Commerzbank institutional investors tender just over 1% of shares in UniCredit offer, German bank says

FRANKFURT, June 25 (Reuters) - Germany's Commerzbank said on Thursday that institutional investors have tendered just somewhat more than 1% of shares in UniCredit's takeover offer.

• Commerzbank said it published the figures to increase transparency and counter what it called "conflicting statements made by UniCredit".

• The two banks have been in a battle for control for months, and UniCredit has made an offer for the bank that is currently ongoing.

• "The shareholder structure remains largely unchanged," Commerzbank said.

• Of the 12.51% of tendered shares, institutional investors have tendered 1.29% of shares, retail investors 0.05% and banks 11.17%, Commerzbank said.

(Reporting by Tom Sims, editing by Thomas Seythal)