# EDGAR Filing Document

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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001159508-26-000002

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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001159508
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-15242
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26504251

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** DEUTSCHE BANK AG - LEGAL DEPARTMENT
- **STREET 2:** 1 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 19TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10019
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-250-1306

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** DEUTSCHE BANK AG - LEGAL DEPARTMENT
- **STREET 2:** 1 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 19TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10019

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

**REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER**

**PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16**

**UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

For the month of December 2025

Commission File Number 1-15242

**DEUTSCHE BANK CORPORATION**

(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)

**Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft**

**Taunusanlage 12**

**60325 Frankfurt am Main**

**Germany**

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of

Form 20-F or Form 40-F: Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

Explanatory note

Key updates communicated during 4Q 2025

On December 31, 2025, Deutsche Bank published the attached Exhibit 99.1, which describes key updates communicated

during 4Q 2025.

Deutsche Bank generally publishes its financial results prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting

Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the European Union, including application of portfolio fair value hedge accounting for

non-maturing deposits and fixed rate mortgages with pre-payment options ("EU IFRS", using the "EU carve-out"). Fair

value hedge accounting under the EU carve-out is employed to minimize the accounting exposure to both positive and

negative moves in interest rates in each tenor bucket thereby reducing the volatility of reported revenue from Treasury

activities. In addition, Deutsche Bank's financial targets and capital objectives are based on its financial results prepared

in accordance with EU IFRS. Exhibit 99.1 hereto presents financial information using EU IFRS.

For U.S. reporting purposes, Deutsche Bank also prepare versions of certain of its financial reports in accordance with

IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which does not permit use of the EU carve-out

("IASB IFRS"), but which is otherwise the same as EU IFRS. For example, Deutsche Bank's 2024 Annual Report on Form

20-F has been prepared using IASB IFRS, and the impact of the EU carve-out is described in Note 1, "Material accounting

policies and critical accounting estimates – Basis of accounting – EU carve-out" to the consolidated financial statements

contained therein.

Additionally, an English translation of the most recently amended Article of Association of Deutsche Bank is attached

hereto as Exhibit 99.2

This Report on Form 6-K and the exhibits hereto are hereby incorporated by reference into Registration Statement No.

333-278331 of Deutsche Bank AG.

Exhibits

<u>[Exhibit 99.1](db20260105991.htm)</u>: Key updates communicated during 4Q 2025, December 31, 2025 (EU IFRS).

<u>[Exhibit 99.2](db20260105992.htm)</u>: English translation of Articles of Association of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft in conformity with the

resolution of the Supervisory Board on November 21, 2025.

Forward-looking statements contain risks

This report contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical

facts; they include statements about Deutsche Bank's beliefs and expectations. Any statement in this report that states

Deutsche Bank's intentions, beliefs, expectations or predictions (and the assumptions underlying them) is a forward-

looking statement. These statements are based on plans, estimates and projections as they are currently available to the

management of Deutsche Bank. Forward-looking statements therefore speak only as of the date they are made, and

Deutsche Bank undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.

By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could

therefore cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Such factors

include the conditions in the financial markets in Germany, in Europe, in the United States and elsewhere from which

Deutsche Bank derives a substantial portion of its trading revenues, potential defaults of borrowers or trading

counterparties, the implementation of its strategic initiatives, the reliability of its risk management policies, procedures

and methods, and other risks referenced in its filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Such factors are

described in detail in Deutsche Bank's 2024 Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 13, 2025, under

the heading "Risk Factors." Copies of this document are readily available upon request or can be downloaded from

www.deutsche-bank.com/ir.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This document and other documents Deutsche Bank has published or may publish contain non-GAAP financial measures.

