[Düsseldorf, 9 February 2010] At the request of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG on 4 February 2010, the Special Fund for the Stabilisation of the Financial Market (Sonderfonds Finanzmarktstabilisierung – SoFFin) today ruled to reduce IKB’s guarantee from a total of € 12 billion to € 10 billion effective from 17 February 2010. IKB had filed for the reduction as the Bank’s liquidity situation has now stabilised.

Explanation

The guarantees being returned relate to the extension of the guarantee of originally € 5 billion to € 12 billion, which had been granted to IKB by SoFFin on 18 August 2009. Under this expanded guarantee frame, the state-guaranteed bonds were permitted to have a maturity of up to 36 months for a maximum of € 4 billion and a maturity of up to 60 months for a maximum of € 3 billion. Of this frame, IKB used guarantees of € 2 billion with a maturity of three years in September 2009. State-guaranteed securities of € 2 billion with a maturity of five years and € 1 billion with a maturity of three years were issued in February 2010.

The reduction of assets and the accumulation of customer deposits have positively affected the liquidity situation at IKB.