in % in % Net interest income 1,173 1,277 -8.2 1,254 2,427 2,597 -6.6 Net commission income 852 791 +7.6 951 1,803 1,668 +8.1 Net fair value result* 125 163 -23.0 360 485 -141 - Other income -288 42 - -73 -361 0 - Revenues 1,862 2,273 -18.1 2,492 4,353 4,125 +5.5 Revenues excl. 1,884 2,278 -17.3 2,308 4,192 4,303 -2.6 exceptional items Risk result -87 -469 +81.5 -149 -235 -795 +70.4 Operating expenses 1,704 1,526 +11.6 1,469 3,173 3,030 +4.7 Compulsory contributions 39 73 -47.1 336 375 374 +0.4 Operating profit or loss 32 205 -84.2 538 570 -74 - Restructuring charges 511 - - 465 976 - - Pre-tax profit or loss - 6 - - - 50 - (discontinued operations) Pre-tax profit or loss -478 211 - 73 -406 -24 - (Group) Taxes 40 14 - -83 -43 62 - Minorities 8 13 -40.3 23 31 21 +45.5 Consolidated profit or -527 183 - 133 -394 -107 - loss** Cost-income ratio in 91.5 67.1 - 59.0 72.9 73.5 - operating business excl. compulsory contributions (%) Cost-income ratio in 93.6 70.4 - 72.5 81.5 82.5 - operating business incl. compulsory contributions (%) Operating RoTE (%) 0.5 2.9 - 7.8 4.1 -0.5 - Net RoTE (%)*** -9.3 2.6 - 1.5 -3.9 -1.1 - Net RoE (%) -8.9 2.3 - 1.5 -3.8 -1.0 - CET 1 ratio (%)*** 13.4 13.4 - 13.4 13.4 13.4 - Leverage ratio 4.6 4.8 - 4.7 4.6 4.8 - Total assets (?bn) 544 550 - 538 544 550 -

* Net income from financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value through profit and loss. ** Consolidated profit or loss attributable to Commerzbank shareholders and investors in additional equity components. *** Reduced by potential dividend accrual and potential (fully discretionary) AT 1 coupons. Press contact Sascha Ullrich +49 69 136-82349 Erik Nebel +49 69 136-44986 Sina Weiß +49 69 136-27977

About Commerzbank Commerzbank is the leading bank for the German Mittelstand and a strong partner for around 30,000 corporate client groups and around 11 million private and small-business customers in Germany. The Bank's two Business Segments - Private and Small-Business Customers and Corporate Clients - offer a comprehensive portfolio of financial services. Commerzbank transacts approximately 30 per cent of Germany's foreign trade and is present internationally in almost 40 countries in the corporate clients' business. The Bank focusses on the German Mittelstand, large corporates, and institutional clients. As part of its international business, Commerzbank supports clients with German connectivity and companies operating in selected future-oriented industries. Following the integration of Comdirect, private and small-business customers benefit from the services offered by one of Germany's most advanced online banks combined with personal advisory support on site. Its Polish subsidiary mBank S.A. is an innovative digital bank that serves approximately 5.5 million private and corporate customers, predominantly in Poland, but also in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In 2020, Commerzbank generated gross revenues of some ?8.2 billion with almost 48,000 employees.

Disclaimer 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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