Non-GAAP financial measures are measures of its historical or future performance, financial position or cash flows that

contain adjustments that exclude or include amounts that are included or excluded, as the case may be, from the most

directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with IFRS in its financial statements. Examples of

its non-GAAP financial measures, and the most directly comparable IFRS financial measures, are as follows:

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| Non-GAAP Financial Measure | Most Directly Comparable IFRS Financial<br>Measure<br>|
| Profit (loss) attributable to Deutsche Bank shareholders<br>for the segments, Profit (loss) attributable to Deutsche<br>Bank shareholders and additional equity components<br>for the segments<br>| Profit (loss) |
| Net interest income in the key banking book segments | Net interest income |
| Revenues on a currency-adjusted basis | Net revenues |
| Adjusted costs, Costs on a currency-adjusted basis,<br>Nonoperating costs<br>| Noninterest expenses |
| Net assets (adjusted) | Total assets |
| Tangible shareholders' equity, Average tangible<br>shareholders' equity, Tangible book value, Average<br>tangible book value<br>| Total shareholders' equity (book value) |
| Post-tax return on average shareholders' equity (based<br>on Profit (loss) attributable to Deutsche Bank<br>shareholders after AT1 coupon), Post-tax return on<br>average tangible shareholders' equity (based on Profit<br>(loss) attributable to Deutsche Bank shareholders after<br>AT1 coupon)<br>| Post-tax return on average shareholders' equity |
| Tangible book value per basic share outstanding, Book<br>value per basic share outstanding<br>| Book value per share outstanding |

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For descriptions of these non-GAAP financial measures and the adjustments made to the most directly comparable

financial measures under IFRS, please refer to (i) the section "Non-GAAP financial measures" of Exhibit 99.1 to Deutsche

Bank's Report on Form 6-K dated October 29, 2025 and (ii) the section "Supplementary Information (Unaudited): Non-

GAAP Financial Measures" on pages 422 to 428 of Deutsche Bank's 2024 Annual Report on Form 20-F.

When used with respect to future periods, non-GAAP financial measures Deutsche Bank uses forward-looking

statements. Deutsche Bank cannot predict or quantify the levels of the most directly comparable financial measures

under IFRS that would correspond to these measures for future periods. This is because neither the magnitude of such

IFRS financial measures, nor the magnitude of the adjustments to be used to calculate the related non-GAAP financial

measures from such IFRS financial measures, can be predicted. Such adjustments, if any, will relate to specific, currently

unknown, events and in most cases can be positive or negative, so that it is not possible to predict whether, for a future

period, the non-GAAP financial measure will be greater than or less than the related IFRS financial measure.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be

signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Date:January 5, 2026

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| By: | <u>_/s/ Andrea Schriber____________</u> |
| Name: | Andrea Schriber |
| Title: | Managing Director |

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| By: | <u>_/s/ Joseph C. Kopec____________</u> |
| Name: | Joseph C. Kopec |
| Title: | Managing Director and Senior Counsel |

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## Ex-2

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**<u>Exhibit 99.2</u>**

**Articles of Association of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft**

In conformity with the resolutions of the General Meeting Supervisory Board on May 22 November

21, 2025

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**I.General Provisions**

§ 1

The stock corporation bears the name

**Deutsche Bank**

Aktiengesellschaft

It is domiciled in Frankfurt am Main.

§ 2

(1)The object of the enterprise is the transaction of banking business of every kind, the

provision of financial and other services, and the promotion of international economic

relations. The Company may realize this object itself or through subsidiaries and affiliated

companies.

(2)To the extent permitted by law, the Company is entitled to transact all business and take all

steps which appear likely to promote the object of the Company, in particular to acquire and

dispose of real estate, to establish branches at home and abroad, to acquire, administer and

dispose of participations in other enterprises, and to conclude enterprise agreements.

§ 3

(1)The Company's notices shall be published in the Federal Gazette [Bundesanzeiger].

(2)Information to the owners of admitted securities may also be communicated by way of

remote data transmission.

**II.Share Capital and Shares**

§ 4

(1)The share capital is €4,891,082,181.12 4,987,527,385.60.

It is divided into 1,910,578,977 1,948,252,885 no par value shares.

(2)The Company shall not obtain any lien pursuant to its General Business Conditions in

respect of the shares it has issued except by special pledging agreements.

