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
Chunk 154
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’s request a registered shareholder must inform the bank whether that shareholder owns the shares registered in its name or whether that shareholder holds the shares for any other person as a nominee shareholder. Both the nominee shareholder and the person for whom the shares are held have an obligation to provide the same personal data as required for registration in the share register with respect to the person for whom the shares are held. Shareholders may appoint proxies to represent them at General Meetings. As a matter of German law, a proxy relating to voting rights granted by shares may be revoked at any time. As a foreign private issuer, Deutsche Bank is not required to file a proxy statement under U.S. securities law. The proxy voting process for the bank’s shareholders in the United States is substantially similar to the process for publicly held companies incorporated in the United States. The Annual General Meeting normally adopts resolutions on the following matters: – Appropriation of distributable balance sheet profits ( Bilanzgewinn ) from the preceding fiscal year; – Formal ratification of the acts ( Entlastung ) of the members of the Management Board and the members of the Supervisory Board in the preceding fiscal year and – Appointment of independent auditors for the current fiscal year A simple majority of votes cast is generally sufficient to approve a measure, except in cases where a greater majority is otherwise required by the bank’s Articles of Association or by law. Under the German Stock Corporation Act and the German Transformation Act ( Umwandlungsgesetz), certain resolutions of fundamental importance require a majority of at least 75% of the share capital represented at the General Meeting adopting the resolution, in addition to a majority of the votes cast. Such resolutions include the following matters, among others: – Amendments to the Articles of Association changing the Group’s business objectives – Capital increases that exclude preemptive rights – Capital reductions – Creation of authorized or conditional capital – Deutsche Bank’s dissolution – “Transformations” under the German Transformation Act such as mergers, spin-offs and changes in the bank’s legal form – Transfer of all the bank’s assets and – Intercompany agreements (in particular, domination and profit-transfer agreements) Under certain circumstances, such as when a resolution violates the Articles of Association or the German Stock Corporation Act, shareholders may file a shareholder action with the appropriate Regional Court ( Landgericht) in Germany to set aside resolutions adopted at the General Meeting. Under German law, the rights of shareholders as a group can be changed by amendment of the company's articles of association. Any amendment of the Articles of Association requires a resolution of the General