COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

General Information
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, assumes
responsibility for the information contained in this Prospectus. The Issuer hereby declares that it has
taken all reasonable care to ensure that the information contained in this Prospectus is, to the best of
its knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import.
Offer and Sale
The Issuer will permanently issue Notes during the term of this Prospectus under the Programme. The
conditions and timetable of such issues shall be subject to the Final Terms, as applicable from time to
time. Since the Final Terms and characteristics of the Notes as well as the terms of the offer may only
be determined when the Notes are issued, this description and the Terms and Conditions set out
below should be read in conjunction with the relevant Final Terms.
In case of an increase of Notes having been offered or listed for the first time on the basis of the base
prospectus dated July 26, 2007 or the base prospectus dated August 1, 2008 (each a "Former
Prospectus") the Programme Terms and Conditions and the Form of Final Terms set forth in this
Prospectus will be replaced by the respective Terms and Conditions and the Form of Final Terms set
forth in the Former Prospectus. To this purpose the Terms and Conditions and the Form of Final Terms
from the Former Prospectus are incorporated by reference into, and form part of this, Prospectus.
Notification
The Issuer has requested the BaFin to provide the competent authority in Luxembourg (Commission
de Surveillance du Secteur Financier – CSSF) with a certificate of approval attesting that the
Prospectus has been drawn up in accordance with the Wertpapierprospektgesetz which transforms
Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive") into German law (the "Notification") and a copy
of the Prospectus. The Issuer may request the BaFin to provide competent authorities in additional
host Member States within the European Economic Area with a Notification and with a copy of the
Prospectus.
Availability of Documents
This Prospectus and supplements thereto (if any) is available for viewing in electronic form at the
website of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft (www.commerzbank.de) and copies may be obtained
from Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Kaiserplatz, D-60261 Frankfurt am Main.
Furthermore, for the period of twelve months following the date of this Prospectus copies of the
Articles of Association of the Issuer, the financial statements and management report of Commerzbank
Aktiengesellschaft for the financial year ended December 31, 2008, the Annual Reports of the
Commerzbank Group for the financial years ended December 31, 2007 and 2008 and the Interim
Report of the Commerzbank Group as of June 30, 2009 (reviewed) are available for inspection at the
specified office of the Issuer and for viewing in electronic form at the website www.commerzbank.com.
Authorisations
The establishment of the Programme has been duly authorised by resolution of the Board of
Managing Directors on April 11, 2006. For the issue of any Series of Notes under the Programme no
separate resolution of the Board of Managing Directors of the Issuer is necessary.
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