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Exhibit 4.5


 





DEUTSCHE BANK CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST X

TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES

SUBORDINATED GUARANTEE AGREEMENT




DEUTSCHE
BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

AS THE GUARANTOR




Dated as
of November 15, 2007




 




 









 








TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Section 1.01. Definitions and Interpretation 
	 	 	1	
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II
	 	 	 	 
	TRUST INDENTURE ACT
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Section 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application
	 	 	5	 
	Section 2.02. Lists of Holders of Securities
	 	 	5	 
	Section 2.03. Reports by the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee
	 	 	6	 
	Section 2.04. Periodic Reports to Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee
	 	 	6	 
	Section 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
	 	 	6	 
	Section 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver
	 	 	7	 
	Section 2.07. Event of Default; Notice
	 	 	7	 
	Section 2.08. Rights of Holders
	 	 	7	 
	Section 2.09. Conflicting Interests
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.10. Powers, Duties and Rights of Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.11. Certain Rights of Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.12. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III
	 	 	 	 
	GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Section 3.01. Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
	 	 	11	 
	Section 3.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV
	 	 	 	 
	GUARANTEE
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Section 4.01. Guarantee
	 	 	13	 
	Section 4.02. Delivery of Guarantor Certificate
	 	 	13	 
	Section 4.03. Waiver of Notice and Demand
	 	 	14	 
	Section 4.04. Obligations Not Affected
	 	 	14	 
	Section 4.05. Action Against Guarantor
	 	 	15	 






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	Section 4.06. Independent Obligations
	 	 	15	 
	Section 4.07. Taxes
	 	 	15	 
	Section 4.08. Rights Not Separately Transferable
	 	 	16	 
	Section 4.09. No Assurance of Class B Preferred Capital Payment Authorization
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V
	 	 	 	 
	LIMITATIONS OF TRANSACTIONS; RANKING
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Section 5.01. Limitation of Transactions
	 	 	17	 
	Section 5.02. Ranking
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI
	 	 	 	 
	TERMINATION
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Section 6.01. Termination
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII
	 	 	 	 
	INDEMNIFICATION
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Section 7.01. Exculpation
	 	 	18	 
	Section 7.02. Fees and expenses; Indemnification
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII
	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	Section 8.01. Successors and Assigns
	 	 	20	 
	Section 8.02. Amendments
	 	 	20	 
	Section 8.03. Judgment Currency Indemnity
	 	 	21	 
	Section 8.04. Assignment of the Guarantor
	 	 	21	 
	Section 8.05. Notices
	 	 	21	 
	Section 8.06. Governing Law
	 	 	22	 
	Section 8.07. Submission to Jurisdiction
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A            Form of Guarantor’s Certificate
	 	 	 	 






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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE1




	 	 	 	 	 
	Section of Trust Indenture Act	 	 	 
	of 1939, as amended	 	Section of Guarantee
	310(a)
	 	 	3.01	(a)
	310(b)
	 	 	2.09, 3.01	(c)
	310(c)
	 	Inapplicable
	311(a)
	 	 	2.02	(b)
	311(b)
	 	 	2.02	(b)
	311(c)
	 	Inapplicable
	312(a)
	 	 	2.02	(a)
	312(b)
	 	 	2.02	(b)
	313
	 	 	2.03
	314(a)
	 	 	2.04
	314(b)
	 	Inapplicable
	314(c)
	 	 	2.05
	314(d)
	 	Inapplicable
	314(e)
	 	 	2.05
	314(f)
	 	Inapplicable
	315(a)
	 	 	2.10(d), 2.10	(e)
	315(b)
	 	 	2.07 
	315(c)
	 	 	2.10
    (d)
	315(d)
	 	 	2.10	(e)
	316(a)
	 	 	2.08(a), 2.06








 




			
	1	 	This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of
the Guarantee and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.




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     This TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES SUBORDINATED GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (this “Trust Preferred
Guarantee”), dated as of November 15, 2007 is executed and delivered by DEUTSCHE BANK
AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, a company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, with its
principal executive office in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (together with its successors, the
“Guarantor”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, in its capacity as Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee (as defined herein), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time
of the Trust Preferred Securities (as defined herein) of Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust X, a
Delaware statutory trust together with its successors, the “Trust”).



WITNESSETH




     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Trust Agreement (as defined herein) the Trust is issuing on the date
hereof its Trust Preferred Securities having an aggregate liquidation preference amount of
U.S.$700,000,000, and will issue additional Trust Preferred Securities upon the exercise of
the underwriters’ over-allotment option provided in the Purchase Agreement in each case
representing undivided preferred beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (the “Trust
Preferred Securities”); representing undivided preferred beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust (the “Trust Preferred Securities”);



     WHEREAS, in order to induce the Holders from time to time to purchase the Trust Preferred
Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth
herein, to pay to the Holders from time to time of the Trust Preferred Securities the Guarantee
Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set
forth herein;



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by the Holders from time to time of Trust
Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the
Guarantor executes and delivers this Trust Preferred Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders from
time to time of the Trust Preferred Securities.



ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS




          Section 1.01. Definitions and Interpretation. In this Trust Preferred Guarantee,
unless the context otherwise requires:





     (a) capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
the Trust Agreement;




     (b) a term defined anywhere in this Trust Preferred Guarantee has the same meaning
throughout;




     (c) all references to “the Trust Preferred Guarantee” or “this Trust Preferred
Guarantee” are to this Trust Preferred Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from
time to time;



 









 






     (d) all references in this Trust Preferred Guarantee to Articles and Sections are to
Articles and Sections of this Trust Preferred Guarantee, unless otherwise specified; and




     (e) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.



     “1940 Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.



     “Additional Amounts” means an amount paid as additional Capital Payments to the extent
set forth in the Trust Agreement.



     “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the specified Person. The
terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control” mean the possession, direct or
indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through the ownership of voting shares, by contract or otherwise.



     “Authorized Officer” of a Person means any Person that is authorized to bind such
Person.



     “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that is not a day on
which banking institutions are generally authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive
order to close in the City of New York.



     “Capital Payments” means periodic distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities paid
in accordance with the Trust Agreement.



     “Class B Preferred Securities” means the noncumulative Class B preferred securities
evidencing ownership interests in the Company.



     “Company” means Deutsche Bank Capital Funding LLC X, a Delaware limited liability
company.



     “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee at
which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered,
which office at the date hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West, New York, New York
10286.



     “Distributable Profits” has the meaning assigned to it in the LLC Agreement.



     “Event of Default” means (i) a default by the Guarantor on any of its obligations
under Article 4 or (ii) a default by the Guarantor in the performance of any other obligation under
this Trust Preferred Guarantee, and, in the case of (ii), continuance of such default for 60 days
after the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee has given notice thereof to the Guarantor.



     “Guarantee Payments” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.01.



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     “Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Trust Preferred
Guarantee.



     “Guarantor Certificate” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.02.



     “Holder” means any holder, as registered on the books and records of the Company or
the Trust, of Class B Preferred Securities or Trust Preferred Securities, as the case may be;
provided however, that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
percentage of the liquidation preference amount of Trust Preferred Securities have given any
request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, “Holder” shall not include the Guarantor or
any Affiliate of the Guarantor other than with respect to Trust Preferred Securities purchased or
acquired by the Guarantor or its Affiliates in connection with transactions effected by or for the
account of customers of the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates in connection with the distribution
or trading of or market-making in connection with such securities and except that persons (other
than Affiliates of the Guarantor) to whom the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries have pledged
Trust Preferred Securities may vote or consent with respect to such pledged securities pursuant to
the terms of such pledge.



     “Indemnified Person” means the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee, any Affiliate of the
Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or any officer, director, shareholder, member, partner,
employee, representative, nominee, custodian or agent of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee.



     “LLC Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of
the Company dated as of November 15, 2007 as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.



     “Majority” means, except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by the
Holder(s) of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation preference amount of the Trust Preferred
Securities.



     “Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by two
Authorized Officers of such Person.



     “Payment Date” has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.



     “Payment Period” means the period from and including the immediately preceding Payment
Date (or the date of original issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities with respect to the
Capital Payments payable on the first Payment Date) to but excluding the relevant Payment Date.



     “Person” means any individual, corporation, association, partnership (general or
limited), joint venture, trust, estate, limited liability company, or other legal entity or
organization.



     “Preferred Tier 1 Guarantee” means any guarantee issued or support undertaking entered
into by the Guarantor from time to time of any preference shares issued by any subsidiary of the
Guarantor (including the Trust and the Company) from time to time, if such guarantee or support
undertaking ranks pari passu with the Guarantor’s obligations under this Trust Preferred Guarantee.



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     “Preferred Tier 1 Securities” means, collectively, the most senior ranking preference
shares or any other instrument issued and outstanding from time to time by (i) the Guarantor or
(ii) any subsidiary of the Guarantor subject to any Preferred Tier 1 Guarantee.



     “Redemption Date” means the date of redemption of the Trust Preferred Securities.



     “Redemption Price” has the meaning assigned to it in the Trust Agreement.



     “Registrar” means any bank or trust company appointed to register Trust Preferred
Securities and transfers thereof as provided in the Trust Agreement, and shall initially be The
Bank of New York.



     “Relevant Jurisdiction” has the meaning assigned to it in the Trust Agreement.



     “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of the Trust Preferred Guarantee, including any vice
president, any assistant vice president, any trust officer, any secretary, any assistant secretary,
the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or other officer of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.



