Company: ADZCF
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001159508-25-000020
Chunk: 673

Company: DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 20-F
Chunk 673
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sequent to the principal accountant’s appointment, the Audit Committee awards the contract and in its sole authority approves the terms and scope of the audit and all audit engagement fees as well as monitors the principal accountant’s independence. EY GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (EY) was the bank’s principal accountant for the 2023 and 2024 fiscal years, respectively. The tables set forth below contain the aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years by EY in each of the following categories: (1) Audit fees include fees for professional services for the audit of Deutsche Bank’s annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements and do not include audit fees for DWS and its subsidiaries that are not audited by EY, (2) Audit-related fees include fees for other assurance services required by law or regulations, in particular for financial service specific attestation, for quarterly reviews, for mergers and acquisition audits, as well as fees for voluntary assurance services, like voluntary audits for internal management purposes and the issuance of comfort letters, (3) Tax-related fees include fees for services relating to the preparation and review of tax returns and related compliance assistance and advice, tax consultation and advice relating to tax planning initiatives and assistance with assessing compliance with tax regulations, and (4) All other fees, which are fees for products and services other than Audit fees, Audit-related fees and Tax-related fees. These amounts include expenses and exclude Value Added Tax (VAT). Fees billed by EY

| Fee category in € m. |   | 2024 |     | 2023 |
| Audit fees           |   |   69 |     |   66 |
| Audit-related fees   |   |   10 |     |   12 |
| Tax-related fees     |   |    0 |     |    0 |
| All other fees       |   |    1 |     |    0 |
| Total fees           | 1 |   80 |     |   78 |

Under SEC regulations, the principal accountant fees are required to be presented as follows: audit fees were € 72 million in 2024 compared to € 68 million in 2023, audit-related fees were € 7 million in 2024 compared to € 10 million in 2023, tax-related fees were € 0 in 2024 and 2023, and all other fees were € 1 million in 2024 compared to € 0 million in