Commerzbank Investors meetings

Commerzbank Investors meetings Klaus-Peter Müller CEO UK & Ireland September 6-8, 2004

Chart 1 Commerzbank: 2004 key messages K K K K Marked progress of German banking, but performance remains sub- European as well as dependent on overall German economic situation Commerzbank: Q2 net profit stabilized at Q1 level, improvement vs previous year despite one time gain differential ( 100m 04, 60m 03) Core activities with improvements - Retail: profitability compares well with European peers - Asset Management: significant improvement, earnings accretive - Corporate: performance progress, very conservative provisioning - Securities: volatile, rightsizing analysis underway - Continued disposals of non-strategic interests Sustained profit improvement will also be passed on to shareholders through dividend

Chart 2 German banks: marked RoE progress based on LLP/cost improvement, income growth still small... Change in operating profit (H1 04 vs. 03 in m) Change in operating income (H1 04 vs. 03 in %)** +105% Change pre LLP s 2,722 8.0% 10.2% 6.2% 9.4% +295% +224% 1,325 797 535 202 165 Commerzbank HVB Deutsche Bank H1/03 H1/04 H1/03 H1/04 H1/03 H1/04 * 272-444 H1/03 H1/04 Dresdner Bank 3.1% 2.3% 1.7% Commerzbank HVB Deutsche Bank * -4.4% Dresdner Bank RoE H1/ 2004 *** Change of operating expenses (H1 04 vs. 03 in %) +4.6% n.a. +8.8% +9.4% 10.4% 11.7% H1 04 vs. H1 03 in %points 63.4% 64.8% 73.8% 80.2% 1.2% CIR 3.1% 5.2% -3.8% -2.7% * Commerzbank HVB Deutsche Bank Dresdner Bank -8.0% Commerzbank HVB* Deutsche Bank Dresdner Bank * H1/03 net of Norisbank, Bankhaus BethmannMaffei, Bank v. Ernst ** Operating income: net interest income after net change LLP s + net commission income + hedge result + trading profit *** RoE post tax, annualized, calculation based on financial equity

...but sub-european profitability, valuation and revenue momentum Chart 3 European Banks: RoE vs. Price to Book Development of operating income ** price to book H1 2004 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 HypoVereinsbank Deutsche Bank D SCH BBVA Commerzbank Société Générale Barclays PLC BNP Paribas HSBC Lloyds TSB ING Credit Suisse Group UBS ABN Amro 150% 140% 130% 120% 110% 100% 90% German banks European banks Commerzbank 0.0 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 80% Q1/2003 Q2/2003 Q3/2003 Q4/2003 Q1/2004 Q2/2004 RoE 2004e* Constant currencies * RoE calculation based on financial equity (note: different accounting standards) ** Operating income: net interest income after change net LLP s + net commission income + hedge result + trading profit

Chart 4 Commerzbank s dependence macroeconomic factors H1 operating income* vs. DAX at mid-year H1 net interest income (before provisioning) vs. Eonia 3500 8000 2000 Eonia 5.0% operating income m 3000 2500 DAX 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 DAX interest income m 1500 4.0% 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% Eonia 2000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 0 1000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 0.0% * Net interest income before provisioning, net commission income, trading profit

Chart 5 Commerzbank s dependence on macroeconomic factors almost a regression Operating income* vs. DAX H1 net interest income (before provisioning) vs. Eonia operating income m 3600 3400 3200 3000 2800 2600 2400 2003 2004 2002 2001 2000 interest income m 2000 1500 2004 2003 2002 2000 2001 2200 DAX 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 1000 EONIA 1.5% 2.5% 3.5% 4.5% * Net interest income before provisioning, net commission income, trading profit

Chart 6 Mid-2004 highlights in figures Q2 2004 Q1 2004 H1 2004 H1 2003 Operating profit ( m) 403 435 838 366 2.3x Net profit ( m) 248 254 502 73 6.9x Earnings per share ( ) 0.42 0.43 0.85 0.14 6.1x Target 7% RWA, in bn Tier I ratio, in % 7.3 7.4 7.7 7.8 6.0 5.9 6.7 7.3 7.1 7.0 178 160 205 155 199 150 149 141 146 148 31 Mar 30 Jun 30 Sep 31 Dec 31 Mar 30 Jun 30 Sep 31 Dec 31 Mar 30 Jun 2002 2003 2004

