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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 in specific circumstances set forth in the resolution.

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| Annual Report 2024 on Form 20-F |

Shareholders are generally permitted to transfer their preemptive rights. Preemptive rights may be traded on one or more German stock exchanges for a limited number of days prior to the final day the preemptive rights can be exercised. Notices and Reports Deutsche Bank publishes notices pertaining to its shares and the General Meeting in the German Federal Gazette ( Bundesanzeiger). The bank sends its New York transfer agent, through publication or otherwise, a copy of each of its notices pertaining to any General Meeting, any adjourned General Meeting or its actions with respect to any cash or other distributions or the offering of any rights. The Group provides such notices in the form given or to be given to its shareholders. The bank’s New York transfer agent is requested to arrange for the mailing of such notices to all shareholders registered in the New York registry. Charges of Transfer Agents Deutsche Bank pays Link Market Services GmbH and its New York transfer agent customary fees for their services as transfer agents and registrars. The Group’s shareholders will not be required to pay Link Market Services GmbH or its New York transfer agent any fees or charges in connection with its transfers of shares in the share register. The bank’s shareholders will also not be required to pay any fees in connection with the conversion of dividends from euros to U.S. dollars. Liability of Transfer Agents Neither Link Market Services GmbH nor the bank’s New York transfer agent will be liable to shareholders if prevented or delayed by law, or any circumstances beyond its control, from performing its obligations as transfer agents and registrars. Notification Requirements Disclosure of Interests in a Listed Stock Corporation Disclosure Obligations under the German Securities Trading Act Deutsche Bank AG, as a listed company, and its shareholders are subject to the shareholding disclosure obligations under the German Securities Trading Act ( Wertpapierhandelsgesetz). Pursuant to the German Securities Trading Act, any shareholder whose voting interest in a listed company like Deutsche Bank AG, through acquisition, sale or by other means, reaches, exceeds or falls below a 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% or 75% threshold must notify the bank and the BaFin of its current aggregate voting interest in writing and without undue delay, but at the latest within four trading days. In connection with this requirement, the German Securities Trading Act contains various provisions regarding the attribution of voting rights