Company: ADZCF
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001159508-25-000020
Chunk: 172

Company: DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 20-F
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 the Supplemental Financial Information (Unaudited), which pages are included herein, for information required by Subpart 1400 of SEC Regulation S-K. Item 12: Description of Securities other than Equity Securities Deutsche Bank’s ordinary shares are not represented by American Depositary Receipts and accordingly no information is required to be provided pursuant to Item 12.D.3 and Item 12.D.4. The remainder of the information required by this Item 12 and by Instruction 2(d) under the Instructions as to Exhibits of Form 20-F is provided as Exhibit 2.2 to this Annual Report on Form 20-F.

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PART II Item 13: Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies Not applicable. Item 14: Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds None. Item 15: Controls and Procedures Disclosure Controls and Procedures An evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of Deutsche Bank’s management, including the bank’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the bank’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of December 31, 2024. There are, as described below, inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any control system, including disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon such evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of Deutsche Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2024. Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting Management of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Deutsche Bank’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of the bank’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the Group’s financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and endorsed by the European Union. As of December 31, 2024, Deutsche Bank management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the bank’s internal control over financial reporting based on the framework established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (201