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| 24.04.2009 |  |  | Cornelius Riese named as new Head of the Central Services Division As from 4 May 2009, Cornelius Riese will join DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, and will take on the role of Head of the Central Services Division. In this role, Cornelius Riese will be responsible for the further development of the strategy of the DZ BANK Group, for the management of its holdings in Germany and abroad and for the general secretariat of the bank. |



| 04.03.2009 |  |  | DZ BANK Group 2008 preliminary annual results The DZ BANK Group has confirmed the full-year 2008 earnings outcome it announced in January: based on the preliminary IFRS figures, the group will end 2008 with a negative after-tax result of around EUR -1 billion. |






| 06.11.2008 |  |  | DZ BANK investment indicator: sentiment among private investors improving considerably Despite the turbulence on the international financial markets, German private investors assess the future prospects on the stock exchanges more optimistically than they have ever done this year. This was the surprising result of a representative survey among private investors which TNS Infratest carried out on behalf of DZ BANK AG. However, the positive market assessment does not correspond with investor behaviour. Investors prefer secure financial investments more than ever. |





| 25.06.2008 |  |  | DZ BANK and WGZ BANK resume exploratory talks DZ BANK and WGZ BANK have agreed to resume talks on a merger between the two cooperative central banks as well as on strategic and structural developments with regard to the local cooperative banks. |

| 29.05.2008 |  |  | Survey: German private investors look optimistically into the future The sentiment among German private investors has brightened in the past months. In the meantime only one in five security holders expects share prices to fall, which is significantly less than in February. As a consequence of the financial market crisis, investors are now attaching more importance than before to the aspect security when investing money. This emerged from a current representative survey, which TNS Infratest carries out quarterly on behalf of DZ BANK AG. |

| 28.05.2008 |  |  | Survey: private investors expect a further rise in petrol, energy and food prices Although petrol prices have already reached a historical high, nearly all German private investors are expecting a further increase in fuel prices. Moreover, the vast majority are also expecting electricity and food prices to rise further. At the same time more than three quarters are of the opinion that the government should lower petroleum tax and see higher opportunities for commodity investments. |












| 27.09.2007 |  |  | DG HYP and Münchener Hypothekenbank end merger talks The management boards of DG HYP and Münchener Hypothekenbank have today by mutual agreement declared the merger negotiations to be over. Following an in-depth review process, agreement could not be reached on crucial elements of the merger. |






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