Chart 7 Net interest income strengthened profitability Net interest income in m 1,451 896 +5.0% gross / +19.5% net 1,325 796 1,523 1,071 H1 03 H2 03 H1 04 Change in net interest income before provisioning (in %, H1/04 vs. H1/03) LLP s Net after provisioning H1 improvement in net interest income inter alia due to the following factors: Lower refinancing costs (revaluation) Stable funding models Improving corporate business / lower risk provisioning needs Average interest margin based on interest-bearing risk-weighted assets, in % 5.0% 2.62 2.76 0.7% -4.2% 2.34 2.44 2.43 2.39-15.0% Commerzbank HVB* Deutsche Dresdner Bank Bank * H1/03 net of Norisbank, Bankhaus BethmannMaffei, Bank v. Ernst 31.3. 30.6. 30.9. 31.12. 31.3. 30.6. 2003 2004

Chart 8 Quality of loan portfolio continually improving Loan-loss provisions in m 927 1,321 1,084 950* 880** 2001 2002 2003 31.03. 30.06. 2004 Loan-loss provisions in m 252 *) excluding SchmidtBank **) including SchmidtBank 303 273 Loan loss cover ratio comfortable in m In excess: 542m 107.9% 109.0% 114.6% 5,320 5,506 5,636 6,846 7,077 6,844 385 348 352 1,683 1,857 1,857 31.12.2002 31.12.2003 30.06.2004 Non-performing loans Collateral Country LLP and general provision 256 7,388 In excess: 634m 238 In excess: 7,711 1,001m 7,845 Loan-loss provisions 214 Q1 03 Q2 03 Q3 03 Q4 03 Q1 04 Q2 04

Commission income on track, trading profit volatile and below previous year Net commission income in m +11.4% 1,036 1,100 1,154 Trading profit in m -12.6% Chart 9 509 228 445 H1 03 H2 03 H1 04 Change in net commission income (in %) H1/04 vs. H1/03 11.4% 9.9% H1 03 H2 03 H1 04 Change in trading income (in %) H1/04 vs. H1/03 4.2% Commerzbank HVB* 3.7% Deutsche Bank 1.6% Dresdner Bank -8.6% -12.6% Commerzbank HVB* Deutsche Bank -16.0% Dresdner Bank * H1/03 net of Norisbank, Bankhaus BethmannMaffei, Bank v. Ernst

Further disposals of participations, positive revaluation reserve Chart 10 Deutsche Börse (market placement) Erste Bank (market placement) Unibanco partial sale (global offering) comdirect free float increased through partial sale (accel. bookbuilding) Quarters 2003 I II III IV I II 2004 Crédit Agricole (accel. bookbuilding) Buderus sold to Bosch KEB partially sold to Lone Star T-Online sold to Telekom SCH sale in Q1 and Q2 Net result on investments and securities portfolio 181** in m 105 54 64 68 77* Q1 03 Q2 03 Q3 03 Q4 03 Q1 04 Q2 04 *) roughly 20m from SCH disposal **) approx. 100m from SCH disposal Revaluation reserve in m pre-revaluation 650 1,240 1,253 1,035-258 post-revaluation -769-1,100 12/02 03/03 06/03 09/03 12/03 03/04 06/04 equities bonds

Sustained cost control supports earnings improvement in m Operating expenses and number of staff 1,398 38,665 38,017 1,308 37,176 1,229 36,566 1,220 35,384 33,850 1,179 1,141 33,327 32,377 32,349 1,078 1,113 1,104 32,706 1,128 Chart 11 *) of which roughly 550 from SchmidtBank **) of which: 28m from SchmidtBank integration * ** Q1 02 Q2 02 Q3 02 Q4 02 Q1 03 Q2 03 Q3 03 Q4 03 Q1 04 Q2 04 Operating profit 435 403 181 54-75 32 172 194 101 92 Q1 02 Q2 02 Q3 02 Q4 02 Q1 03 Q2 03 Q3 03 Q4 03 Q1 04 Q2 04 Net profit 72 2-129 -243 3 70-2,305-88 254 248

Chart 12 H1 2004: best half since 2000 Operating profit 366 Other income Trading profit Net commission income 1,086 620 235 838 m 93 * 206 600 602 223 417 1,423 1,216 1,129 245 400 509 445 1,036 1,154 Net interest income 1,696 1,834 1,734 1,451 1,523 Loan-loss provisions -256-329 -562-555 -452 Operating expenses -2,470-2,909-2,706-2,320-2,232 H1 2000 H1 2001 H1 2002 H1 2003 H1 2004 Total lending ( m) 240,172 251,695 231,805 165,641 163,807 DAX 6,898 6,058 4,383 3,221 4,053 Rating Moody s AA3 AA3 A1 A2 A2 S&P AA- A+ A A- A- Fitch AA- A+ A A- A- *) adjusted by 856m generated by comdirect IPO