     “Shares” means the ordinary shares of common stock of the Guarantor and any other
shares of the Guarantor’s capital stock ranking junior to the Preferred Tier 1 Securities, if any,
in each case issued by the Guarantor from time to time.



     “Stated Rate” has the meaning assigned to it in the Trust Agreement.



     “Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee” means a successor Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee under
Section 3.01.



     “Trust” means Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust X, a Delaware statutory trust.



     “Trust Agreement” means the amended and restated trust agreement of Deutsche Bank
Capital Funding Trust X, dated as of November 15, 2007 among the Trustees (as defined
therein), the Company as Sponsor, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft as holder of the Trust Common
Security and the holders from time to of the Trust Preferred Securities, as from time to time
amended, modified or supplemented.



     “Trust Common Security” means the security representing an undivided common beneficial
interest in the assets of the Trust.



     “Trust Indenture Act” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time
to time, or any successor legislation.



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     “Trust Preferred Guarantee” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Trust
Preferred Guarantee.



     “Trust Preferred Guarantee Additional Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.07.



     “Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee” means The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, and its successors, in its capacity as trustee under this Trust Preferred Guarantee,
until a Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment pursuant to the terms of this Trust Preferred Guarantee by executing a counterpart
hereof and becoming a party hereto, and thereafter means each such Successor Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee.



     “Trust Preferred Securities” has the meaning assigned to it in the first recital to
this Trust Preferred Guarantee.



     “Withholding Tax” means any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges of
any nature whatsoever imposed, levied or collected by or on behalf of any Relevant Jurisdiction or
by or on behalf of any political subdivision or authority therein or thereof having the power to
tax.



ARTICLE II

TRUST INDENTURE ACT




          Section 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application.




     (a) This Trust Preferred Guarantee is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act that are required to be part of this Trust Preferred Guarantee and shall, to the extent
applicable, be governed by such provisions. A term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has
the same meaning when used in this Trust Preferred Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in
this Trust Preferred Guarantee or unless the context otherwise requires.




     (b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Trust Preferred Guarantee limits,
qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the
Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.



          Section 2.02. Lists of Holders of Securities.




     (a) The Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Holders of Trust Preferred Securities. If the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Guarantor shall furnish to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee at stated
intervals of not more than six months, and at such other times as the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee may request in writing, a list, in such form and as of such date as the
Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, containing all the



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information in the possession or control of the Registrar, the Guarantor or any of its
paying agents other than the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee as to the names and addresses
of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities.




     (b) The Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Sections 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.



          Section 2.03. Reports by the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee. Within 60 days after
May 1 of each year, the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities such reports as are required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, if
any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the other requirements of Section 313 of the
Trust Indenture Act.



          Section 2.04. Periodic Reports to Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee. The Guarantor
shall provide to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee and transmit to the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities, such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of the
Trust Indenture Act (if any) and shall provide, within 60 days after the end of each of its fiscal
years, the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the form
and in the manner required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act. Delivery of such reports,
information and documents to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee is for informational purposes
only and the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein,
including the Guarantor’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).



          Section 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. The Guarantor shall
provide to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance with the conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Preferred Guarantee that relate to any of the matters
set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be
given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an Officers’
Certificate and shall include:




     (a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers’ Certificate has read the
covenant or condition and the definition relating thereto;




     (b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers’ Certificate;




     (c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or investigation as,
in such officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and




     (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.



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          Section 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver. The Holders of a Majority in liquidation
preference amount of the Trust Preferred Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all
of the Trust Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences (except an
Event of Default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of each Holder of Trust Preferred Securities, which can only be waived by all
Holders of Trust Preferred Securities). Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to
exist for every purpose of this Trust Preferred Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.



          Section 2.07. Event of Default; Notice.




     (a) The Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of
an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of the
Trust Preferred Securities notices of all Events of Default actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee, unless such Events of Default have been
cured before the giving of such notice; provided, that, the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a
Responsible Officer of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that
the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities.




     (b) The Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
have received written notice, or a Responsible Officer of the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee charged with the administration of this Trust Preferred Guarantee shall have
obtained actual knowledge, of such Event of Default.



          Section 2.08. Rights of Holders.




     (a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation preference amount of the Trust Preferred
Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Trust
Preferred Guarantee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee under this Trust Preferred Guarantee; provided, that, (1) such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Trust Preferred
Guarantee, (2) the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 2.10, the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
have the right to decline to follow any such direction if a Responsible Officer of the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall determine in good faith that the proceeding so directed
would involve the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee in personal liability.




     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Preferred Guarantee, the right of
any Holder of Trust Preferred Securities to receive Guarantee Payments if and when due, or
to institute suit for the enforcement of any Guarantee Payment on and after



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the date such Guarantee Payment was due, shall be absolute and unconditional and shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.



