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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 rights of the company. The Code also recommends that each member of the supervisory board inform the supervisory board of any conflicts of interest. In the case of material conflicts of interest or ongoing conflicts, the Code recommends that the mandate of the Supervisory Board member shall end either as a result of such supervisory board member’s withdrawal or, failing which, based on his or her removal from office by the shareholders’ meeting. The Code further recommends that any conflicts of interest that have occurred be reported by the supervisory board at the annual general meeting, together with the action taken, and that potential conflicts of interest also be taken into account in the nomination process for the election of supervisory board members. Audit Committee Procedures.Pursuant to the NYSE Manual the audit committee of a U.S. company listed on the NYSE must have a written charter addressing its purpose, an annual performance evaluation, and the review of an auditor’s report describing internal quality control issues and procedures and all relationships between the auditor and the company. The Audit Committee of Deutsche Bank operates under written terms of reference and reviews the efficiency of its activities regularly. Disclosure of Corporate Governance Guidelines.Deutsche Bank discloses its Articles of Association, the Terms of Reference of its Management Board, its Supervisory Board, the Chairman’s Committee, the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee, the Regulatory Oversight Committee, the Compensation Control Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Strategy Committee and the Technology, Data and Innovation Committee, its Declaration of Conformity under the Code pursuant to Section 161 of the German Stock Corporation Act, the Corporate Governance Statement and other documents pertaining to its corporate governance on its internet website at www.db.com/ir/en/documents.htm.

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Item 16H: Mine Safety Disclosure Not applicable Item 16I: Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections Not applicable. Item 16J: Insider Trading Policies Deutsche Bank has adoptedinsider trading policies that govern the purchase, sale and other dispositions of the bank’s securities by directors, senior management and employees that are reasonably designed to promote compliance with applicable insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and listing standards applicable to the registrant. In particular, all staff, including members of the bank’s Management Board, are subject to the bank’s Personal Account Dealing Policy, as well as to the bank’s Code of Conduct, which refers to such policy. An essential requirement of such policy is that such staff must pre-clear transactions