(3)The Management Board is authorized to increase the share capital on or before April 30,

2030, once or more than once, by up to a total of €1,995,000,000 through the issue of new

shares against cash payments (Authorized Capital 2025/I). Shareholders are to be granted

pre-emptive rights. However, the Management Board is authorized to except broken

amounts from shareholders' pre-emptive rights and to exclude pre-emptive rights insofar as

is necessary to grant to the holders of option rights, convertible bonds and convertible

participatory rights issued by the company and its affiliated companies pre-emptive rights to

new shares to the extent that they would be entitled to such rights after exercising their

option or conversion rights. The Management Board may make use of the authorizations

above to exclude pre-emptive rights only to the extent that the proportional amount of the

newly issued shares with the exclusion of pre-emptive rights does not exceed 10% of the

share capital. Decisive for calculating the 10% limit is the amount of share capital at the time

this authorization becomes effective. Should the amount of share capital be lower at the time

this authorization is exercised, this amount is decisive. If, during the period of this

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authorization until its utilization, use is made of other authorizations to issue company shares

or to issue rights that enable or obligate the subscription of the company's shares and pre-

emptive rights are excluded in the process, this is to be counted towards the 10% limit

specified above. Management Board resolutions to utilize authorized capital and to exclude

pre-emptive rights require the Supervisory Board's approval. The new shares may also be

taken up by banks specified by the Management Board with the obligation to offer them to

shareholders (indirect pre-emptive right).

(4)The Management Board is authorized to increase the share capital on or before April 30,

2030, once or more than once, by up to a total of €498,000,000 through the issue of new

shares against cash payments (Authorized Capital 2025/II). Shareholders are to be granted

pre-emptive rights. However, the Management Board is authorized to except broken

amounts from shareholders' pre-emptive rights and to exclude pre-emptive rights insofar as

is necessary to grant to the holders of option rights, convertible bonds and convertible

participatory rights issued by the company and its affiliated companies pre-emptive rights to

new shares to the extent that they would be entitled to such rights after exercising their

option or conversion rights. The Management Board is also authorized to exclude the pre-

emptive rights in full if the issue price of the new shares is not significantly lower than the

quoted price of the shares already listed at the time of the final determination of the issue

price and the total shares issued since the authorization in accordance with § 186 (3)

sentence 4 Stock Corporation Act do not exceed 10% of the share capital at the time the

authorization becomes effective or – if the value is lower – at the time the authorization is

utilized. Shares that are issued or sold during the validity of this authorization with the

exclusion of pre-emptive rights, in direct or analogous application of § 186 (3) sentence 4

Stock Corporation Act, are to be included in the maximum limit of 10% of the share capital.

Also to be included are shares that are to be issued to service option and/or conversion

rights from convertible bonds, bonds with warrants, convertible participatory rights or

participatory rights, if these bonds or participatory rights are issued during the validity of this

authorization with the exclusion of pre-emptive rights in corresponding application of

§ 186 (3) sentence 4 Stock Corporation Act. The Management Board may make use of the

authorizations above to exclude pre-emptive rights only to the extent that the proportional

amount of the newly issued shares with the exclusion of pre-emptive rights does not exceed

10% of the share capital. Decisive for calculating the 10% limit is the amount of share capital

at the time this authorization becomes effective. Should the amount of share capital be lower

at the time this authorization is exercised, this amount is decisive. If, during the period of this

authorization until its utilization, use is made of other authorizations to issue company shares

or to issue rights that enable or obligate the subscription of the company's shares and pre-

emptive rights are excluded in the process, this is to be counted towards the 10% limit

specified above. Management Board resolutions to utilize authorized capital and to exclude

pre-emptive rights require the Supervisory Board's approval. The new shares may also be

taken up by banks specified by the Management Board with the obligation to offer them to

shareholders (indirect pre-emptive right).

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§ 5

(1)The shares are registered shares. Shareholders must notify the Company, for registration in

the share register, of the personal information specified in § 67 (1) Stock Corporation Act as

well as the number of shares they hold.

(2)If, in the event of a capital increase, the resolution on the increase does not specify whether

the new shares are to be made out to bearer or registered in a name, they shall be

registered in a name.