          Section 2.09. Conflicting Interests. The Class B Preferred Securities Subordinated
Guarantee Agreement shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Trust Preferred Guarantee
for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.



          Section 2.10. Powers, Duties and Rights of Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee.




     (a) This Trust Preferred Guarantee shall be held by the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.




     (b) The Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Trust Preferred
Guarantee to any Person except to a Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee on
acceptance by such Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as
Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not
conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such
Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee.




     (c) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall be entitled to enforce this Trust Preferred Guarantee for the benefit of the
Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.




     (d) The Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of
Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred,
shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Trust
Preferred Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Trust Preferred
Guarantee against the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee has
occurred and is continuing, the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Preferred Guarantee, and use the same degree of
care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.




     (e) No provision of this Trust Preferred Guarantee shall be construed to relieve the
Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:




     (i) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Trust Preferred Guarantee; provided that in the case of any
such



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certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Trust Preferred Guarantee (but need not confirm or investigate the
accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein);




     (ii) the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made;




     (iii) the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
the Holders of a Majority in liquidation preference amount of the Trust Preferred Securities
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or the exercise of any trust or power conferred
upon the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee under this Trust Preferred Guarantee; and




     (iv) no provision of this Trust Preferred Guarantee shall require the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers, if the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that the repayment of such funds or liability, or indemnity, satisfactory to the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, against such expense, risk or liability, is not assured to it
under the terms of this Trust Preferred Guarantee.



          Section 2.11. Certain Rights of Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee.




     (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.10:




     (i) the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or
facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by
the proper party or parties;




     (ii) any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Trust Preferred
Guarantee shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate;




     (iii) whenever, in the administration of this Trust Preferred Guarantee, the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate which, upon
receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor;



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     (iv) the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording,
filing or registration of any instrument (or any rerecording, refiling or registration
thereof) except as required in the administration of this Trust Preferred Guarantee;




     (v) the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee may, at the expense of the Guarantor, consult
with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to
legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
advice or opinion. Such counsel may be counsel to the Guarantor or the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee or any of their Affiliates and may include any of their employees. The
Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions
concerning the administration of this Trust Preferred Guarantee from any court of competent
jurisdiction;




     (vi) the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Preferred Guarantee at the request or
direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity, satisfactory to the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and the
expenses of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee’s agents, nominees or custodians) and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction,
including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee; provided, that nothing contained in this Section 2.11(a)(vi) shall be taken
to relieve the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust
Preferred Guarantee;




     (vii) the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit but shall incur no liability or additional liability
of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;




     (viii) the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, nominees,
custodians or attorneys, and the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due
care by it hereunder;




     (ix) any action taken by the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee or its agents hereunder
shall bind the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, and the signature of the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform
any such action. No third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the
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terms and provisions of this Trust Preferred Guarantee, both of which shall be
conclusively evidenced by the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee or its agent taking such
action;




     (x) whenever in the administration of this Trust Preferred Guarantee the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to
enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee (i) may request written instructions from the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation preference amount of the Trust Preferred Securities, (ii) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such written instructions
are received and (iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance
with such written instructions; and




     (xi) the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Trust
Preferred Guarantee. No provision of this Trust Preferred Guarantee shall be deemed to
impose any duty or obligation on the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or
acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such
act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power
or authority available to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a
duty.



          Section 2.12. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee. The recitals
contained in this Trust Preferred Guarantee shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and
the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness.
The Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of
this Trust Preferred Guarantee.




ARTICLE III

GUARANTEE TRUSTEE




          Section 3.01. Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.




     (a) There shall at all times be a Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee which shall:




     (i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and




     (ii) be a corporation with a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S.
dollars (U.S.$50,000,000) organized and doing business under the laws of the United States
of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, and be
permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under
the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, and
subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia
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annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining
authority referred to above, then, for the purposes of this Section 3.01(a)(ii), the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.




     (b) If at any time the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to
so act under Section 3.01(a), the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign
in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 3.02(c).




     (c) If the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting
interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions
of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, subject to the penultimate paragraph thereof.



          Section 3.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee.




     (a) Subject to Section 3.02(c), the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee may be removed
without cause at any time, except when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
by the Guarantor by an instrument in writing executed by the Guarantor and delivered to the
Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee.




     (b) Subject to Section 3.02(c), the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee may resign from
office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) at any time by an instrument in
writing executed by the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.




     (c) Subject to Section 3.02(d), any removal or resignation of the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall only take effect once a Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee
has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by
such Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the
resigning or removed Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee and the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall hold office until such an appointment of a Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee.




     (d) If no Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and
accepted appointment as provided in Section 3.02(c) within 60 days after delivery of an
instrument of removal or resignation, the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee resigning or
being removed may petition, at the expense of the Guarantor, any court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee. Such court
may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a
Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee.




