	commerzbank increases dividend parent net profit commerzbank ag cbkg f said a dividend of nine marks would be proposed for ordinary shareholders on ings after eight in it added in a statement that parent net profit rose to mln marks in from mln the prior year a commerzbank spokesman noted the figures were however preliminary and required approval of the bank s supervisory board which meets today the commerzbank statement added the distributable profit last year rose to mln marks from mln in with inclusion of the corporate tax allowance qualifying domestic shareholders would receive an effective dividend of marks per share total dividend payout would rise to mln marks from mln on ings due to the increase in the dividend and in equity capital it added from the parent net profit mln marks would be placed in published reserves unchanged from the two prior years the shareholders meeting take place on may in hamburg the statement said holders of commerzbank participation certificates in a total nominal value of mln marks would receive the remaining mln marks of the distributable profit aside from the basic payment of pct of nominal value certificate holders would receive an additional pct the management board of the bank would also propose two capital measures to shareholders in order to be able to react quickly to new challenges it would ask for authorised capital of a nominal mln marks for the issue of new shares and for mln for the issue of warrant bonds both for the period until april reuter 