(3)The form that shares and dividend and renewal coupons are to take shall be determined by

the Management Board in agreement with the Supervisory Board. The same shall apply to

bonds and interest coupons. Global certificates may be issued. The claim of shareholders to

have their shares and any dividend and renewal coupons issued in individual certificate form

is excluded unless such issue is required by the rules in force at a stock exchange where the

shares are listed.

**III.The Management Board**

§ 6

(1)The Management Board shall consist of not less than three members.

(2)The Supervisory Board shall appoint the members of the Management Board and determine

their number. The Supervisory Board may appoint deputy members of the Management

Board.

§ 7

(1)The Company shall be legally represented by two members of the Management Board or by

one member jointly with a holder of procuration [Prokurist].

(2)The deputy members of the Management Board shall rank equally with full members in

respect of powers of representation.

§ 8

For the purpose of closer contact and business consultation with trade and industry, the

Management Board may form Advisory Boards and Regional Advisory Councils, lay down rules of

procedure for their business and establish the remuneration of their members. The Supervisory

Board shall be informed once a year of any changes in the membership of the Advisory Boards

and the Regional Advisory Councils.

**IV.The Supervisory Board**

§ 9

(1)The Supervisory Board shall consist of 20 members. They are elected for the period until

conclusion of the General Meeting which adopts the resolutions concerning the ratification of

acts of management for the fourth financial year following the beginning of the term of office.

Here, the financial year in which the term of office begins is not taken into account. For the

election of shareholder representatives, the General Meeting may establish that the terms of

office of individual members may begin or end on differing dates.

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(2)In the election of shareholders' representatives to the Supervisory Board and of any

substitute members, the Chairman of the General Meeting shall be entitled to take a vote on

a list of election proposals submitted by management or shareholders. If substitute members

are elected on a list, they shall replace shareholders' representatives prematurely leaving

the Supervisory Board in the order in which they were named, unless resolved otherwise at

the vote.

(3)If a Supervisory Board member is elected to replace an outgoing member, the new

member's term of office shall run for the remainder of the outgoing member's term. In the

event that a substitute member takes the place of an outgoing member, the substitute

member's term of office shall expire – if a new vote to replace the outgoing member is taken

at the first or second General Meeting after the vacancy arises – at the end of the said

General Meeting, otherwise at the end of the outgoing member's residual term of office.

(4)Any member of the Supervisory Board may resign from office without being required to show

cause subject to his giving one month's notice by written declaration addressed to the

Management Board.

§ 10

(1)Immediately following a General Meeting at the end of which the employee representatives

depart from office through rotation, a meeting of the Supervisory Board shall take place, for

which no special invitation is required. At this meeting, the Supervisory Board under the

chairmanship of its oldest member in terms of age shall elect from among its members and

for the duration of its term of office the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and his Deputy in

accordance with § 27 of the German Co-determination Act [Mitbestimmungsgesetz] (first

Deputy) as well as, possibly, a second Deputy. In the event of the Chairman of the

Supervisory Board or the first Deputy leaving before completion of his term of office, the

Supervisory Board shall elect a substitute without delay.

(2)A Deputy of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board has the legal and statutory rights and

duties of the Chairman only if the latter is unable to exercise them. This is without prejudice

to § 29 (2) sentence 3 and § 31 (4) sentence 3 of the German Co-determination Act.

§ 11

(1)Meetings of the Supervisory Board are convened by the Chairman or, if the latter is unable to

do so, by one of his Deputies, whenever required by law orfor business reasons.

(2)The Supervisory Board shall be deemed to constitute a quorum if the members have been

invited at their last given contact details in writing, by telephone or through electronic means

and not less than half the total members which it is required to comprise take part in the

voting directly or by submitting written votes. The chair shall be taken by the Chairman of the

Supervisory Board or one of his Deputies. The Chairman of the meeting shall decide the

manner of voting.

(3)Resolutions may also be taken without a meeting being called, by way of written, cabled,

telephoned or electronic votes, if so ruled by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board or one

of his Deputies. This also applies to second polls pursuant to § 29 (2) sentence 1 and

§ 31 (4) sentence 1 of the German Co-determination Act.