Chart 13 Analysts 2004/2005 forecasts for Commerzbank* 2004 2005 forecast in 9/03 forecast in 8/04 forecast in 8/04 ROE (pre-tax) 5-6% 8-9% 9.5-10.5% C/I ratio <69% 67-69% 65-70% Costs < 4.5bn 4.5-4.6bn 4.6-4.7bn Pre-tax profit 500-600m 1,000-1,310m 1,100-1,380m Actual share price 13-14 13-14 *) based on 12 large investment brokers

Net interest income (before provisioning): Commerzbank s seasonality Chart 14 Annual net interest income per quarter 1998-2003 30% Average 1998-2003, (without 2000) 25% 2001 1998 2003 1999 2000 2002 20% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Chart 15 Performance in Retail & Corporate Banking operating profit, in m 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0-20 Retail Banking Corporate Banking 152 165 122 109 97 118 101 84 71 70 33-3 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

Retail Banking: H1 2004 positive shareholder value Chart 16 m Q1 Q2 Change Value driver analysis comparison of H1 04 with H1 03, in m 74% 3% 78 revenues without LLP 3 LLP reduction 23% 100% 25 cost reduction 106 operating profit Net interest income Provision for possible loan losses Net interest income after provisioning Net commission income Net result on hedge accounting Trading profit Net result on investments and securities portfolio Other operating result Total income Operating expenses Operating profit Operative return on equity Cost/income ratio in operating business 279 276-1% -39-46 +18% 240 230-4% 280 253-10% 0 0-1 1 0% 2 2 0% 3 9 +200% 526 495-6% 404 394-2% 122 101-17% 27.6% 22.6% - 71.5% 72.8% - Operating profit in H1 exceeded previous year by more than 90% m H1 04 H1 03 Pre-tax RoE at mid-year almost 25% Total income 1021 940 We are well on track to increase our operating profit as promised by at least 25% in 2004 as a whole Operating expenses Operating profit 223 117 798 823 Share of equity tied up in Group 18%

Asset Management: operating profit virtually tripled year-on-year Value driver analysis comparison of H1 04 with H1 03, in m 74% 45 26% 16 Concentration on core markets bearing fruit Operating profit of 92m in H1 virtually three times higher than in previous year Operative RoE at 34% 100% 61 revenues cost reduction operating profit Our forecast of 40% higher operating profit in 2004 remains and should be considered conservative. Net interest income Provision for possible loan losses Net interest income after provisioning Net commission income Net result on hedge accounting Trading profit Net result on investments and securities portfolio Other operating result Total income Operating expenses Operating profit Operative Mio return Euro on equity Cost/income ratio in operating business Total income Operating expenses Operating profit 31 92 157 173 204 249 Chart 17 m Q1 Q2 Change m -2-3 +50% 0 0 - -2-3 +50% 121 107-12% 1 0-2 2 0% 1 6-8 6-25% 131 118-10% 79 78-1% 52 40-23% 37.4% 30.4% - 60.3% 66.1% - H1 04 H1 03 Share of equity tied up in Group 5%

Corporate Customers & Institutions: improvement in Q2 Value driver analysis comparison of H1 04 with H1 03, in m -66 revenues without LLP 106 LLP reduction -18 cost reduction 22 operating profit Chart 18 m Q1 Q2 Change Net interest income Provision for possible loan losses Net interest income after provisioning Net commission income Net result on hedge accouting Trading profit Net result on investments and securities portfolio Other operating result Total income Operating expenses Operating profit Operative return on equity Cost/income ratio in operating business 400 414 +3% -194-161 -17% 206 253 +23% 170 174 +2% 0 0-13 0-18 9-50% 22 41 +86% 429 477 +11% 311 312 +0% 118 165 +40% 10.0% 13.7% - 49.9% 48.9% - Operative RoE raised to 11.8% for first six months Cost/income ratio remains under 50% Operating profit of 283m in H1 sees us under way to achieving our target of 500m in 2004 as a whole. m Total income Operating expenses Operating profit 283 261 623 605 906 866 H1 04 H1 03 Share of equity tied up in Group 47%

