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FRANKFURT, July 3 (Reuters) - Commerzbank CBKG.DE Chief Executive Martin Zielke offered to resign on Friday to open the way for a fresh start for the German lender, which has been under pressure from some investors over its poor financial performance.
路透法兰克福7月3日-德国商业银行CBKG.DE首席执行官马丁·齐尔克(Martin Zielke)周五提出辞职,为这家德国银行提供新的开端之路。德国银行因其糟糕的财务表现受到一些投资者的压力。
The bank said its supervisory board would recommend to the broader Commerzbank board that it accept Zielke's offer and a decision would be made at a July 8 board meeting.
该银行表示,其监事会会建议更广泛的商业银行董事会接受Zielke的提议,并将在7月8日的董事会会议上做出决定。
Zielke was meant to present a strategy update to the board this week but the chief executive, in the top spot for four years, has struggled to persuade some investors that he can turn the bank around after a previous effort failed.
Zielke原本打算在本周向董事会提出战略更新,但这位连续四年位居榜首的首席执行官一直在努力说服一些投资者,说他可以在先前的努力失败后改过银行。
"I would like to open the way for a fresh start. The bank needs a profound transformation and a new CEO, who gets the necessary time from the markets to implement a strategy," Zielke said in a statement.
齐尔克在一份声明中说:“我想为新的开始开辟道路。该银行需要深刻的转型和新的首席执行官,他需要从市场上获得实施战略所需的时间。”
The bank's leadership has come under increased pressure in recent weeks from one of its top investors, Cerberus, which has called for management and other changes.
近几周来,该银行的领导层承受了来自其最大投资者之一的Cerberus的更大压力,Cerberus要求进行管理和其他变革。
Cerberus, which bought a 5% stake in Commerzbank in 2017, began an activist campaign to force the lender to change strategy and hand the U.S. investor two seats on its supervisory board early last month.
Cerberus于2017年购买了德国商业银行5%的股份,该公司发起了一场激进运动,以迫使贷款人改变战略,并在上个月初将美国投资者在其监事会中占有两个席位。
Supervisory board chairman Stefan Schmittmann also offered to resign and Commerzbank said it would be effective on Aug. 3.
监事会主席史蒂芬·施密特曼(Stefan Schmittmann)也提出辞职,德国商业银行表示将于8月3日生效。
The 150-year-old Commerzbank has struggled this year, posting a first-quarter loss, halting its 2019 dividend plans, backtracking on the sale of its Polish lender mBank MBK.WA, and losing a long-standing sponsorship deal with a local soccer team to rival Deutsche Bank DBKGn.DE.
已有150年历史的德国商业银行今年一直在挣扎,公布第一季度亏损,停止了其2019年的分红计划,回撤了出售波兰贷方mBank MBK.WA的交易,并失去了与当地足球公司的长期赞助协议团队与德意志银行DBKGn.DE竞争。
Bailed out by the state during the last financial crisis, Commerzbank has also warned that its target for turning a profit in 2020 now seems "very ambitious" because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
德国商业银行也警告说,由于上次COVID-19大流行,其在2020年扭亏为盈的目标现在看来“非常雄心勃勃”,该国在上次金融危机期间被政府救助。
(Reporting by Tom Sims and Hans Seidensteucker; Editing by Carmel Crimmins and David Clarke)
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