     (e) No Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to
act of any Successor Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee.



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     (f) The Guarantor shall pay to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee on or prior to the
date of termination of this Trust Preferred Guarantee or the effectiveness of any removal or
resignation of the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee all amounts to which it is entitled to
the date of such termination, removal or resignation.



ARTICLE IV

GUARANTEE




          Section 4.01. Guarantee.




     (a) The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees with the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee and the Holders from time to time of the Trust Preferred Securities,
subject to the limitations set forth in this Trust Preferred Guarantee, to guarantee
payment, on a subordinated basis as provided in Section 5.02, in full to such Holders
(whether such rights under this Trust Preferred Guarantee are asserted by the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee or directly by any such Holder) (without duplication of amounts
theretofore paid to the Holders by the Trust), regardless of any defense, right of set-off
or counterclaim that the Trust may have or assert, of:




     (i) Capital Payments due and payable on the Trust Preferred Securities on each Payment
Date for the then current Payment Period, in the amounts and in the manner set forth in the
Trust Agreement, including any Additional Amounts payable with respect thereto;




     (ii) on each Redemption Date, the Redemption Price for each Trust Preferred Security
called for redemption by the Trust, in accordance with the provisions of the Trust
Agreement;




     (iii) upon any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Trust (other than a dissolution of the Trust in which the Class B Preferred Securities are
distributed to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities as provided in the Trust
Agreement), the liquidation preference amount of the Trust Preferred Securities, plus
accrued and unpaid Capital Payments on the Trust Preferred Securities in respect of the then
current Payment Period to but excluding the date of liquidation, including any Additional
Amounts payable with respect thereto;




(collectively, the “Guarantee Payments”). All Guarantee Payments shall include
interest accrued on such Guarantee Payments, at a rate per annum equal to the Stated Rate of
the Trust Preferred Securities, since the date of the claim asserted under this Trust
Preferred Guarantee relating to such Guarantee Payments.




     (b) The Guarantor’s obligation to make any of the payments listed in (i) and (ii) of
subsection (a) above may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the
Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Trust to pay such amounts to the Holders.



          Section 4.02. Delivery of Guarantor Certificate. As of each (x) Payment Date with
respect to which the Trust has not paid the full amount of Capital Payments at the



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Stated Rate payable as contemplated by clause (i) of Section 4.01(a) or (y) Redemption Date
with respect to which the Trust has not paid the Redemption Price in full as contemplated by clause
(ii) of Section 4.01(a), the Guarantor shall deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee within five Business Days after such Payment Date or Redemption Date,
as applicable, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A (the “Guarantor
Certificate”).



          Section 4.03. Waiver of Notice and Demand. The Guarantor hereby waives notice of
acceptance of this Trust Preferred Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply,
presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of
redemption and all other notices and demands.



          Section 4.04. Obligations Not Affected. The obligations, covenants, agreements and
duties of the Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Guarantee shall in no way be affected or
impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:




     (a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or
observance by the Trust of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition
relating to the Trust Preferred Securities to be performed or observed by the Trust;




     (b) the extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all or any portion of the
Capital Payments, Redemption Price, liquidation preference amount or other liquidation
distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or
the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or
in connection with, the Trust Preferred Securities;




     (c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Holders of the
Trust Preferred Securities to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or
remedy conferred on such Holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or
any action on the part of the Trust granting indulgence or extension of any kind;




     (d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral,
receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar
proceedings affecting, the Trust or any of the assets of the Trust;




     (e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Trust Preferred Securities;




     (f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby
incurred; or




     (g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.04 that
the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and
all circumstances.



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     There shall be no obligation of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities to give notice
to, or obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.



          Section 4.05. Action Against Guarantor. The Guarantor waives any right or remedy to
require that any action be brought first against the Trust or any other person or entity before
proceeding directly against the Guarantor.



          Section 4.06. Independent Obligations. The Guarantor acknowledges that its
obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Trust
Preferred Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder
to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Trust Preferred Guarantee notwithstanding
the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 4.04.
It is further understood that all rights of a Holder of a Trust Preferred Security against the
Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Guarantee, and all corresponding obligations of the Guarantor
to such Holder, are separate and independent of the rights and corresponding obligations between
the Guarantor and the other Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. This Trust Preferred
Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection.



