9 13.4 22.3 37.5 21.5 22.7

CIR (in %) 55.4 53.9 47.0 56.6 53.1 38.1

FY 2005 Q1 `06Q1 `05 Q2 `05 Q3 `05 Q4 `05

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Corporates & Marketsin € m

Interest income 49 52 43 43 187 45

LLP -7 -1 2 3 -3 -5

Commission income 27 15 11 16 69 17

Hedge result 0 0 0 -1 -1 0

Trading profit 258 77 206 217 758 289

AfS result -1 -4 -2 -5 -12 0

Other operating income -2 4 5 0 7 7

Total revenues 324 143 265 273 1,005 353

Operating expenses 225 198 183 187 793 219

Operating profit 99 -55 82 86 212 134

Restructuring expenses 0 0 0 4 4 0

Goodw ill 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre tax profit 99 -55 82 82 208 134

Average equity 1,832 1,848 1,783 1,809 1,818 1,756

Operating ROE (in %) 21.6 -11.9 18.4 19.0 11.7 30.5

CIR (in %) 68.0 137.5 69.6 69.3 78.7 61.2

FY 2005 Q1 `06Q1 `05 Q2 `05 Q3 `05 Q4 `05

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Mortgage Banksin € m

Interest income 96 138 139 155 528 120

LLP -8 -7 -12 -6 -33 -8

Commission income -2 -2 -3 -5 -12 -5

Hedge result -8 -6 -6 -4 -24 8

Trading profit -35 -36 -21 -38 -130 -24

AfS result 36 13 12 12 73 6

Other operating income 0 0 -1 -3 -4 0

Total revenues 79 100 108 111 398 97

Operating expenses 10 10 10 18 48 14

Operating profit 69 90 98 93 350 83

Restructuring expenses 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goodw ill 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre tax profit 69 90 98 93 350 83

Average equity 989 993 1,006 1,040 1,007 1,130

Operating ROE (in %) 27.9 36.3 39.0 35.8 34.8 29.4

CIR (in %) 11.5 9.3 8.3 15.4 11.1 13.3

FY 2005 Q1 `06Q1 `05 Q2 `05 Q3 `05 Q4 `05

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Others & Consolidationin € m

Interest income -46 15 -66 -47 -144 0

LLP 0 0 0 0 0 0

Commission income 0 1 1 -5 -3 0

Hedge result -2 -1 0 1 -2 -1

Trading profit 15 -48 4 6 -23 17

AfS result 251 64 45 193 553 415

Other operating income 6 18 -10 -2 12 -21

Total revenues 224 49 -26 146 393 410

Operating expenses 56 42 44 205 347 54

Operating profit 168 7 -70 -59 46 356

Restructuring expenses 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goodw ill 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre tax profit 168 7 -70 -59 46 356

Average equity 665 527 50 1,022 566 2,105

Operating ROE (in %) . . . . . .

CIR (in %) . . . . . .

FY 2005 Q1 `06Q1 `05 Q2 `05 Q3 `05 Q4 `05

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Eurohypoin € m

Interest income 344 340 351 343 1,378 334

LLP -63 -60 -77 -66 -266 -71

Commission income 15 36 60 34 145 38

Hedge result -45 -14 -10 15 -54 -10

Trading profit 22 13 -32 -22 -19 11

AfS result 19 17 1 -26 11 2

Other operating income -4 -3 2 5 0 5

Total revenues 288 329 295 283 1,195 309

Operating expenses -111 -124 -133 -145 -513 -130

Operating profit 177 205 162 138 682 179

Restructuring expenses 0 0 -47 -6 -53 0

Goodw ill 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre tax profit 177 205 115 132 629 179

FY 2005 Q1 `06Q1 `05 Q2 `05 Q3 `05 Q4 `05

For more information, please contact:Commerzbank Investor Relations

Jürgen Ackermann Head of Investor RelationsP: +49 69 136 22338M: juergen.ackermann@commerzbank.com

Sandra BüschkenP: +49 69 136 23617M: sandra.bueschken@commerzbank.com

Ute Heiserer-JäckelP: +49 69 136 41874M: ute.heiserer-jaeckel@commerzbank.com

Simone NuxollP: +49 69 136 45660M: simone.nuxoll@commerzbank.comwww.commerzbank.com/ir

Q1 results 2006

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