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Group Management Report<br />

144<br />

88 Commerzbank Annual Report 2011<br />

Commerzbank raised long-term funds totalling €14.4bn in 2011. Of the total, €6.7bn came<br />

from senior unsecured issues, €5.8bn from Pfandbriefe and lettres de gage and €1.9bn from<br />

subordinated bonds. The Commerzbank Group’s funding requirements of approx. €10 to<br />

12bn were already met in the first half of 2011. In the second half, the Bank used existing<br />

market opportunities to cover some of the 2012 funding requirement in advance.<br />

Group capital market funding of 2011<br />

Volume €14.4bn<br />

Benchmark<br />

issues<br />

€2.5bn<br />

Unsecured bonds 1<br />

€8.6bn<br />

1 Including €1.9bn in subordinated bonds.<br />

Figure 2<br />

Private<br />

placements<br />

€6.1bn<br />

Benchmark<br />

issues<br />

€4.8bn<br />

Secured bonds<br />

€5.8bn<br />

Private<br />

placements<br />

€1.0bn<br />

In the unsecured segment Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft increased the senior unsecured<br />

benchmark bond issued in the previous year (maturity 2017) by €500m. This was followed in<br />

October with a 2-year senior unsecured benchmark bond with a volume of €800m. It also<br />

placed a number of foreign currency issues denominated in currencies including the US,<br />

Australian and Canadian dollars. A €1.25bn benchmark subordinated bond was placed on<br />

the capital market in the first quarter. The issue was for 10 years, carried a coupon of<br />

7.75%, and was around 3.5 times oversubscribed. The issue is an important step in optimising<br />

the Bank’s long-term subordinated capital structure (Tier 2) in anticipation of the transition<br />

to Basel III.<br />

In the secured segment, the issue volume in 2011 focused on the following products:<br />

€5.0bn mortgage Pfandbriefe, €0.5bn public-sector Pfandbriefe, €0.2bn ship Pfandbriefe<br />

and €0.1bn lettres de gage.<br />

Overall, Eurohypo AG’s benchmark issuance amounted to €4.8bn. €3.8bn of this related<br />

to three jumbo mortgage Pfandbriefe with maturities of 2, 3 and 5 years. All of the issues<br />

enjoyed strong demand among foreign investors. In addition, a €500m syndicated mortgage<br />

Pfandbrief with a 10-year maturity was issued in the first quarter. The Bank also topped up<br />

several existing benchmark Pfandbrief issues by a total of €500m.

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