          Section 4.07. Taxes. All payments in respect of the Guarantee Payments (including
interest accrued thereon, if any) by the Guarantor shall be made without withholding or deduction
for or on account of any Withholding Tax, unless the withholding or deduction of such Withholding
Tax is required by law. In that event, the Guarantor shall pay, as additional Guarantee Payments,
such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received by a Holder
after such withholding or deduction for or on account of Withholding Tax will equal the amount
which would have been received in respect of the Guarantee Payments (including interest accrued
thereon, if any) had no such deduction or withholding been required (“Trust Preferred Guarantee
Additional Amounts”), except that no such Trust Preferred Guarantee Additional Amounts shall be
payable to a Holder with respect to any Guarantee Payments,



     (i) if and to the extent that the Guarantor has insufficient Distributable Profits for the
preceding fiscal year to make such payment (determined on the same basis as the authority of the
Company to declare Capital Payments on the Class B Preferred Securities);



     (ii) with respect to any Withholding Taxes that are payable by reason of a Holder or
beneficial owner of Trust Preferred Securities to which such Guarantee Payments relate having some
connection with any Relevant Jurisdiction other than by reason only of the mere holding or
beneficial ownership of Trust Preferred Securities;



     (iii) with respect to any Withholding Taxes which are deducted or withheld pursuant to (i)
European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other European Union Directive or Regulation
implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26-27 November 2000 on the taxation
of savings income, or (ii) any international treaty or understanding entered into for the purpose
of facilitating cooperation in the reporting and collection of savings income and to which (x) the
United States, and (y) the European Union or Germany is a party, or (iii) any provision of law
implementing, or complying with, or introduced to conform with, such Directive, Regulation, treaty
or understanding; or



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     (iv) where such deduction or withholding can be avoided or reduced if the Holder or beneficial
owner of Trust Preferred Securities to which such Guarantee Payments relate makes a declaration of
non-residence or other similar claim for exemption to the relevant tax authority or complies with
any reasonable certification, documentation, information or other reporting requirement imposed by
the relevant tax authority, provided, however, that the exclusion set forth in this
subclause shall not apply in respect of any certification, information documentation or other
reporting requirement if such requirement would be materially more onerous to the Holder or
beneficial owner of Trust Preferred Securities (in form, in procedure or in the substance of
information to be disclosed) than comparable information or other reporting requirements imposed
under U.S. tax law, regulation and administrative practice (such as IRS Forms W-8 and W-9).



     No later than two Business Days prior to the date on which a Guarantee Payment is due, the
Guarantor shall furnish to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
instructing the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee as to whether any Guarantee Payment shall be made
to Holders with or without withholding or deduction for or on account of any Withholding Tax. If
any such withholding or deduction shall be required, then such Officers’ Certificate shall specify
by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld or deducted on such payments to such Holders
and shall certify whether Trust Preferred Guarantee Additional Amounts will be payable with respect
to such withholding or deduction and the Trust Preferred Guarantee Additional Amount so payable to
each Holder. In such case, the Guarantor shall pay to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the
Trust Preferred Guarantee Additional Amounts required to be paid by this Section. The Guarantor
covenants to indemnify the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against,
any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part
arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by it in reliance on any Officers’
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.



          Section 4.08. Rights Not Separately Transferable. This Trust Preferred Guarantee is a
guarantee for the benefit of each Holder from time to time of Trust Preferred Securities. Upon
transfer of any Trust Preferred Securities to a third party, the prior Holder thereof shall no
longer have any rights hereunder with respect to such transferred Trust Preferred Securities. The
rights under this Trust Preferred Guarantee with respect to a Trust Preferred Security are not
separately transferable from such Trust Preferred Security.



          Section 4.09. No Assurance of Class B Preferred Capital Payment Authorization. Nothing
in this Trust Preferred Guarantee shall constitute a guarantee or undertaking of any kind that (i)
the Company or the Trust will at any time have sufficient assets to declare a Capital Payment on
the Trust Preferred Securities or the Class B Preferred Securities, as the case may be, or (ii) any
other condition for declaring such a Capital Payment will be met, or (iii) the Company will be
authorized to declare a Capital Payment on the Class B Preferred Securities, or (iv) the Company
will declare a Capital Payment on the Class B Preferred Securities if all conditions for the
declaration of such a Capital Payment are met.



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ARTICLE V

LIMITATIONS OF TRANSACTIONS; RANKING




          Section 5.01. Limitation of Transactions.




     (a) The Guarantor, for so long as any Trust Preferred Securities or Class B Preferred
Securities remain outstanding, shall not issue any preference shares ranking senior on
liquidation to its obligations under this Trust Preferred Guarantee or give any guarantee or
similar undertaking with respect to, or enter into any other agreement relating to the
support or payment of any amounts in respect of, any other preference shares (or instruments
ranking pari passu with or junior to preference shares) of any other affiliated entity that
would rank senior in right of payment to the Guarantor’s obligations under this Trust
Preferred Guarantee, unless this Trust Preferred Guarantee is amended to give the Holders of
the Trust Preferred Securities such rights and entitlements as are contained in or attached
to such other guarantee, similar undertaking or agreement so that the Guarantor’s
obligations under this Trust Preferred Guarantee rank at least pari passu with, and contain
substantially equivalent rights of priority as to payment as, such guarantee, similar
undertaking or agreement.




     (b) The Guarantor shall pay all amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Trust
Preferred Guarantee in respect of any Capital Payments on the Trust Preferred Securities
payable in respect of the most recent Payment Period prior to any dividend or other payment
(except dividends in the form of Shares) upon the Shares.



          Section 5.02. Ranking. This Trust Preferred Guarantee will constitute a general,
unsecured and subordinated obligation of the Guarantor and will rank in the liquidation of the
Guarantor:




     (i) subordinate and junior to all senior and subordinated debt obligations of the
Guarantor (including those in respect of bonds, notes and debentures and guarantees in
respect thereof and any profit participation rights (Genussrechte)) that do not expressly
rank pari passu with the obligations of the Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Guarantee;




     (ii) on parity with the most senior ranking preference shares of the Guarantor, if any,
and with its obligations under any guarantee or support agreement or undertaking relating to
any preference shares or other instrument of any subsidiary of the Guarantor qualifying as
consolidated Tier 1 capital of the Guarantor that does not expressly rank junior to the
obligations of the Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Guarantee; and




     (iii) senior to the (i) Shares, (ii) each class of preference shares of the Guarantor
ranking junior to Preferred Tier 1 Securities of the Guarantor, if any, and any other
instrument of the Guarantor ranking pari passu with such preference shares or junior thereto
and (iii) preference shares or any other instrument of any subsidiary of the Guarantor
subject to any guarantee or support agreement of the Guarantor which guarantee or support
agreement ranks junior to the obligations of the Guarantor under this Trust Preferred
Guarantee.



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ARTICLE VI

TERMINATION




          Section 6.01. Termination. This Trust Preferred Guarantee shall terminate upon, and
be of no further force and effect from the earlier of (i) full payment of the Redemption Price of
all Trust Preferred Securities or repurchase and cancellation of all Trust Preferred Securities, or
(ii) upon full payment of the liquidation preference amount, plus any accumulated and unpaid
Capital Payments thereon, plus Additional Amounts thereon, if any, as payable upon liquidation of
the Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Trust Preferred
Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
any Holder of Trust Preferred Securities must return payment of any sums paid under the Trust
Preferred Securities or under this Trust Preferred Guarantee pursuant to (i) or (ii) above.



ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION




          Section 7.01. Exculpation.




     (a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or
otherwise to the Guarantor or any Holder or beneficial owner of Trust Preferred Securities
for any loss, liability, expense, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with this Trust
Preferred Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be
within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust
Preferred Guarantee or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any
such loss, liability, expense, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified
Person’s negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.




     (b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the
records of the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements
presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably
believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including
information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets,
liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of
assets from which Capital Payments to Holders of Trust Preferred Securities might properly
be paid.



          Section 7.02. Fees and expenses; Indemnification. The Guarantor agrees to pay to the
Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed to in
writing between the Guarantor and the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee for all services rendered
by it hereunder and to reimburse the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Trust Preferred Guarantee (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any
such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to
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willful misconduct or bad faith. The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each
Indemnified Person for, and to hold each Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss,
liability, damage, claim or expense (including taxes other than taxes based on the income of any
such Indemnified Person) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the
costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against, or
investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder.



     Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person of notice of the commencement of any action,
such Indemnified Person will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Guarantor,
notify the Guarantor in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that, failure to give
such prompt notice shall not impair the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder except to the extent
that such failure to provide notice materially prejudices the Guarantor. The Guarantor shall be
entitled to appoint counsel of the Guarantor’s choice at the Guarantor’s expense to represent the
Indemnified Persons in any action for which indemnification is sought; provided, however,
that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Persons. The Guarantor will
not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Persons, settle or compromise or consent
to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought unless such settlement, compromise or
consent includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Person from all liability arising out
of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.



     The obligations of the Guarantor under this Section 7.02 shall survive the termination of this
Trust Preferred Guarantee or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee.



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ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS




          Section 8.01. Successors and Assigns. All guarantees and agreements contained in this
Trust Preferred Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities then outstanding.



          Section 8.02. Amendments. (a) The Guarantor and the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee
may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities, enter into one or more agreements supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee (i) to make any changes required pursuant to Section 5.01(a),
(ii) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake, (iii) to correct or supplement any provision in
this Trust Preferred Guarantee that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of
this Trust Preferred Guarantee, (iv) to add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the
Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities or to surrender any
right or power conferred upon the Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Guarantee, (v) to evidence
the succession of another entity to the Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the
covenants of the Guarantor stated herein, (vi) to modify or supplement any provision in this Trust
Preferred Guarantee to give effect to any provision made invalid by any changes in the Investment
Company Act, the Trust Indenture Act or the rules or regulations of either such Act or any other
applicable law, provided that no such amendment shall cause any provision in the Trust Agreement to
become invalid or shall have a material adverse effect on the interests of the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities, (vii) to modify, eliminate and add to any provision of this Trust Preferred
Guarantee to such extent as may be necessary or desirable, provided that no such amendment shall
have a material adverse effect on the rights, preferences or privileges of the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities, or (viii) in connection with the creation of any series of Trust Preferred
Securities and the establishment of the particular terms thereof.



