SEC Form 20-F - Deutsche Bank Annual Report 2012

Deutsche Bank
Annual Report 2010 on Form 20-F
Major Shareholders
Item 7: Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions 115
Item 7: Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
On December 31, 2010, our issued share capital amounted to € 2,379,519,078 divided into 929,499,640 no
par value ordinary registered shares.
On December 31, 2010, we had 640,623 registered shareholders. The majority of our shareholders are retail
investors in Germany.
The following charts show the distribution of our share capital and the composition of our shareholders on
December 31, 2010.
By value of shareholders
in %
6%
Insurance companies,
investment companies
9%
Wage and salary earners,
pensioners*
16%
Other private persons
* Including Deutsche Bank employees and pensioners
69%
Other institutional
investors and companies
By numbers of shareholders
in %
1%
Institutional investors
37%
Wage and salary earners,
pensioners*
62%
Other private persons
On February 25, 2011, a total of 129,755,594 of our shares were registered in the names of 1,565 shareholders
resident in the United States. These shares represented 13.96 % of our share capital on that date. On December
31, 2009, a total of 97,880,565 of our shares were registered in the names of 1,501 shareholders resident
in the United States. These shares represented 15.77 % of our share capital on that date.
The German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) requires investors in publicly-traded corporations
whose investments reach certain thresholds to notify both the corporation and the BaFin of such change within
seven days. The minimum disclosure threshold is 3 % of the corporation’s issued voting share capital.
As of February 28, 2011, we have been notified by the following investors that they hold 3 % or more of our shares:
Credit Suisse Group, Zurich holds 3.86 % of our shares (via financial instruments) and BlackRock, Inc., New York
holds 5.14 % of our shares.
We are neither directly nor indirectly owned nor controlled by any other corporation, by any government or by
any other natural or legal person severally or jointly.
Pursuant to German law and our Articles of Association, to the extent that we may have major shareholders at
any time, we may not give them different voting rights from any of our other shareholders.
We are aware of no arrangements which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control of our company.