Company: ADZCF
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001159508-25-000020
Chunk: 656

Company: DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 20-F
Chunk 656
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, intended business policy, planning, business development, risk situation, risk management, staff development, reputation and compliance. Furthermore, Group Audit informs the Audit Committee of any deficiencies identified regularly and – in the case of severe deficiencies – without undue delay. In addition, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board is informed of serious findings relating to the members of the Management Board. The Supervisory Board and Management Board adopted an Information Regime, a general engagement (interaction) protocol and another engagement (interaction) protocol specifically for regulatory topics. These regulate not only the reporting to the Supervisory Board, but also, among other things, the Supervisory Board’s enquiries and requests for information from employees of the company as well as the exchange of information in connection with preparations for the meetings and between the meetings. The Supervisory Board meets regularly also without the Management Board. This also applies to its committees. In addition, the representatives of the employees and the representatives of the shareholders regularly conduct preliminary discussions separately. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board plays a crucial role in the proper functioning of the Supervisory Board and has a leadership role in this. He can issue internal guidelines and principles concerning the Supervisory Board’s internal organization and communications, the coordination of the work within the Supervisory Board and the Supervisory Board’s interaction with the Management Board. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board engages in investor discussions on Supervisory Board-related topics when necessary and regularly informs the Supervisory Board of the substance of such discussions. These also cover Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) topics. Between meetings, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and, to the extent expedient, the chairpersons of the Supervisory Board committees maintain regular contact with the members of the Management Board, especially with the Chairman of the Management Board, and deliberate with them, among other things, on issues of Deutsche Bank Group’s strategy, planning, the development of its business, risk situation, risk management, risk controlling, governance, compliance, compensation systems, IT, data and digitalization, sustainability as well as material litigation cases. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board and – within their respective functional responsibility – the chairpersons of the Supervisory Board committees are informed without delay by the Chairman of the Management Board or by the respectively responsible Management Board member about important events of material significance for the assessment of the situation, development and management of Deutsche Bank Group. The Chairman of the Audit Committee also conducts regular discussions with the auditor outside the meetings. Furthermore, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and some of the chairpersons