     (b) This Trust Preferred Guarantee may be modified with the prior approval of the Holders of
not less than a Majority in liquidation preference amount of the Trust Preferred Securities,
provided that, (i) except as provided in the preceding sentence, Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.07
and the form of Exhibit A may not be amended without the prior approval of each Holder of the Trust
Preferred Securities and (ii) any amendment to reduce the aggregate liquidation preference amount
of Trust Preferred Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment must be approved by each
Holder of Trust Preferred Securities.



     (c) Any amendment hereof in accordance with this Section 8.02 shall be binding on all Holders
of Trust Preferred Securities.



     (d) The Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, a written opinion of counsel stating that the execution of any amendment
pursuant to this Section 8.02 is authorized or permitted by this Trust Preferred Guarantee, stating
that all requisite consents have been obtained or that no consents are required and stating that
such amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable
against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to customary



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exceptions. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
sign such amendment if the same does not adversely affect the rights of the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee. The Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
execute any such amendment that affects the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee’s own rights, duties
or immunities under this Trust Preferred Guarantee or otherwise.



          Section 8.03. Judgment Currency Indemnity.




     (a) If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert
an amount due from the Guarantor under any provision of this Trust Preferred Guarantee to a
currency other than U.S. dollars, the parties agree, to the fullest extent that they may
effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with
normal banking procedures The Bank of New York could purchase such other currency with U.S.
dollars at its New York office on the second Business Day preceding the day on which final
judgment is given.




     (b) The obligations of the Guarantor in respect of any amount due to the Trust
Preferred Guarantee Trustee or any Holders under this Trust Preferred Guarantee shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than U.S. dollars, be discharged only to
the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee or such Holders, as the case may be, of any amount adjudged to be so due in such
other currency the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee or such Holders, as the case may be,
may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars with such other
currency.




     (c) If the amount of U.S. dollars so purchased is less than the amount originally due
to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee or such Holders, as the case may be, in U.S.
dollars, the Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a
separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Trust Preferred
Guarantee Trustee or such Holders, as the case may be, against such loss.




     (d) If the amount of dollars so purchased exceeds the amount originally due to the
Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee or such Holders, as the case may be, in U.S. dollars, the
Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee and such Holders agree to remit any remaining amount to
the Guarantor.



          Section 8.04. Assignment of the Guarantor. The Guarantor may not assign its
obligations under this Trust Preferred Guarantee, except in the case of a merger or consolidation
where the Guarantor is not the surviving entity, to the surviving entity or in the case of a sale,
lease or other transfer of substantially all of its assets, to the purchaser and which surviving
entity or purchaser expressly assumes the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder or such assumption
of obligations results from applicable law.



          Section 8.05. Notices. All notices provided for in this Trust Preferred Guarantee
shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered,
telecopied with receipt confirmed or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, as follows:



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     (a) If given to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee, at the Trust Preferred Guarantee
Trustee’s mailing address set forth below:


The Bank of New York

101 Barclay Street, Floor 4 East

New York, New York 10286

Telecopy No.: (212) 815-5802

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration





     (b) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor’s mailing address set forth below (or
such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities):


Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70

60486 Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Telecopy No.: (+49) 69 910-35092

Attention: Group Treasury



With copies to:



Deutsche Bank Capital Funding LLC X

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Telecopy No.: 212 797-0291

Attention: The Directors





     (c) If given to any Holder of Trust Preferred Securities, at the address set forth on
the books and records of the Trust.




All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with
receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or
other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of
which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been
delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.



          Section 8.06. GOVERNING LAW. THIS TRUST PREFERRED GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.



          Section 8.07. Submission to Jurisdiction. Any claim or proceeding brought by the
Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee on behalf of Holders or a Holder to enforce the obligations of
the Guarantor hereunder shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction in the
State of New York. Any claim or proceeding relating to the application of Articles II and III, and
the definitions of terms as used therein, including, without limitation, any claims, counter-



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claims
and cross-claims asserted against the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee in
connection therewith, shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of
New York.



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     This TRUST PREFERRED GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,	 
	 	 	as Guarantor	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name: 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name: 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

     as Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name: 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 



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Preferred Securities — Subordinated Guarantee Agreement











 








EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF GUARANTOR’S CERTIFICATE]