Securities: Structural analysis for rightsizing under way Value driver analysis comparison of H104 with H103, in m -6 revenues cost reduction operating profit Operative RoE at mid-year 12.1%; Cost/income ratio at 86% in H1 04 Rightsizing analysis (example): Conceptual Global Europe CEE Domestic 17 11 Fortune 500 Large Companies500 SME s 500 Fixed Income/Cash Mgmt Opportunistic Coverage For Discussion Focus M&A Advisory Equity m Total income Operating expenses Operating profit 73 62 462 479 535 541 Chart 19 m Q1 Q2 Change Net interest income Provision for possible loan losses Net interest income after provisionig Net commission income Net result on hedge accounting Trading profit Net result on investments and securities portfolio Other operating result Total income Operating expenses Operating profit Operative return on equity Cost/income ratio in operating business 4 4-0 -2-4 2-50% 36 25-31% 0 0-312 154-51% 2 0-0 0-354 181-49% 234 228-3% 120-47 - 41.6% -14.8% - 66.1% 124.6% - H1 04 H1 03 Share of equity tied up in Group 12%

Commerzbank s three additional segments operating profit in m 117 29 Treasury 68 6 38 73 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 2003 2004 Operative RoE boosted to above 200% in Q2 2004 Treasury with stable profit contributions in all quarters. Mortgage Banks 20 32 80 56 55 51 54 44 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 2003 2004 Eurohypo s H1 results have not been taken into account. At mid-year, we chose not to recognize 52m (in Q2: 32m). Hypothekenbank in Essen and Erste Europäische Hypothekenbank produce stable profit contributions. -246-141 -76 2003-146 Chart 20 Others and consolidation -69 2004 27 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 In addition to the approx. 100m profit from the sale of SCH, this segment benefitted in Q2 from the lower funding costs of non-strategic investments and seasonally higher dividend payments. Operating expenses were higher.

Chart 21 Our achievements and our goals K K K K K Q2 figures in line with Q1 results. Continued progress in our two largest core business lines, Retail Banking and Corporate Banking Evaluation of optimal size of Securities addressed Conservative provisioning with additional potential Cost discipline to be maintained Non-strategic participations under continuous review Intention: to close the gap between present book value (ca. 18) and present share price (ca. 13)

Chart 22 Successful start to integration of SchmidtBank into Commerzbank Integration process 347,000 retail customers 4,000 corporate clients Staff of roughly 550 Balance-sheet total as of June 1: 3.4bn 70 branches and 29 self-service centres Commerzbank has a risk umbrella for large unexpected losses Impact on results In both first half and 2004 as a whole, hardly relevant for results Both operating income and operating expenses roughly 30m in first half of 2004 Starting 2005, pre-tax return on equity of 10% or more expected

Chart 23 Retail Banking: deposit margin growing again 1.60 margin in % of overall lending volume (incl. loan commissions) 1.60 margin in % of overall customers deposits in % 1.50 1.40 1.50 1.51 1.50 1.49 1.50 1.48 1.50 1.50 1.48 in % 1.50 1.40 1.30 1.46 1.49 1.48 1.28 1.37 1.32 1.24 1.27 1.34 1.30 2Q02 3Q02 4Q02 1Q03 2Q03 3Q03 4Q03 1Q04 2Q04 1.20 2Q02 3Q02 4Q02 1Q03 2Q03 3Q03 4Q03 1Q04 2Q04 in % 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 EONIA monthly average 1.5 2Q02 3Q02 4Q02 1Q03 2Q03 3Q03 4Q03 1Q04 2Q04

Chart 24 Corporate Banking: back to better margins in Germany 1.60 margin in % of overall lending volume (incl. loan commissions) 1.56 1.00 margin in % of overall customers deposits 1.50 1.40 1.30 1.49 1.47 1.53 1.46 1.51 1.45 1.34 1.31 2Q02 3Q02 4Q02 1Q03 2Q03 3Q03 4Q03 1Q04 2Q04 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.75 0.70 0.73 0.64 0.60 0.50 0.51 0.53 0.54 2Q02 3Q02 4Q02 1Q03 2Q03 3Q03 4Q03 1Q04 2Q04 3.5 EONIA monthly average 3.0 in % 2.5 2.0 1.5 2Q02 3Q02 4Q02 1Q03 2Q03 3Q03 4Q03 1Q04 2Q04

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