Company: ADZCF
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001159508-25-000020
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Company: DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 20-F
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 of the capital buffers applicable to the relevant credit institution. In calculating the respective amounts that may be distributed (“Maximum Distributable Amount” or “MDA”), the bank will have to take into account certain Pillar 2 capital requirements. Since January 2022, the Group has also been subject to MDA restrictions, including a Pillar 2 capital requirement for the leverage ratio, in instances of non-compliance with its leverage ratio buffer introduced in the CRR. In addition, Deutsche Bank is subject to additional restrictions on distributions if it breaches the harmonized minimum TLAC requirement under the CRR or its institution-specific minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) set by the Single Resolution Board.

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In addition, the ECB expects banks to meet Pillar 2 guidance. If Deutsche Bank AG operates or expects to operate below Pillar 2 guidance, the ECB will review the reasons why the bank’s capital level has fallen or is expected to fall and may take appropriate and proportionate measures in connection with such shortfall. Any such measures might have an impact on Deutsche Bank AG’s willingness or ability to pay dividends or conduct share buybacks. For further information on regulatory capital adequacy requirements and the powers of Deutsche Bank AG’s regulators to suspend dividend payments or share buybacks, see “Item 4: Information on the Company – Regulation and Supervision – Capital Adequacy Requirements” and “— Investigative and Enforcement Powers.” In order to meet the German corporate law requirements, Deutsche Bank AG’s dividends and capacity to conduct share buybacks are based on the unconsolidated results of Deutsche Bank AG as prepared in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB). Deutsche Bank AG’s Management Board, which prepares the annual financial statements of Deutsche Bank AG on an unconsolidated basis, and its Supervisory Board, which reviews the financial statements, first allocate part of Deutsche Bank AG’s annual surplus (if any) to Deutsche Bank AG’s statutory reserves and to any losses carried forward, in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Deutsche Bank then allocates the remainder of any surplus to other revenue reserves (or retained earnings) and balance sheet profit. Deutsche Bank may allocate up to one-half of this remainder to other revenue reserves and must allocate at least one-half to balance sheet profit. A profit distribution from the balance sheet profit is only permitted to the extent that the balance sheet profit plus distributable earnings exceed potential dividend blocking items, which consist