Commerzbank: Net profit in 2010 at EUR 1.4 billion
● Gross revenues EUR 12.7 bn, operating profit EUR 1.4 bn
● German GAAP result of the AG minus EUR 1.2 bn mainly due to EU requirement on Eurohypo sale
● Core bank with strong operating performance, Mittelstandsbank posts record result
● Core Tier 1 ratio at 10.0%, Tier 1 ratio 11.9% (2009: 10.5%)
● Blessing: “We want to reduce the silent participations of SoFFin significantly already in 2011”
As previously announced and one year earlier than forecasted, Commerzbank returned to profitability in 2010.
Thanks to the strong performance in customer business and bolstered by the positive market development
gross revenues rose by 16% to EUR 12.7 billion (2009: EUR 10.9 billion). The economic recovery is also
reflected in loan loss provisions. These declined by some 40% to just under EUR 2.5 billion (2009:
EUR 4.2 billion). The operating profit of the Bank amounted to EUR 1.4 billion. Even the typically weaker
fourth quarter was positive with an operating profit of EUR 256 million. Net profit (IFRS) attributable to
Commerzbank shareholders amounted to EUR 1.4 billion in the full year 2010; in the fourth quarter of 2010 it
came to EUR 257 million. Mittelstandsbank posted a record result for 2010. The Corporates & Markets
segment was profitable in all four quarters of 2010. Central & Eastern Europe and the Private Customers
segment also concluded the year with positive results. In total, the core bank achieved a profit of
EUR 2.0 billion.
“2010 was a successful year for Commerzbank in many respects. We have achieved key targets and the
Commerzbank Group has returned to profitability one year earlier than forecasted in the ‘Roadmap 2012’. We
have also implemented the integration of Dresdner Bank more quickly than planned in some important areas.
Our employees have worked hard towards achieving these goals. I thank them very warmly for this. Our
targets for 2012 are already in sight,” said Martin Blessing, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of
Commerzbank. “For 2011, we expect to close the year with an operating profit according to IFRS that will be
significantly higher than that seen in 2010. It is also our aim to service the silent participations of the German
government for 2011. Much, however, depends on the ongoing development of the debt crisis that arose in
certain European states and the consequences of the global financial market and economic crisis. The
Financial Market Stabilisation Fund (SoFFin) has, as is known, made available to the Bank silent participations
currently amounting to EUR 16.2 billion. Martin Blessing: “We want to reduce the silent participations of SoFFin
significantly already in 2011.