SEC Form 20-F - Deutsche Bank Annual Report 2012

Deutsche Bank
Annual Report 2010 on Form 20-F
Item 8: Financial Information 122
one-half to balance sheet profit. We then distribute the full amount of the balance sheet profit of Deutsche Bank
AG if the Annual General Meeting so resolves. The Annual General Meeting may resolve a non-cash distribution
instead of or in addition to a cash dividend. However, we are not legally required to distribute our balance
sheet profit to our shareholders to the extent that we have issued participatory rights (Genussrechte) or granted
a silent participation (stille Gesellschaft) that accord their holders the right to a portion of our distributable profit.
We declare dividends by resolution of the Annual General Meeting and pay them once a year. Dividends
approved at a General Meeting are payable on the first stock exchange trading day after that meeting, unless
otherwise decided at that meeting. In accordance with the German Stock Corporation Act, the record date for
determining which holders of our ordinary shares are entitled to the payment of dividends, if any, or other distributions
whether cash, stock or property, is the date of the General Meeting at which such dividends or other
distributions are declared. If we issue a new class of shares, our Articles of Association permit us to declare a
different dividend entitlement for the new class of shares.
Significant Changes
Except as otherwise stated in this document, there have been no significant changes subsequent to December
31, 2010.