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(4)Resolutions of the Supervisory Board are taken with the simple majority of the votes unless

otherwise provided by law. If there is equality of votes, the Chairman shall have the casting

vote pursuant to § 29 (2) and § 31 (4) of the German Co-determination Act; a second poll

within the meaning of these provisions can be requested by any member of the Supervisory

Board.

(5)If not all the members of the Supervisory Board are present to vote on a resolution and if

absent members have not submitted written votes, the voting shall be postponed at the

request of at least two members of the Supervisory Board who are present. In the event of

such postponement, the new vote shall be taken at the next regular Supervisory Board

meeting if no extraordinary meeting is called. At the new vote, a further minority call for

postponement is not permitted.

(6)If the Chairman of the Supervisory Board is present at the meeting, or if a member of the

Supervisory Board in attendance is in possession of his written vote, sub-paragraph 5 shall

not apply if the same number of shareholders' representatives and employees'

representatives are personally present or participate in the voting on the resolutionby written

vote, or if any inequality is balanced out by individual members of the Supervisory Board not

participating in the voting.

§ 12

(1)The Supervisory Board may appoint a Presiding Committee and one or several other

Committees from among its members; this is without prejudice to § 27 (3) of the German Co-

determination Act. The functions and powers of the Committees and the relevant procedures

to be adopted shall be determined by the Supervisory Board. To the extent permitted by law,

decisive powers of the Supervisory Board may also be delegated to the Committees. For

Committee resolutions, unless otherwise determined by mandatory legal regulations,

§ 11 (3) and (4) apply with the proviso that the casting vote of the Supervisory Board

Chairman is replaced by that of the Committee Chairman; § 11 (5) and (6) do not apply.

(2)Declarations of intention on the part of the Supervisory Board and its Committees shall be

made in the name of the Supervisory Board by the Chairman or one of his Deputies.

§ 13

(1)The approval of the Supervisory Board is required for

a) the granting of general powers of attorney;

b) the acquisition and disposal of real estate in so far as the object involves more than

€500,000,000;

c) the granting of credits, including the acquisition of participations in other companies, for

which approval of a credit institution's supervisory body is required under the German

Banking Act;

d) the acquisition and disposal of other participations, in so far as the object involves more

than €1 billion.

The Supervisory Board must be informed without delay of any acquisition or disposal of

such participations involving more than €500,000,000.

(2)The approvals under sub-paragraphs 1 b) and d) are also required if the transaction

concerned is carried out in a dependent company.

(3)The Supervisory Board may specify further transactions which require its approval.

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§ 14

(1)The members of the Supervisory Board receive a fixed annual compensation ("Supervisory

Board Compensation"). The amount of the annual base compensation for each Supervisory

Board member is €300,000, for the Supervisory Board Chairman €950,000, and for each

Deputy Chairperson €475,000.

(2)Chairs of the Committees of the Supervisory Board are paid additional fixed annual

compensation as follows:

a) For the Chair of the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee, as well as the Technology,

Data and Innovation Committee: €150,000

b) For the Chair of the Chairman's Committee, the Nomination Committee, the

Compensation Control Committee, the Regulatory Oversight Committee as well as the

Strategy and Sustainability Committee: €100,000.

If a Supervisory Board member is chair of more than one committee, compensation is only

paid for the committee entitled to the highest amount. The Chairman of the Supervisory

Board does not receive any additional compensation for chairing of the committees.

Members of the committees also do not receive additional compensation.

(3)If the amount of the Supervisory Board Compensation according to paragraphs 1 and 2 does

not exceed the Supervisory Board Compensation previously paid in the individual case

(calculated compensation for the 2023 financial year based on the previous regulation in the

Articles of Association), a member of the Supervisory Board whose current term of office

began before May 17, 2023, will receive a compensating payment in the form of a cash

payment in the amount of the difference between the previously granted Supervisory Board

Compensation and the Supervisory Board Compensation pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2. In

the event of a re-election as member of the Supervisory Board, the provisions of these

Articles of Association apply.

