- 38,837,806 shares in total repurchased (3.278% of share capital)
- CEO Bettina Orlopp: “The completion of the first tranche is an important step towards our target of returning at least 70% of our net result to our shareholders for the 2024 financial year.”
Commerzbank AG successfully completed the first tranche of its third share buyback programme on Monday, 20 January 2025. The Bank began the buyback on 7 November 2024. Since then, Commerzbank has repurchased a total of 38,837,806 of its own shares (ISIN DE000CBK1001) in the amount of around €600 m at an average price of around €15.45 per share. This corresponds to 3.278% of the Bank’s share capital.
“The completion of the first tranche of €600 m is an important step towards our target of returning at least 70% of our net result to our shareholders for the 2024 financial year,” said Commerzbank CEO Bettina Orlopp. “We have already applied for approval to the European Central Bank and the German Finance Agency for a second tranche of up to €400 m. In the coming years, we aim to further increase the capital return to our shareholders.”
For the 2024 financial year, the capital return will include a dividend as well as the share buyback consisting of two tranches.
With a planned volume of up to €1 bn, the third buyback programme is the largest in Commerzbank’s history. As part of its first share buyback programme, the Bank repurchased a total of 12,134,305 shares for around €122 m at an average price of around €10.05 per share in June 2023. The buyback was part of the capital return for the 2022 financial year, amounting to a total of around €370 m. Commerzbank carried out the second share buyback programme between 10 January and 5 March 2024. During this period, the Bank repurchased a total of 55,554,320 shares with a volume of around €600 m at an average price of around €10.80 per share. The second buyback was part of the capital return for the 2023 financial year, amounting to a total of around €1 bn.
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Commerzbank is the leading bank for the German Mittelstand and a strong partner for around 25,500 corporate client groups. In addition, it supports private and small-business customers in Germany with more than €400 bn assets under management. 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% of Germany’s foreign trade and is present internationally in more than 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 a business relationship to Germany, Austria, or Switzerland and companies operating in selected future-oriented industries. In the Private and Small-Business Customers segment, the Bank is at the side of its customers with its brands Commerzbank and comdirect: online and mobile, in the advisory centre, and personally in its branches. Its Polish subsidiary mBank S.A. is an innovative digital bank that serves approximately 5.7 million private and corporate customers, predominantly in Poland, as well as in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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