Members of the Supervisory Board whose current term of office began before May 17, 2023,

will receive the virtual shares cumulatively earned during the current term of office paid out in

February 2024 on the basis of the average closing price during the last 10 trading days of

the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Xetra or successor system) of the preceding January.

(4)The compensation determined according to paragraphs 1 and 2 will be paid to the respective

member of the Supervisory Board by, at the latest, two months after submitting invoices and

as a rule within the first three months of the following year.

(5)In case of a change in Supervisory Board membership during the year, compensation for the

financial year will be paid on a pro rata basis, rounded up/down to full months.

(6)The company reimburses the Supervisory Board members for the cash expenses they incur

in the performance of their office, including any value added tax (VAT) on their compensation

and reimbursements of expenses. Furthermore, any employer contributions to social security

schemes that may be applicable under foreign law to the performance of their Supervisory

Board work shall be paid for each Supervisory Board member affected. Finally, the

Supervisory Board Chairman will be reimbursed appropriately for travel expenses incurred in

performing representative tasks due to his function and reimbursed for costs for the security

measures required based on his function.

(7)In the interest of the company, the members of the Supervisory Board will be included in an

appropriate amount in any financial liability insurance policy held by the company. The

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premiums for this are paid by the company. A deductible does not have to be specified for

the members of the Supervisory Board.

(8)The new provisions become effective with the registration of the amendment to the Articles

of Association in the Commercial Register retroactively from the end of the Annual General

Meeting on May 17, 2023.

**V.General Meeting**

§ 15

The General Meeting called to adopt the resolutions concerning the ratification of acts of

management of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board, the appropriation of profits,

the appointment of the annual auditor and, as the case may be, the establishment of the annual

financial statements (Ordinary General Meeting) shall be held within the first eight months of each

financial year.

§ 16

(1)The General Meeting shall be convened by the Management Board or the Supervisory

Board to take place in Frankfurt am Main, Düsseldorf, or any other German city with over

250,000 inhabitants.

(2)The General Meeting must be convened, in so far as no shorter period is admissible by law,

at least thirty days before the end of the day on which shareholders must register to take

part; the day of convention and the last day of the period of notice (§ 17 (2) of the Articles of

Association) are not counted here.

(3)The General Meeting is to be convened with a period of notice of at least ten days before the

General Meeting if it is called in particular to adopt a resolution on a capital increase and the

conditions specified in § 36 (5) sentence 1 Act on the Recovery and Resolution of Institutions

and Financial Groups [Gesetz zur Sanierung und Abwicklung von Instituten und Finanz-

gruppen] exist.

§ 17

(1)Shareholders who are entered in the share register and who register in time for the meeting

are entitled to take part in the General Meeting and to exercise their voting rights.

(2)The registration must be received by the Company at the address specified in the notice of

convention in written or electronic form at least 5 days – in the case of § 16 (3) at least 3 –

before the meeting. The day of receipt is not to be counted in this.

(3)Details regarding registration and the issue of admission cards must be given in the

invitation.

(4)The Management Board is authorized to make arrangements for shareholders to take part in

the General Meeting without being present in person and without naming an authorized

representative, and to exercise all or some of their rights fully or partially, using electronic

communication. In this context, the Management Board is also authorized to establish

regulations on the scope and procedures for the participation and exercising of rights in

accordance with sentence 1. Any use of these procedures and the regulations established

for them are to be announced when convening the General Meeting.

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(5)The Management Board is authorized to arrange for shareholders to submit their votes in

writing or using electronic communication (absentee voting) without attending the General

Meeting. The Management Board is also authorized to establish regulations on the

procedure in accordance with sentence 1. Any use of these procedures and the regulations

established for them are to be announced when convening the General Meeting.

(6)The Management Board is authorized, for each individual General Meeting of the Company

that takes place on or before August 31, 2027, with the consent of the Supervisory Board, to

provide that the General Meeting will be held without the physical presence of the

shareholders or their authorized representatives at the place of the General Meeting (virtual

General Meeting).

§ 18

(1)Each no par value share carries one voting right.

(2)In the event of shares not having been fully paid up, the voting right shall commence, in

accordance with § 134 (2) sentences 3 and 5 of the Stock Corporation Act, when the

minimum contribution required by law has been paid.

(3)The voting right can be exercised by an authorized representative (proxy). The issue of the

power of attorney, its cancellation and proof of the proxy authorization vis-à-vis the Company

are required in text form. This is without prejudice to § 135 of the Stock Corporation Act. In

the convocation of the General Meeting, a simplification may be specified.

§ 19

(1)The General Meeting is chaired by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board or by another

Supervisory Board member elected by the majority of the shareholder representatives on the

Supervisory Board. In the event that none of these persons takes the chair, the Chairman of

the meeting shall be elected by the General Meeting under the direction of the oldest

shareholder present.

(2)The Chairman directs the proceedings and determines the sequence of speakers and the

sequence in which the items on the agenda are dealt with. In the course of the General

Meeting he may determine appropriate restrictions on the speaking time, the time for putting

questions and/or the total time available in general for speaking and putting questions or for

individual speakers. For General Meetings with physical presence, the Management Board

is authorized to determine whether and to what extent the General Meeting or parts of the

General Meeting shall be transmitted via electronic media. The transmission may also take

place in any case in a form to which the public has unlimited access.

(3)Following prior consultation with the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, members of the

Supervisory Board may participate in the General Meeting by means of audio and video

transmission in cases in which their physical presence at the place of the General Meeting

would not be possible, or only possible with significant effort, due to their presence abroad,

their required presence in another place in the country or due to an inordinate amount of

travel time.

§ 20

(1)The resolutions of the General Meeting are taken by a simple majority of votes and, in so far

as a majority of capital stock is required, by a simple majority of capital stock, except where

law or the Articles of Association determine otherwise.

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(2)The Chairman shall determine the form and further particulars of the voting. The voting result

shall be obtained by ascertaining the "yes" and the "no" votes. The Chairman shall also

determine the manner in which the votes are to be ascertained, for instance by deducting the

"yes" or "no" votes and the abstentions from the overall number of votes to which the voters

are entitled.

(3)The Supervisory Board shall be authorized to amend the Articles of Association in so far as

such amendments merely relate to the wording.

**VI.Annual Statement of Accounts and Appropriation of Profits**

§ 21

The financial year of the Company is the calendar year.

§ 22

(1)The Management Board shall, within the first three months of each financial year, prepare

the annual financial statements (balance sheet, profit and loss account, notes) and the

management report for the preceding financial year, and submit them to the auditor.

(2)The Supervisory Board shall submit its report to the Management Board within one month

from the date of receipt of the statements which must be presented to it. If the report is not

submitted within this period, the Management Board shall promptly specify an additional

period of not more than one month for the Supervisory Board to submit its report. If the

report is not made available to the Management Board prior to the expiration of such

additional period of time, the annual financial statements shall be deemed not to have been

approved by the Supervisory Board.

§ 23

(1)The distributable profit shall be distributed among the shareholders unless the General

Meeting determines otherwise. The General Meeting may resolve – subject to the

corresponding prior permission of the competent authority – a non-cash distribution instead

of or in addition to a cash dividend.

(2)In so far as the Company has issued participatory certificates and the respective conditions

of participatory certificates grant the holders of the participatory certificates a claim to

distribution from the distributable profit, the claim of the shareholders to this portion of the

distributable profit is excluded (§ 58 (4) of the Stock Corporation Act).

(3)The dividends due to the shareholders are always distributed in proportion to the contribution

made on their share in share capital and in proportion to the time which has elapsed since

the date fixed for contribution.

(4)In the event of new shares being issued, a different dividend entitlement may be established

for such shares.

**VII.Formation of Deutsche Bank AG**

§ 24

The Company was formed by the re-amalgamation of Norddeutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank AG

West and Süddeutsche Bank AG, which had been disincorporated from Deutsche Bank in 1952

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according to the Law on the Regional Scope of Credit Institutions [Gesetz über den

Niederlassungsbereich von Kreditinstituten].

**VIII.Contribution and Acquisition Provisions contained in the Disincorporation Agreement**

**of September 27, 1952**

§ 25

(1)Pursuant to § 3 of the Big Bank Law [Großbankengesetz], Deutsche Bank contributes to the

successor institution, Süddeutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, its entire business previously

transacted by Bayerische Creditbank, Südwestbank in Stuttgart and Mannheim,

Oberrheinische Bank, Württembergische Vereinsbank, Hessische Bank and Rheinische

Kreditbank in the Federal States [Länder] of Bayern, Baden/Württemberg (now

Südweststaat), Rheinland-Pfalz and Hessen. The contribution includes all assets and all

liabilities acquired or created in the course of this business.

(2)The assets include in particular:

a) all real estate and similar rights located in the Federal States of Bayern, Baden/

Württemberg (now Südweststaat), Hessen and Rheinland-Pfalz,

b) all mortgage rights (including pre-registrations) held for own account on real estate in

the Federal States of Bayern, Baden/Württemberg (now Südweststaat), Hessen and

Rheinland-Pfalz,

c) all claims and the related securities as well as all other rights and assets recorded in the

previous institutions' books per December 31, 1951,

d) all rights arising from trusteeships, particularly from such as relate to bond issues where

the borrower was domiciled, per December 31, 1951, in the Federal States of Bayern,

Baden/Württemberg (now Südweststaat), Hessen or Rheinland-Pfalz,

e) Deutsche Bank's equalization claims, allocated in accordance with § 8 of the 2nd

Conversion Law Implementing Order [Durchführungsverordnung zum

Umstellungsgesetz], arising out of the contribution balance sheet per

December 31, 1951. Should these equalization claims be subsequently increased or

reduced pursuant to a correction of the conversion account, this amendment will be

credited or debited to the successor institution in so far as this institution has acquired

the respective asset or liability in the conversion account.

(3)The liabilities include in particular:

a) all commitments recorded in the previous institutions' books per December 31, 1951,

b) all commitments resulting from the trusteeships mentioned under (2) d),

c) all foreign commitments resulting from § 6 (2) of the 35th Conversion Law Implementing

Order, subject to the provision of § 7 (2) of the Big Bank Law,

d) all pension liabilities towards entitled persons resident per December 31, 1951 in the

Federal States of Bayern, Baden/Württemberg (now Südweststaat), Hessen or

Rheinland-Pfalz, subject to the provision that all expenses under this heading are to be

shared between Süddeutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and its sister institutions,

Norddeutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and Rheinisch-Westfälische Bank

Aktiengesellschaft, according to the formula used so far, i.e. on the basis of staff

expenditure in the respective year. This does not include retirements from the previous

institutions after December 31, 1951, which must be borne by the institution concerned.

Should the aforementioned pension liabilities be otherwise regulated following a

change in the law in the Federal territory or in West Berlin or in the rest of Germany, the

above regulation will cease to apply, with retroactive effect.

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(4)The contribution of assets and the acquisition of liabilities take place as at and with effect

from January 1, 1952, subject to the provision that the contributed business of the previous

institutions shall be deemed to have been transacted from the said date for the account of

the new successor institution. The basis for the contributed assets and acquired liabilities is

the

balance sheet per December 31, 1951,

appended to this document. The assets and liabilities shown in this balance sheet have been

valued provisionally. The definitive contribution will be effected at the values established with

legal validity in the balance sheet for tax purposes drawn up for Deutsche Bank's business in

the Federal territory per December 31, 1951. If, as a result of the values established –

whether by an increase in assets or a decrease in liabilities – the value of the assets should

rise, then the incremental value – less a reasonable deduction on the assets side for

depreciation in the interim period – must be added to the successor institution's legal

reserve.

(5)According to the balance sheet per December 31, 1951, the value of contributed assets less

acquired liabilities amounts to a total of

DM 56,195,000.

Deutsche Bank guarantees that this value exists. As a set-off against this contribution,

Süddeutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft awards Deutsche Bank shares in the nominal amount

of DM 39,996,000. Pursuant to § 8 and § 9 of the Big Bank Law, these shares will be

transferred to the Bank deutscher Länder as trustee for the shareholders of Deutsche Bank.

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